Basic search on Flow board (tracking)
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	Dec 5 2014, 1:14 AM

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Clickable prototypes: Search and Filtering

As a user, I would like to search in a Flow board for keywords, so I can find topics and posts that include terms I'm interested in.
The idea is to provide an integrated bar where search, browsing (ToC), and filtering are supported.

A couple of prototypes (search and filtering) are available to try the basic idea, although the designs have been iterated and a more precise description of how things are expected to work is provided below. Check initial announcement and feedback on the mailing list for more context.

T89422: Turn Flow ToC bar into a Search/ToC bar (Search)

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search_bar_search.jpg (427×857 px, 143 KB)

T89785: Highlight search results on the current Flow board (Search)

search_first_result.jpg (426×851 px, 83 KB)

T99791: Show an overview of all matches found in a Flow board

T99782: Navigate through results when searching a Flow board

T99786: Show matching topics when searching a Flow board

Browsing details.png (369×585 px, 29 KB)

T89786: Clear search box (Search)

T89787: "No results found" error handling for Flow search

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T99881: Loading indicator for search in Flow boards

T99785: Show richer info on Flow topics at the Table of Contents

T90471: Filtering options integrated with new search/TOC

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T99878: Communicate that content on a flow board has been filtered

T99875: Advanced filtering on a Flow board (advanced search panel)

T99880: Auto-complete filters from search bar in Flow

Advanced search details.png (161×580 px, 11 KB)

Main concepts

Search:
- T89785 Results highlighting in-page.
- T99881 Loading indicator for search.
- T99782 Navigate through search results.
- T89786 Clear search box
- T99791 Overview of all search matches.
- T89787 No results found.
- T89422 Integrate ToC in the search bar
- T99786 Show matching items when searching

Advanced
- T99785 Show richer info on topics: activity, user participation, and readership.
- T90053 Integrate archived results.
- T99789 Search as you type.
- T99882 Surface similar topics when users create a new topic.
- T102943 Keyboard shortcut.
- T106551 Open searches in a new view.

Filters
- T90471 Quick filters.
- T99875 Advanced filter panel
- T99878 Communicate filtered topics in the flow board content.
- T99880 Auto-complete filters from search bar .

Additional considerations

Different search options and saved/recent searches are for later iterations.
Ditto for https://trello.com/c/dTRhYBdY/15-find-flow-conversations-in-site-search
Ditto for https://trello.com/c/qM8FoMxA/ (?)

Trello card: 67MMTfqA, part of Flow Search (Tracking) in Trello

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	• DannyH	T171977 Annual Plan 2017-2018, Audiences 5: Increase current editor retention and engagement
Resolved	• DannyH	T171982 Annual Plan 2017-2018, Audiences 5, Goal 3: Provide better workflow and communication experiences
Open	None	T167928 Improve structured discussion features for the communities that use them, based on user feedback and prioritising technical debt
Open	None	T170530 Reconsider how to navigate on a Flow board
Invalid	None	T104631 [DO NOT USE] Search in Flow boards (tracking)
Open	None	T76823 Basic search on Flow board (tracking)
Open	None	T89785 Highlight search results on the current Flow board (Search)
Resolved	matthiasmullie	T104443 Add list of highlighted words and total term frequency to search API output
Open	None	T89422 Turn Flow ToC bar into a Search/ToC bar (Search)
Resolved	Mooeypoo	T96890 B4. Update existing TOC to use OOJS-UI
Resolved	Mooeypoo	T98368 B3. Flow DM: Create a basic flow.dm.Board and flow.dm.Topic objects and populate them
Open	None	T89786 Clear search box (Search)
Open	None	T89787 "No results found" error handling for Flow search
Duplicate	None	T89861 Move sorting options to ellipsis menu next to Search/ToC bar (Search)
Open	None	T99782 Navigate through results when searching a Flow board
Open	None	T99786 Show matching topics when searching a Flow board
Open	None	T99791 Show an overview of all matches found in a Flow board
Open	None	T99881 Loading indicator for search in Flow boards
Open	None	T78796 Figure out how to deploy Flow search
Resolved	matthiasmullie	T78787 U8. Make ES configuration management maintenance script
Resolved	matthiasmullie	T78786 Make CirrusSearch updateOneSearchIndexConfig.php code reusable
Open	None	T106551 Open search results in a new view
Open	None	T106665 Stop relying on ElasticSearch script.disable_dynamic: false
Resolved	matthiasmullie	T86257 Bring Special:FlowSearch back to life
Declined	None	T95908 Automatically keep search index updated as new posts and edits are made
Open	None	T172369 Error when run maintenance/FlowSearchConfig.php
Open	None	T183241 Add a time-range filter for comments done on a Structured discussions page

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• Mattflaschen-WMF merged a task: T78790: Implement Flow search frontend.May 20 2015, 3:25 PM

• Mattflaschen-WMF removed a subtask: T78790: Implement Flow search frontend.

• Mattflaschen-WMF added a subscriber: matthiasmullie.

Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)May 21 2015, 8:10 AM

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Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)May 21 2015, 10:05 AM

Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)May 21 2015, 10:11 AM

Now that browse topics moves to the side, how does that effect the ToC rendering? When you click Browse topics, is the ToC still full with? When the ToC is collapsed, does it still update its caption to match the currently-on-top topic title as you scroll down the board?

