List of All Group Owners?

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Before I go building some crazy automation, is there any way to get a list of all the members who have Group Owner rights across the entirety of my community? Better yet, is there a way to give them all a Group Owner role? Trying to make some very logical changes to permissions and invite all my group owners into a private group. I'm feeling baffled. 
 Thanks!

Michael Monteleone · Accepted Answer

Glad to hear it (mostly) worked, Jillian Bejtlich ! Good catch with the similarly-named roles. I've attached an update which ensures the role is an exact name match. 
 6253.AddOrRemoveMembersFromRoleBasedOnMembershipType-Automation.zip 
 This comes down to the sub-optimal configuration definition for this automation which accepts a role name string instead of an actual role lookup/search control. And while it's possible for a scripted extension like an automation to define its own custom configuration control like a role lookup, that would have been out of the scope of this sample -- not to mention, built-in role lookup controls are being considered for future versions. 
 Thanks again!

Michael Monteleone · Answer

Hi Jillian Bejtlich . Aside from using the API, there isn&rsquo;t currently a way to retrieve all users who are group owners. 
 However, an automation is a great fit for this problem. I&rsquo;ve attached an automation type called &ldquo;Add or remove members from role based on membership type&rdquo; which can ensure users who are members of a group with a pre-configured membership type are also assigned to a pre-configured role. 
 So, given you create a role called &ldquo;All Group Owners &rdquo; and you assign that role as members to a private group, then you can configure an instance of this automation type to ensure group members who have the membership type &ldquo;Group Owner&rdquo; are also automatically added to the &ldquo;All Group Owners&rdquo; role, which would grant them access to the private group. 
 When enabled, the automation will immedidately affect any new or updated group memberships. For pre-existing memberships, it will also run by itself every day at 2:00 AM, checking every owner of every group to ensure membership in the configured role. 
 To install, first install the attached automation type. 
 Download and unzip the attached zip 
 Administration > Automations > Import > (wait for it to upload) > Select the new Automation > Import 
 
 Then configure an automation of the newly installed type: 
 Administration > Automations > Add 
 
 Provide a name, description, enablement, and selection the automation type &ldquo;Add or remove members from role based on membership type&rdquo;. Also select the membership type and the role you want to assign. This role must already exist, it won&rsquo;t be created. Save, and it should just work for new members. For analysis, when it runs, it will also log an event message identifying that it added or removed a user from the role. 
 AddOrRemoveMembersFromRoleBasedOnMembershipType-Automation.zip 
 
 Hope this helps!

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