# Can watching a category watch all its subcategories as well?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-watching-a-category-watch-all-its-subcategories-as-well/69306>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2017年九月4日 01:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-watching-a-category-watch-all-its-subcategories-as-well/69306 "2017-09-04T01:38:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![rishabh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rishabh/32/179446_2.png) [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\
**Post date:** [2023年五月8日 05:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-watching-a-category-watch-all-its-subcategories-as-well/69306/18 "2023-05-08T05:52:24Z")

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> [@rishabh](#):
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> 如果有人想测试，请访问此处 → [meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/tracking](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/tracking)
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> ![Screenshot 2023-02-28 at 2.24.51 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/9/c/89cc0868b483e3e123a62de77189665ce10a5b10.png)

现有的功能对于跟踪所有 `existing` 子类别效果很好，但在一个组想要跟踪 `existing and new` 子类别的情况下，可以通过 [Discourse Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automation/195773) 实现。

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse-automation/pull/180>
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> It also adds new category created/edited trigger which can be limited by the par…ent category. Using these we can set new subcategories's notification level for group members.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/4/4/044bea94dbb3e9b16a2e8fc849ba9f467e7f6960.png)

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