# Searching for attributes

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**Created:** [November 29, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/searching-for-attributes/6509 "2024-11-29T10:24:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![uli22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/uli22/32/175_2.png) [@uli22](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/uli22)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/searching-for-attributes/6509/1 "2024-11-29T10:24:36Z")

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AIO64-5.2.3-r1-aa03f5a  
Hi  
I am using gramps for several years now.  
Some time ago I started using attributes more frequently. So the question arose how to search for persons who share a certain attribute. I supposed there was a Filter doing so, but it seems not, except using isotammi.  
as I use attributes for recording confession or cause of death etc. it would be nice if there was a Filter or core functionality to do that job.  
Am I missing anything?  
cheers  
Uli

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**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/searching-for-attributes/6509/2 "2024-11-29T12:00:56Z")

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Each of the major category of object, People, Family, Events, etc that uses Attributes already has in their general filter rules a search for attributes.

If you want the People that have a Cause of Death attribute on an event, you create filter in events filtering for the attribute, then create a filter to use on People that searches for people matching the event filter.

 ![people_attribute](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/2/24d658687b3616dcfefcc802cdc799870a19240d.png)

 ![event_attribute](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/5/57dbd5777cbe5fa89a7c279d938a1e09330d4055.png)

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**Author:** ![uli22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/uli22/32/175_2.png) [@uli22](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/uli22)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/searching-for-attributes/6509/3 "2024-11-29T15:37:03Z")

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Thank you, Dave.  
I must have been blind not to find the rule…  
cheers  
Uli

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/searching-for-attributes/6509/4 "2024-12-29T15:37:40Z")

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