• DannyH moved this task from June 2015 to Not soon on the Roadmap board.Jun 4 2015, 4:06 PM

Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 18 2015, 11:04 AM

• Mattflaschen-WMF added a subtask: T78796: Figure out how to deploy Flow search.Jul 1 2015, 4:01 AM

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• DannyH updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 1 2015, 6:18 PM

• DannyH updated the task description. (Show Details)

• DannyH moved this task from Team discussion to Search (temporary column) on the Collaboration-Team-Triage board.Jul 6 2015, 4:16 PM

• DannyH merged a task: T76786: Search front-end: format API output for UX design TBD.Jul 6 2015, 4:40 PM

• DannyH added a subscriber: • Spage.

• DannyH updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 6 2015, 4:44 PM

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• DannyH updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 6 2015, 4:52 PM

• DannyH updated the task description. (Show Details)

• DannyH updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 6 2015, 5:00 PM

• DannyH closed subtask T96890: B4. Update existing TOC to use OOJS-UI as Resolved.Jul 6 2015, 5:04 PM

• DannyH reopened subtask T96890: B4. Update existing TOC to use OOJS-UI as Open.

• DannyH updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 6 2015, 5:19 PM

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• DannyH closed subtask T96890: B4. Update existing TOC to use OOJS-UI as Resolved.Jul 10 2015, 5:34 PM

• DannyH closed subtask T78796: Figure out how to deploy Flow search as Resolved.Jul 16 2015, 7:37 PM

• DannyH moved this task from Search (temporary column) to Untriaged on the Collaboration-Team-Triage board.

matthiasmullie reopened subtask T78796: Figure out how to deploy Flow search as Open.Jul 16 2015, 7:45 PM

Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 22 2015, 5:33 PM

• Spage unsubscribed.Jul 22 2015, 5:38 PM

• DannyH moved this task from Untriaged to Tracking tickets on the Collaboration-Team-Triage board.Jul 22 2015, 9:15 PM

matthiasmullie added a subtask: T106665: Stop relying on ElasticSearch script.disable_dynamic: false.Jul 23 2015, 10:49 AM

• DannyH renamed this task from Search in Flow board to find topic or post (tracking) to Basic search on Flow board (tracking).Jul 24 2015, 12:13 AM

• DannyH edited subtasks, added: T86257: Bring Special:FlowSearch back to life; removed: T102943: Keyboard shortcut for searching Flow boards, T99882: Surface similar topics when users create a new topic in Flow, T99880: Auto-complete filters from search bar in Flow, T99875: Advanced filtering on a Flow board (advanced search panel), T99789: Start showing search results in a Flow board as users start typing, T99785: Show richer info on Flow topics at the Table of Contents, T96890: B4. Update existing TOC to use OOJS-UI, T90471: Filtering options integrated with new search/TOC, T76786: Search front-end: format API output for UX design TBD.Jul 24 2015, 12:35 AM

• DannyH removed a subtask: T99878: Communicate that content on a flow board has been filtered.

• DannyH removed a subtask: T90053: Search /Archive of old talkpages.

• DannyH added a subtask: T95908: Automatically keep search index updated as new posts and edits are made.Jul 24 2015, 12:38 AM

Quiddity mentioned this in T109211: Flow search: "Topic" namespace on Special:Search returns no results.Aug 18 2015, 5:22 PM

• DannyH moved this task from Tracking tickets to Flow Holding Area on the Collaboration-Team-Triage board.Aug 21 2015, 9:29 PM

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Quiddity moved this task from Flow Holding Area to Tracking tickets on the Collaboration-Team-Triage board.Mar 7 2016, 7:02 PM

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Quiddity added a project: Tracking-Neverending.Mar 23 2016, 6:19 PM

• Mattflaschen-WMF closed subtask T86257: Bring Special:FlowSearch back to life as Resolved.Apr 28 2016, 2:39 AM

Danny_B moved this task from Tag to Should be workboard column instead on the Tracking-Neverending board.Jul 20 2016, 12:57 AM

Flow is in use at Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia, and we are starting to miss a working search functionality.

The full list of feedbacks can be found on w:no:Wikipedia:Torget#Flow (permalink)

Tgr mentioned this in T62493: StructuredDiscussions posts are not indexed in builtin search.Mar 8 2017, 9:26 PM

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Trizek-WMF mentioned this in T167928: Improve structured discussion features for the communities that use them, based on user feedback and prioritising technical debt.Jun 15 2017, 4:12 PM

Trizek-WMF mentioned this in T132817: Flow boards should use paginated scrolling.Jul 13 2017, 9:26 AM

Trizek-WMF added a parent task: T170530: Reconsider how to navigate on a Flow board.Jul 13 2017, 9:33 AM

• Mattflaschen-WMF added a parent task: T104631: [DO NOT USE] Search in Flow boards (tracking).Jul 14 2017, 2:18 AM

Jdforrester-WMF added a parent task: T167928: Improve structured discussion features for the communities that use them, based on user feedback and prioritising technical debt.Aug 28 2017, 7:13 PM

• Mattflaschen-WMF added a subtask: T172369: Error when run maintenance/FlowSearchConfig.php.Aug 29 2017, 5:53 PM

Trizek-WMF added a subtask: T183241: Add a time-range filter for comments done on a Structured discussions page.Dec 19 2017, 1:38 PM

If search on a board is implemented, we should also consider to have T132817: Flow boards should use paginated scrolling at the same time. Pagination is not a problem when you can search on a given page.

SBisson closed subtask T95908: Automatically keep search index updated as new posts and edits are made as Declined.Jul 20 2018, 5:00 PM

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Tgr mentioned this in T282146: Flow\Exception\InvalidReferenceException in CirrusSearch DataSender::sendData job.Sep 15 2021, 4:04 AM

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