Finding Contents

With some of the metadata fields correctly updated and populated, it will be much easier to search for contents on the platform catalog.

Quick Filters

• Move back to the Data > Layers list.

• Notice that the position of the Mainrd layer has changed now; you should be able to see it as a first element if you correctly updated the Publishing Date.

  

• The list is ordered by Publishing Date descending by default; it is possible to quickly change the order of the items by clicking on the Order quick filter button.

  

• On the left column there are also a set of quick filters that can be used to further refine the list contents

  • The TYPE filter is expanded by default. This is the most simple one and allows you to quickly search for some specific types of layers. A small counter also tells us how many datsets are available globally for that specific type. This is valid in general for any of those Quick filters.

    

  • By start typing on the TEXT filter, the system will show a content menu with the possible refined choices associated to the typing. Notice how difficult is to recognize the layer with a non meaningful title and how easy is to recognize the others instead. If you know something about the title or description of the layer, this is one of the quickest ways to search for it.

    

  • Also by using the KEYWORDS filter will help us a lot to search for some specific contents.

    

  • We can use the CATEGORIES filter to further refine the search or to look for some specific areas of contents.

    

  • If we know who created the layer, we can use the RESPONSIBLE, GROUPS and/or GROUPS CATEGORIES filters.

    

  • The DATE filters are very useful to refine the search by looking for specific ranges of valid dates; notice that those filters will work correctly only if you specified the Publication Date correctly on the layer metadata.

    

  • The REGIONS filters work well only if the Regions have been correctly set on the metadata panel.

    

  • Finally the EXTENT filter could be also a quick way to refine the list by zooming over an area of interest

    

Advanced Search

By moving to the main page and clicking on the Advanced Search link, will allow us to apply the Quick Filters above over any content type instead of a specific one

Notice that now the list shows all the types of data available on GeoNode

Contents Search

By using the search boxes on the main page or on the top bar, it is also to search for sentences from the layers’ abstracts and purposes.

When start typing, the type ahead will show you probably some title matches; however if you put some content and click on the search lens, it will look also for matches on the abstracts.

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