[ckan-dev] Change the default ckan facet search

Thu Oct 24 13:36:22 UTC 2019

> My question is, it is possible that solr does index field name so
> that I can search for random text and see whether there is any data
> with such field name for us in this case e.g. "content type".

That should work exactly this way. I suspect the field name is not
"content_type". Have a look at a package (package_show) that has this
field and check its actual name.

> The overal task for us is as follows:

I don't think it is a good idea to use field names to represent data.
Why not have two fields: "antenna_brand" and "antenna_range" ?

On Thu, 2019-10-24 at 13:15 +0000, mane moshref wrote:
> Hi Harald,
> 
> 
> I just got what you meant by "search for "content_type:*""
> It doesn't turn any result.
> 
> Example: Dataset A
> 
> 
> In the CKAN search box if I search for monitoring I get the
> corresponding dataset but with Content type, I recieve no dataset.
> I am not familiar with Solr.
> My question is, it is possible that solr does index field name so
> that I can search for random text and see whether there is any data
> with such field name for us in this case e.g. "content type".
> 
> The overal task for us is as follows:
> users need to insert some datasets. These datasets should have some
> additional fields. one of the fields is about the specific Anthena
> that used to callect the all related data. The field name is the
> name anthena's brand and the value is the range. None of these two
> are in prior familier to us. So we should provide a dynamic search
> to our clients / myckan visitors where they just write the brand
> [field name] they look for and see whether there is any dataset
> which uses this brand...... and ideally as the next step, if there
> are more than one datasets they look for a specific range [value].
> 
> 
> I feel it should be possible but cannot find any related
> documentation for CKAN in this regard.
> 
> Any help is appreciated
> Best regards
> Mandana
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 1:36:39 PM GMT+2, von Waldow,
> Harald <Harald.vonWaldow at eawag.ch> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Mani
> 
> If I understand correctly, you want to have a look at the SOLR
> search
> syntax.
> 
> 1. To find any dataset that has the field content_type, no matter
> its
> value, search for "content_type:*"
> 
> 3. Searching for the union of the packages for two or more
> organizations works like so:
> 
> "organization:(decision-analysis OR stream-ecology)"
> 
> Making that more userfriendly, e.g. pimp the facet search UI so
> that
> it allows users to combine searches with "OR", would be nice, and
> I'd
> happily use it if someone implemented it :).
> 
> 2. That's how I do it too. Hints for more elegance welcome.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Harald
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2019-10-23 at 10:21 +0000, mane moshref wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I have couple of questions regarding the search facet and extra
> > fields.
> > 
> > 1. Is it possible to index extra field and not extra value?
> > I assume CKAN does not index the name/title of extra fields. for
> > example I as a user add the field:"content type",
> > Value:"monitoring". If I search 'monitoring' it retunrs the
> correct
> > dataset, however if I search 'content type' nothing will return.
> > So, is there any way to also search for the field name and not
> > necessarily the value.
> > 
> > 2. In my use case, users should be open to add up to 4 extra
> > fields. And I need to add to facet search, one is the extra field
> > names and the other their values. Is there any way to add
> > automatically this into the facet? o I need definitely give the
> > extra field name (similar to this)
> > 
> >            EUDAT-B2FIND/ckanext-b2findB2FIND extension for
> > CKAN. Contribute to EUDAT-B2FIND/ckanext-b2find development by
> > creating an account on GitHub.  
> > 
> > 3. The current behaviour of CKAN is, in the page
> > /myckan.com/dataset, i am only able to search based on one
> > organisation. I mean there is no possibility to search datasets
> > based on multiple chosen organisations. Is it possible this
> > behaviour and if yes, which part of the could should i change?
> > 
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance
> > Best regards
> > Mani
> 
> > 
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