[ckan-dev] ckan-dev Digest, Vol 86, Issue 11

Wed Jan 10 17:36:43 UTC 2018

Yes, the data dictionary can be set or updated with the datastore_create
'fields' parameter by adding an 'info' object containing any JSON you need
for that field:

https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/3414/files#diff-d8942d2054c04edc9ee834957411a2edR111

The form by default stores a single 'label' and 'notes' value per field but
you're free to override the templates to add your own extra information per
column. There's no restrictions on what you store there other than that
'info' should be a JSON object.

Sadly this didn't get added to the documentation as part of the same PR.
Would you like to open an issue? I'll assign myself to it and try to get
this included in the docs.

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 5:02 PM, Aaron McGlinchy <
McGlinchyA at landcareresearch.co.nz> wrote:

> Bump
>
> Hi,
>     I enquired on stackoverflow about information on the data dictionary
> feature that is now present in v2.7.x
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47783069/data-
> dictionary-feature-of-ckan-2-7-x
>
> We are in the process of upgrading from CKAN 2.6.3 to 2.7.2. We have a
> test installation of 2.7.2 and I notice a new feature is the data
> dictionary, which looks very useful!
>
> Is there any documentation around use of the data dictionary feature? I
> can see how it detects the field names and types automatically, but
> requires a manual edit to enter the label and description.
>
> Up until this new feature we have been recording the metadata in an
> accompanying file e.g. https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/
> dataset/skink-capture-data/resource/aff3205a-aacc-4e96-ad9c-91a72708ce45
> (more detailed) or https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/
> dataset/short-term-possum-foraging-movements/resource/
> a69d3628-a63a-45a0-af34-f25acb8d5a99 (simple).
>
> We also use the API to upload some data. Can the data dictionary values be
> set using the API. Could we import data dictionary values from the metadata
> files we have been using (if we agreed a standard format)?
>
> Thanks
> Aaron
>
>
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