Answers.Body: <p>Contacts don't really get 'added' to a smart group - it's more that when the smart group is used, a search is run to find who currently meets those criteria (glossing over some complex rebuild and caching details...)  So there is no specific event for CiviRules to react to in a post trigger.</p>
  
  <p>You might be able to base something on the 'Daily trigger for group members' cron trigger and maybe modify it for a more frequent run.  See <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/civirules/en/latest/trigger/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/civirules/en/latest/trigger/</a>  </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Likewise a parent group doesn't work either
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Answers.Text: @Paul-Tahoe I would not want CiviRules to work with smart groups, it would get far too complicated for me :-) I think you could solve it by changing the smart group to a normal group and use CiviRules to manage the group membership?
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Answers.Text: @ErikH-CiviCooP is it still the case that CiviRule doesn't support smart group triggers? I'm seeing Smart Groups in the list of Groups for a trigger in 2.13.
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Answers.Text: AFAIK but test :-) It might be that it does work. Personally I do not use Smart Groups in combination with CiviRules....
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Answers.Text: I used a smart group as the source for a daily trigger of group members and it worked.
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Answers.Text: Why can't I add a contact to a group that is Parent group?
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Body: <p>I've tried to create a rule where an email gets sent when a contact is "added" to a smart group.  By "added" I mean the condition that smart group is based upon is met.</p>
  
  <p>As far as I can tell it doesn't.  It seems like it would be hard to do.</p>
  
Tags: <smartgroups><civirules>
Title: Does CiviRules work with smart groups?
ThreadText: # Does CiviRules work with smart groups?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-11)
  
  I've tried to create a rule where an email gets sent when a contact is "added" to a smart group. By "added" I mean the condition that smart group is based upon is met.
  
  As far as I can tell it doesn't. It seems like it would be hard to do.
  
  **Tags:** smartgroups, civirules
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-13. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Contacts don't really get 'added' to a smart group - it's more that when the smart group is used, a search is run to find who currently meets those criteria (glossing over some complex rebuild and caching details...) So there is no specific event for CiviRules to react to in a post trigger.
  
  You might be able to base something on the 'Daily trigger for group members' cron trigger and maybe modify it for a more frequent run. See <https://docs.civicrm.org/civirules/en/latest/trigger/>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Likewise a parent group doesn't work either  
  > **username_2**: @username_0 I would not want CiviRules to work with smart groups, it would get far too complicated for me :-) I think you could solve it by changing the smart group to a normal group and use CiviRules to manage the group membership?  
  > **username_3**: @username_2 is it still the case that CiviRule doesn't support smart group triggers? I'm seeing Smart Groups in the list of Groups for a trigger in 2.13.  
  > **username_2**: AFAIK but test :-) It might be that it does work. Personally I do not use Smart Groups in combination with CiviRules....  
  > **username_4**: I used a smart group as the source for a daily trigger of group members and it worked.  
  > **username_5**: Why can't I add a contact to a group that is Parent group?  
  
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