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Fatima
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May 13, 2026
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Downloading Lists with Tags

  • May 13, 2026
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Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone has found a way to download a list from EA that includes a column indicating tags.

I was recently asked to download a list from EA, and I wanted to include a column showing which specific tag each person had.

The way we use tags in our organization is through a hierarchy. For example, we have a main “2026” tag with subtags for events our organization hosted or participated in.

In this particular case, I created a list by selecting everyone with the overall “2026” tag. The list generated correctly, but when I went to download it, I wanted to include a column showing which subtag within the 2026 hierarchy each person belonged to.

The only workaround I could find was to create separate lists for each individual subtag, but that would require running a large number of searches.

Has anyone encountered this issue or found a better solution for something similar?

Thank you in advance!

    Best answer by Sally Heaven

    There’s an export format (not report) called Tags List that will give you all the tags plus VAN ID for contacts that have them. The hitch there is that you can’t add other columns to that export format beyond the tag name, code, description, date it was created, and by whom. So if you have a different report with a lot of other information, you’d need to do some fancy Excel magic to add all the tags to records with matching VAN ID. (Or possibly an AI tool can do that for you instead of writing XLOOKUP code these days...)

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    Sally Heaven
    Sally HeavenAnswer
    Product Pro
    May 13, 2026

    There’s an export format (not report) called Tags List that will give you all the tags plus VAN ID for contacts that have them. The hitch there is that you can’t add other columns to that export format beyond the tag name, code, description, date it was created, and by whom. So if you have a different report with a lot of other information, you’d need to do some fancy Excel magic to add all the tags to records with matching VAN ID. (Or possibly an AI tool can do that for you instead of writing XLOOKUP code these days...)

    Raise HECK, a Bonterra partner and certified Super User
      FatimaAuthor
      Rising Star
      May 14, 2026

      This is great, thank you! I did not know this was possible. 

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