Dataset page customization UI/X

[pwalsh]

Description

We want to customise the dataset pages for a more optimal user experience. In particular, we want users to be able to reach visualisations for a given dataset with ease - have a default visualisation per dataset when possible, and minimal clicks to see other views on the data.

Ideal:

• If the the dataset has resources that are geo data, render this on a map
• If the the dataset has resources that are tabular, render this in an interactive table

Nice to have:

• Render basic visualisations that are easily navigated for tabular datasets (bar, line, pie)

Tasks

• [ ] Wireframe page layouts for each of geo and tabular data resources that allow users to immediately see the data visualised
• [ ] Identify key CKAN extensions that can be used to help implement some or all of the changes

Requires

• Estimate of effort by UI/X team
• Signoff by Product Owner

[pwalsh]

@amercader can you help out here with a couple of examples of pages that visual data in a simple and easily accessible way straight from the dataset page.

[amercader]

I can't recall any instance with visualizations straight on the dataset page but it should be really easy to modify the templates to add a snippet for the relevant resource view. For tabular data CKAN core ships with the Recline view and DataTables view that give a powerful interface for tables. For geographic data there is ckanext-geoview that provides map widgets for GeoJSON files and WMS services, or ckanext-cartodbmap that allows embedding Carto visualizations.