Finder
A Finder is a scoped search on a single dataset with filters to modify the results.
How it works
What is a finder
Depending on context, “finder” can mean:
- The “finder pattern”
- The “finder technology”, ie. a product used to generate finders using content-store and finder-frontend)
- A specific finder including the content it exposes is sometimes called a “finder” by editors
What does a finder do?
Finders allow users to easily browse a comprehensive library of similarly formatted specialist documents relating to a particular topic.
Finders help users find a specific document, or set of documents, within a topic.
Finders also help users who need to know when a document is published or updated relating to a specific topic or subtopic.
Live examples
- Case studies: Real-life examples of government activity
- Departments, agencies and public bodies
- Groups
- Contact HM Revenue & Customs
- All ministers and senior officials on GOV.UK
- Search
- AAIB: Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports
- Statistical data sets
- Guidance and regulation
- Topical Events
- Worldwide organisations
Complete list of examples available and page data on Content Data.
| Date | Description | Document | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2024 | Findings after the search team has improved the relevancy of site search results, and what to do next |
GOV.UK site search: desk research, analytics findings and product solutions (opens in a new tab) | |
| 1 July 2024 | This document outlines the reasons and benefits to improve specialist finder |
Proposal to improve Specialist Finder development and efficiency (opens in a new tab) | |
| 10 May 2024 | Migrating finders to Vertex in order to improve keyword search relevance |
Should we move finders to Google Vertex AI Search? (opens in a new tab) |
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