# Querying from attributes

**URL:** <https://aiida.discourse.group/t/querying-from-attributes/433>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [July 17, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/querying-from-attributes/433 "2024-07-17T12:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPchico](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/aiida.discourse.group/jpchico/32/29_2.png) [@JPchico](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/JPchico)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/querying-from-attributes/433/2 "2024-07-17T13:34:57Z")

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I have seen the answer about [alloys-by-elements](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/find-calculations-with-alloys-by-elements/328). And that might work, I do wonder however, if there is a way of just checking by the symbols, as not having to worry about the kind object itself.

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