edgi-govdata-archiving / archivers.space

🗄 Event data management app used at DataRescues
https://www.archivers.space/
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Can't filter on stage and search at the same time #41

Open maxrothman opened 7 years ago

maxrothman commented 7 years ago

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kmcculloch commented 7 years ago

On closer look, this isn't a bug but a usability issue. Looks like the search box always returns results independent of the stage filter selection. The results are color-coded by stage, but I agree that the interface is confusing.

As a quick fix we could add some clarifying language to the UI or the documentation. It might also be a good idea to add a "stage" column and include the actual stage name in the row, since the color-coding is a bit obscure. But my guess is that seeing search results regardless of pipeline stage is the desirable outcome. Is there a real need for targeting a URL search to a particular pipeline phase?

maxrothman commented 7 years ago

My use-case was that, as a harvester working at the NOAA table, I wanted to see all harvestable NOAA sites. Instead, I could either see all NOAA sites or all harvestable sites.