Is there already a feature for creating subgroups? I found a post here but it doesn’t provide the solution but mentions a plugin is feasible.
My use case would be:
Parent group:
Child groups:
And here we can use @PythonUsers to notify all specialists, admin and basic users. But if I just want to request the input of just the python specialists I use the @PythonSpecialists group tag.
Discourse is oriented the other way around. You create categories (and optionally sub-categories) and allow people to join discussions in those categories. If they want to be notified, they can set their notification preferences for each category using the blue bell.
You can create groups as well that can be @ mentioned in topics to loop them into conversations, if you like using a system like you specified eg @pythonusers (everyone using python and @python-specialists (just pythin specialists).
But ideally you’d get your category structure down first.
We use categories differently than the groups and I need to create subgroups within an individual group. Is that possible?
Hi Jenny! No, there is no facility for creating sub-groups, and for visualizing them in a hierarchy. Though you can always create groups with overlapping memberships.
Can you describe in some more detail what it is you are seeking to do?
@tobiaseigen thanks so much for your response. We have a group called Advisors and I am looking for a way to allow our brands to search for advisors that have certain areas of expertise (i.e. marketing, sales, etc). So the advisors would choose 3 areas of expertise and join/subscribe to those groups. So if a brand needs to reach out to the marketing advisors, they have a direct line to all that selected that area of expertise.
You could always create hierarchy using group names. Something like:
Advisers
Advisers-marketing
Advisers-sales