michael-conway
commented
8 years ago The metadata query is a 'first look' feature, so the visual aspects are not quite finished, I understand the confusion.
We were playing with a bar on the left hand side that I think will go away. The idea is that there are many 'views' the cloud browser can show, like browsing the hierarchy, doing different kinds of queries, managing the delayed rules queue, etc.
In the current version, that bar shows two primary views
- browse (the folder icon) shows the file browser view
- search(the magnifying glass) takes you to the metadata query view.
That will be replaced in the next version with a sort of 'app' page that can show different types of query builders.
- search(the magnifying glass) takes you to the metadata query view.
When you go to metadata query, you build your criteria, and then when you pick search, it actually runs the query and takes you to the result page, that result page is actually the same as the browse page, your query is highlighted as a temporary collection. The way this works is that, as we build new ways of querying the data, you can save the queries, re-edit them, reexecute them, and if you like them, you can save them as a permanent collection. This is the concept of a 'virtual collection'.
In this way, you have one browse view, and the folders you browse can be the iRODS hierarchy, or they can be collections that come from your query, and can actually be data from multiple places, even multiple zones. The query can be an iRODS query, an elastic search query, a SPARQL search, etc. In this way iRODS collections can be formed even using an external index, and appear and behave as if they are really all in one place.
The short answer is that when you pick the folder, you leave the query view and go back to the normal iRODS browse view. We'll be looking at how to rearrange that main page to make that clearer.
Hope that helps! MC
On 07/15/2016 08:09 AM, katbeaulieu wrote:
What is the browse option supposed to do when you click on the little folder icon for the metadata search page? When I click on this it just gives me a darker page.
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katbeaulieu
What is the browse option supposed to do when you click on the little folder icon for the metadata search page? When I click on this it just gives me a darker page.