Accela Engage Introduction to Civic Data com Seth

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Introduction to Civic. Data. com Seth Axthelm Mark Headd Developer Evangelist Accela, Inc. #Accela. Engage

Agenda • • • What is Open Data? Civic. Data. com Walkthrough Uploading data to Civic. Data. com Publishing Accela Automation data to Civic. Data. com My data is published, now what? Q&A #Accela. Engage

Definitions • Open Data • Data form governments made available for external use in machine readable formats. • csv, json, xml, etc… • Civic. Data. com • Open source open data portal powered by Accela and CKAN (best of breed open source open data platform #Accela. Engage

Civic. Data. com • Shared / collaborative open data platform • Built on best-of-breed, open source CKAN platform (powers Open. Colorado & Data. gov) • Launched in October 2013 • Free for both Accela and non-Accela customers • Releasing new features every 6 -8 weeks • Real-time open datasets from Accela Automation #Accela. Engage

Civic. Data. com #Accela. Engage

Uploading Data #Accela. Engage

Publishing Data from AA • We publish data from Accela Automation to Civic. Data. com using the Data Loader • Uses SQL to select the data to publish • Which data fields/columns? • Based on what filters? • First time a dataset loads, loads all the data as far back as designated • Once all data has loaded the data loader runs on a scheduled interval to keep the data current #Accela. Engage

Steps to Publish Data from AA • Pre-requisites • Accela Gateway configured • Agency has been granted a login to the Admin Portal • https: //admin. accela. com #Accela. Engage

Steps to Publish Data from AA • Define a Template • A template is like a report with some parameters #Accela. Engage

Steps to Publish Data from AA • Define a dataset • Pick a template, set the parameters and publish! • One template can be used for multiple datasets #Accela. Engage

Steps to Publish Data from AA • Data begins publishing • Data loads 500 records at a time until current #Accela. Engage

Publishing Guide Available • https: //accelaeng. atlassian. net/wiki/display/PPD/Publishing+a +Dataset+to+Civic. Data. com #Accela. Engage

Building on Open Data • Open data can be the foundation for new apps & services. • Entrepreneurs are increasingly looking at open data for opportunities. • New apps & ideas can help governments. #Accela. Engage

Data Visualizations • Civic. Data. com API Powerfully Simple • http: //axtheset. github. io/bocc-civicdata/ #Accela. Engage

LIVES – Enriching Restaurant Data #Accela. Engage

Transparency with House Facts #Accela. Engage

Custom Front-End #Accela. Engage

Question & Answer Session Seth Axthelm Mark Headd Developer Evangelist Accela, Inc. Accela Developer Links Developer Portal: https: //developer. accela. com Developer Blog: http: //devblog. accela. com Developer Twitter: https: //twitter. com/acceladev Git. Hub: https: //github. com/Accela-Inc #Accela. Engage