Load Group Settings Into a Sheet

When you launch Gopher for Groups in a blank Google Sheet, you will see the Load Google Groups sidebar tab, which allows you to query and import groups to your sheet. These query options are helpful for identifying groups with a standard prefix or suffix in their naming structure, groups at higher risk of setting changes, or groups with large membership counts that could pose a risk.

The query filters available for loading groups to the sheet include:

Group Email Address

• is any value
• contains
• begins with
• ends with

Admin created

• is any value
• TRUE
• FALSE

Direct members count

• is any value
• is greater than N
• is less than N 

 Include advanced group analysis

This option looks for nested groups and provides additional risk filters.

Loading Groups

For domains with very large numbers of groups, limit the number of groups you attempt to load to the sheet. For much deeper querying power, native Sheets filters are the way to go. Click More Filters in the sidebar to learn more.

To load groups:

1. From the sidebar Load to Google Groups tab, select query parameters using the Where and And drop-downs.
2. (Optional) Check the Include advanced group membership analysis box to populate information in the Advanced membership analysis columns of the Sheet.
   Note: Because this approach requires pulling the entire membership for each group that matches the query parameters in the sidebar, it can be quite slow on domains with very large numbers of groups.  If performance issues arise, try limiting the number of groups using your sidebar-defined query.
3. Click Load to Sheet. Groups load to a new tab, Group Settings.