# What is a group:GROUPNAME search? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 30, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-group-groupname-search/225799 "2022-04-30T17:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Simon\_Manning](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon_manning/32/198596_2.png) [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-group-groupname-search/225799/1 "2022-04-30T17:20:49Z")
> [@Offering "private support" as part of a public support community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offering-private-support-as-part-of-a-public-support-community/215151/30): > > ( `group:GROUPNAME` already exists, and it targets regular non-PM topics associated with a group.) What is a non-PM topic associated with a group? A topic in which a member of the group participates? Created by a member of the group? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-group-groupname-search/225799/2 "2022-05-01T06:53:34Z")
It’s a regular topic associated with the group and only the group can access, but is not a PM (PM topic). ---
**Author:** ![Simon\_Manning](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon_manning/32/198596_2.png) [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-group-groupname-search/225799/3 "2022-05-01T11:24:53Z")
> [@JimPas](#): > > only the group can access If I search for `group:team` here on meta, I get various public topics in the results. (I’m not a member of `team`) It looked like they were all created by a member of `team` but I wasn’t sure if that was coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-group-groupname-search/225799/4 "2022-05-01T11:36:01Z")
When I search `group:team` it gives me lots of Whisper posts. Actually, that wasn’t strictly true. When I searched for `group:team` and a keyword it gave me lots of whisper posts, but just `group:team` gave me lots of posts from people in the Team group. I think (if I’m following it right) that eg, `group:team` gives you public posts from all the people in that group. ---
**Author:** ![Simon\_Manning](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon_manning/32/198596_2.png) [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-group-groupname-search/225799/5 "2022-05-01T11:39:38Z")
Looking at the code suggests that it is any post created by a member of the group. Ordered by relevance, for a non-member of team, seems to weight topics more heavily than replies. Ordered by latest, I see replies and also notices like topic closures, etc. Perhaps it would be good to split this chain into a separate topic about what a `group:` search is. #Support category, asking what it is? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-group-groupname-search/225799/6 "2022-05-31T11:39:50Z")
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