Data Product View - Minor Improvements to MVP

[smwingo]

ticket with some initial notes on MVP iteration of CASEI data product view, eg:

are we using the GCMD KWs as in CMR now? -- Tammo confirmed this is YES today.

result list:

• sorting by? plat/inst?
• show variables in table/list as additional column?
• short name? w/ doi link below? need more to distinguish what is really in one row vs the others...esp if/when have empty column(s)...

filters:

• meas/vairable and meas style on same row
• camp/plat/inst as dropdown? are aliases included in text search? much prefer to include aliases in what gets searched, prefer single text box to type for searching bc multiple search boxes may be confusing
• can we have a way to see the KW list...? even rudimentary link to gcmd kw viewer set for earth science kws??
• filter for campaigns' geophy concepts? could replace measurement type if space won't allow an additional filter

[heidimok]

Hey @smwingo After discussion some of these bullets with @Tammo-Feldmann here is what I am proposing we can change more immediately to try and address feedback. It's not 1:1 for each bullet because I think some solutions can tackle multiple concerns?

Proposed changes

1. Instead of the DOI name, use the longer written name of the data product like the mockup below. If the name is too long, we can cut it off and use the hover tooltip to expose the full text. This is a bit more human-readable.

• We were talking through other ways to sort but it's not simple to just sort by columns like platforms and instruments that have many different items in a single cell. We'd need a very specific defined idea of how to sort to move forward quickly on this. Therefore we propose that by being able to sort on a more human-readable name, the sort function becomes more intuitive

2. Prototyping the variables in a column, but only for evaluation. I think we keep coming back to this and the challenge of continuously extending table columns on limited space. Especially with gcmd names, I feel that the ask is simple but it's not a simple solution. But it's easy to prototype and Tammo can play with a version with another variables column and paste visually for us to evaluate.

3. Adjusting filters:

• 3a. Adding geophysical concepts as a filter on the top row
• 3b. Moving the date range from bottom to top row to make space
  
• 3c. Placing all the measurement filters side by side in the bottom row
• 3d. Adding alias to the campaign, platform, instrument search. On the topic of changing how the filter looks altogether, we discussed this but don't see another obvious path right now. Separating each item as filters would mean having 2 dropdowns of 100+ items.
  

4. Info icon link out to GCMD keywords dictionary. This takes users away from CASEI to reference the full GCMD keyword list.
   

Questions for @smwingo

• Should we link directly from the button out or expose a tooltip with explanation and link?
• If tooltip, what would be a good description text?
• Link here? https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all?gtm_scheme=all

5. Fill in empty fields - This wasn't in the list above but in my notes that the empty cells can be confusing. What could be a placeholder for them? @smwingo
   

[smwingo]

@heidimok thank you!!!!!

My Comments on Proposed Changes:

1 - yes - i like it all, and understand the sorting issue - data prod name will help and be more human readable/intelligable

2 - sounds good - will look fwd to what Tammo comes up with and happy to iterate as we all have time

3 - this all sounds reasonable

4 - i prefer a tool tip to give a short/clarification text to user. text can use:

"Data produt variables in CASEI and NASA's CMR are represented by GCMD Earth Science Keywords. For a full list of the heirarchical GCMD Earth Science Keywords available, please refer to [ the GCMD keyword viewer ] " with the text in the [ ] as the link to the viewer

and yes, link to the GCMD kw viewer, but instead of the "all" default, let's send users to JUST THE EARTH SCIENCE part of the tree -- I know there's a way to give URL for that, atm the one i have looks messy but does seem to work ( https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/e9f67a66-e9fc-435c-b720-ae32a2c3d8f5?gtm_keyword=EARTH%20SCIENCE&gtm_scheme=Earth%20Science )

5 - think it would also be good to ask some others on the team -- my initial idea is to give a "see landing page for details" kind of message-- don't know about how that would fit in the available space, or if some sort of "tool tip" kind of text over a "---" would suffice... @deborahUAH @cw0045 @EJwalker13 @als0076 @rwyatt19 what are yall's thoughts on this one??

[rwyatt19]

for 5: I like the hover "tool tip" text over "---". Only exposes info if a user is interested.