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CKAN Extensions Demo Day – Live Demos from CKAN Developers
19 March 2025 01:00 PM UTC
A special CKAN Extensions Demo Day featuring live presentations from developers who have built new CKAN extensions. Learn how these tools enhance CKAN’s capabilities, automate workflows, and integrate with other systems.

The strength of CKAN comes from its community of users, developers, and advocates. All across the community developers take advantage of CKAN extensibility to create plugins that extend its functionality, automate tasks, or allow integration with other tools. We want these extensions to be known and used!

That’s why on March 19, we’re shaking up our CKAN Monthly Live format to bring you a special CKAN Extensions Demo Day.

In a lightning talk format, six presenters will showcase their extensions and demo them to present a quick overview of their features.

Six CKAN Extensions That Make Your Life Easier

1. Ask CKAN questions—get instant answers

What if CKAN had an AI assistant to help you find datasets, understand metadata, and navigate the platform—just by chatting? ckanext-chat brings an AI-powered chat interface to CKAN. It understands CKAN commands, retrieves insights, and makes data more accessible—even for non-technical users.

2. Instantly generate metadata—no manual work required

Metadata is crucial for making datasets searchable and useful—but filling it in manually? Nobody enjoys that. Data Resource Upload First (DRUF)-enabled DP+ automates metadata creation while you upload data. No extra effort, no missing details—just clean, structured metadata every time.

3. Create interactive charts, maps, and tables—directly in CKAN

Data on CKAN doesn’t have to sit in spreadsheets forever. What if you could turn it into interactive visualizations—right inside CKAN? With ckanext-querytool you can transform CKAN datasets into interactive visualizations using Plotly (for charts), DataTables (for tables), and Leaflet (for maps)—all without leaving CKAN or needing extra software.

4. Change CKAN settings without IT help

Every CKAN admin knows the pain of tweaking settings—logging into servers, modifying config files, restarting the system. It shouldn’t be this hard. With ckanext-editable-config CKAN admins can modify settings via Web UI—no need for DevOps, no downtime.

5. Never miss a critical error again

When something goes wrong in CKAN, errors get logged—but who actually checks those logs?  They often go unnoticed. ckanext-push-errors automatically sends critical errors to Slack or any other system so teams can catch and fix issues in real time.

6. Manage files more flexibly in CKAN

CKAN’s default file handling can be limiting. What if you need more flexibility? ckanext-files makes it easier to upload, manage, and attach files directly to datasets and resources, offering more flexibility in organizing data.

Our presenters

(in order of presenting):

  1. Oleksandr Cherniavskiy (Link Digital) – ckanext-files
  2. Andres Vazquez (OKFN) – ckanext-push-errors
  3. Joel Natividad (datHere) – Data Resource Upload First (DRUF)-enabled DP+
  4. Michael Polidori (Datopian) – ckanext-querytool
  5. Jesse Vickery (Open Government Canada) – ckanext-editable-config
  6. Thomas Hanke (Fraunhofer IWM) – ckanext-chat

Why Attend?

  • Learn about new CKAN extensions and how they can improve data management
  • Engage directly with developers and provide feedback
  • See live demos and ask questions

Details

  • Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2024
  • Time: 13:00 UTC
  • How long: 60+ mins
  • Language: English
  • Reserve your spot here.

Google Meet joining info

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Meetings agenda

  1. Welcome and introductions – 10 min
  2. Demos – ~50 min
    1. Oleksandr Cherniavskiy (Link Digital)
    2. Andrés Vazquez (OKF)
    3. Joel Natividad (datHere)
    4. Michael Polidori (Datopian)
    5. Jesse Vickery (Gov Canada)
    6. Thomas Hanke (Fraunhofer IWM)
  3. Community announcements and sharing (if any) – 2 min
  4. Closing – 3 min

You can have a look at the [CKAN Monthly Live] Meeting Doc. Feel free to add items and things you’d like to discuss to the agenda.

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We look forward to seeing you all on CKAN Monthly Live!

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