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group picker to select from a big list of groups

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jamie:
I'm curious if anyone has thought about how to make it easier to pick from a large group of lists.

For example, we have some CiviCRM installations that have hundreds of groups. All the groups are active (so regular pruning is not really an option). When you need to pick one or more groups (for example in advanced search or when sending an email) it can be daunting to scroll through the huge list.

Any ideas? I was imagining some kind of javascript pop up that would allow you to filter the list in a similar way that you can filter the list in the Manage Group section.

Also wondering about adding a tagging functionality or some other way to filter groups besides the ones already provided in the Manage Group section.

Thanks!

jamie

xavier:
Did you try advanced search on the latest version? seems to do what you want

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petednz:
How about some discussion about having an 'option' field for Groups so that we can effectively 'tag' them as to what 'sort' of group they are?

xavier:
Isn't the hierarchy already a way of "grouping" by option?

Might be easier to talk with an example, see what could be done one way or another.

Re using tags, I like it on a conceptual level, but having to explain that the same tag can be used as a way of grouping groups (new way) on the top a criteria to build smart groups that includes all the contacts that are tagged with the tag (existing way) might be a bit too subtle for a normal usage.

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petednz:
i shouldn't have used the word 'tag' - i should have just said 'classify'

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