[ckan-discuss] Search function on the Data Hub

Tue May 8 18:29:41 BST 2012

On 8 May 2012 11:04, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I recently created a group for the data journalism resources we use at
> training sessions in the Data Hub.
>
> It's here:
>
> http://thedatahub.org/group/data-journalism
>
> However, it's a bit cumbersome to get to easily, e.g. if I search 'Data
> Journalism' on the front page, it doesn't show up anywhere, I have to
> traipse through groups pages to get to the ones I am interested in.
>
> http://thedatahub.org/dataset?q=data+journalism

Good question. Can I ask what exactly you want here?

To find the data journalism group when you search
To find the datasets within that group or ...?
None of these ...

> Any idea whether this could be improved from a usability perspective?

Almost certainly yes.

Rufus