Displaying Nesting Tags

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Hi,

I’ve been having a minor issue with nested tags in DTP3. The majority of my tags are nested and I prefer viewing them as columns/lists in DTP over accessing them through smart groups and searches. I know that nested tags always contain tag groupings further up the hierarchy; however, this is not always visible when I view a particular tag. What I would like to know how I can control whether tagged files can be displayed in lists of tags further up the hierarchy.

For clarity’s sake, I’ve provided an image.

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Is it possible for the files tagged “Science and Politics” to also appear within the containing tag “Politics and Power?”

I saw a few older threads on the subject (https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/tag-hierarchy-parent-tags-should-show-all-descendant-docum/9674/4; https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/not-all-content-displaying-when-viewing-hierarchical-tag-con/18076; Tagging hierarchy confusion), but they all concern older versions of DT.

Please let me know if I’m missing something!

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Shouldn’t they all be shown under the Themes tag too then?

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Yeah I see what you’re saying. I wouldn’t want all of my files to be visible throughout the hierarchy. It would be nice to have control though.

Also, sometimes the files do show up twice. Ex:

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(Sorry, these tags are a bit of a mess, but there are duplicates).

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If all u need is to “know/see” which tags are under any higher level tags group, u can create a smart group under any tags group (see image below). All tags within the sub-tags group will be shown in the smart group. Just a suggestion.

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That’s actually a pretty good work-around! Thanks!