Is there a way to configure Data-Explorer to run specified queries and email the result sets to an email list on a regular schedule?

Actually… I may have panicked a little and got my facts wrong. I think it is possible to do this using the ‘Schedule a PM with Data Explorer results’ automation. This will send a PM, which (depending on your ‘Email me when I am sent a personal message’ preferences) will also send out an email. [S…

Sorry for the much delayed response. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that’s possible currently, though I’ll slide this over to feature for consideration. :+1:

Could the feature be the ability to apply bulk actions to Data Explorer results, similar to the way admins can apply bulk actions to a topic list? The options for queries that return users could be things like: send a PM add to group remove from group grant badge These are tasks that can be perfo…

I also found this feature request for including the results as a CSV attachment too: [image] Turn Data Explorer query results into CSV to attach to Discourse automated emails feature Follow up feature request spawned from this previous thread With Discourse automation, I…

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JammyDodger August 13, 2023, 7:32pm 5

I also found this feature request for including the results as a CSV attachment too:

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