All topics authored by a specific user, how?

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patrickemin seeks a filter to find all topics authored by a specific user to assign a tag. They eventually find the created-by option in the advanced filter section but suggest it should also consider groups. NateDhaliwal agrees and proposes a syntax for group-based filtering. Moin suggests using the search function with group:groupname in:first. patrickemin confirms this works but needs to restrict to topics authored by group members. Moin clarifies that in:first should restrict to topics. patrickemin reports issues with the syntax, but NateDhaliwal confirms it works on Meta. Moin shares a working example, and patrickemin resolves the issue by correcting a typo in the group name.

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Hello, I can’t figure out how to create a filter that would allow me to obtain all topics from one specific user who is the author of that topic. The goal is to then select all these topics and assign them a tag. I tried using filters, but I couldn’t get the results I wanted. Thanks.

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Finaly found in the advanced filter section with created-by, now would be great if created-by would take into account groups but I don’t think it does ?

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Hmm… I don’t see the option to do that. It would be nice if something like created_by:group:group_name or created_by:group_name exists :thinking:.

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Does it have to be a filter, or would it be okay to use the search function instead?

You could search for group:groupname in:first and select the topics from the search results to bulk add the tag.

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Yeap that works but I need to restrict to Topics authored by these group members (excluding replies)

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Isn’t that what in:first does?

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Does not give any result for me for that syntax: “group:Expert-Elite in:first”, removing in:first gives all posts from that group.

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Odd. I cannot repro this on Meta. Assuming it’s this forum, something like group:autocad_experts in:first (and other groups visible) works.

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https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=Group%3Ateam%20in%3Afirst works well for me.

Did you try name or full-name of the group?

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My bad, a “s” was missing, works with group:Experts-Elite in:first :smiley:

Thanks !