Search and Filters

Search filters

Overview

Filters on a dashboard are highly customisable in Livingdocs.

Example:

// static editor config
filters: {
  // filter groups
  // deprecated, use Table Dashboards instead
  articleList: {
    // visible filters on the top of the dashboard
    // core filter plugins and custom filter plugins can be defined here
    displayFilters: ['channels', 'contentType', 'timeRange', 'sortBy'],
    // invisible
    defaultQueries: [{type: 'documentType', value: 'article'}],
    // invisibile
    emptySearchQueries: [{type: 'documentType', value: 'article'}]
  },
  // deprecated, use projectConfig editorSettings.inlineLinks
  inlineArticleList: {
    displayFilters: [],
    defaultQueries: [
      {type: 'documentType', value: 'article'},
      {type: 'sortBy', value: 'relevance'}
      // because `sortBy` is used here, it cannot be used as `displayFilters`
    ],
    emptySearchQueries: [
      {type: 'documentType', value: 'article'},
      {type: 'sortBy', value: '-updated_at'}
    ]
  },
  // deprecated, use Table Dashboards instead
  pageList: {
    displayFilters: [],
    defaultQueries: [
      {type: 'documentType', value: 'page'},
      {type: 'sortBy', value: 'relevance'}
    ],
    emptySearchQueries: [
      {type: 'documentType', value: 'article'},
      {type: 'sortBy', value: '-updated_at'}
    ]
  },
  // deprecated, use Table Dashboards instead
  dataRecordList: {
    displayFilters: ['timeRange'],
    defaultQueries: [
      {type: 'documentType', value: 'data-record'},
      {type: 'sortBy', value: '-updated_at'}
    ]
  },
  // this is deprecated, use projectConfig editorSettings.documentLists
  documentListList: {
    displayFilters: ['timeRange'],
    defaultQueries: [
      {type: 'documentType', value: 'article'},
      {type: 'documentState', value: 'published'},
      {type: 'channelHandle', value: 'web'},
      {type: 'sortBy', value: 'relevance'}
    ],
    emptySearchQueries: [
      {type: 'documentType', value: 'article'},
      {type: 'documentState', value: 'published'},
      {type: 'sortBy', value: '-updated_at'}
    ]
  }
}

Filter groups (see example)

  • articleList - This configures the articles screen.
  • inlineArticleList - This configures inline article search like the one used in the List screen.
  • pageList - This configures the pages screen.
  • menuList - This configures the Menu screen.
  • mediaList - This configures the media screen.
  • dataRecordList - This configures the data-record screen.
  • documentListList - This configures the List screen.

Filter config properties (see example)

  • displayFilters

    The filters that are shown to the user. One can use Core DisplayFilter or Custom DisplayFilter.

  • defaultQueries

    defaultQueries determines a set of default filter (not visible in UI). This filter is discarded as soon as a user manually selects a filter and reapplied when all manually chosen filters are deselected.

  • emptySearchQueries

    emptySearchQueries determines the empty search filter. This filter is taken into account when there is no search query input present. Note that this filter is treated mutually exclusive with the default filter that is used in case there is a query present.