Continuing the discussion from How to run Data Explorer queries with the Discourse API: I’m curious about a data explorer custom action for notifying all @staff or @admin group every time one of them reads the contents of a user private message, or notifies by creating a post in our #staff category. I’m new to Data Explorer, but it does seem awesome!

[image] sunjam: I’m curious about a data explorer custom action for notifying all @staff or @admin group every time one of them reads the contents of a user private message I think that what you are looking for would be to have an entry added to the staff action logs (found on your Admin / Logs / Staff Actions page) if the results of a Data Explorer query show a user’s personal message. If a staff member views a user’s email address through the UI, an entry is added to the staff action logs. If the log personal messages views site setting is enabled and an admin views a PM through the Discourse UI, an entry is added to the staff action logs. If the same data is viewed by running a Data Explorer query, no entry is added to the staff action logs. I’m not sure if there’s a good solution for this, but it’s something I’ve wondered about in the past.

[image] simon: log personal messages views I’m pretty sure that turning on this setting is the answer to the question that @sunjam had.

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riking (Kane York) June 7, 2020, 9:26pm 3

I’m pretty sure that turning on this setting is the answer to the question that @sunjam had.

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