Displaying results, in an analytics visualization dashboard, of federated searches across repositories using as inputs attributes of the analytics visualization dashboard

An article comprising at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor resource of a computing platform to:

• receive an input indicating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) selection of an attribute displayed in an analytics visualization dashboard, wherein the selected attribute is associated with a search term;
• receive a search configuration for each repository of a plurality of repositories, wherein each search configuration defines at least one metadata field within the repository to be searched against the search term and a limit on a number of results retrieved;
• perform a federated search across the plurality of repositories using the search term and through a content web service, wherein the federated search includes a specific search based on the search configuration for each repository of the plurality of repositories;
• forward at least one search configuration for the plurality of repositories to the content web service;
• obtain results of the federated search performed in the plurality of repositories, wherein the results are content metadata associated to the search term, the content metadata relating to contents stored in the plurality of repositories and the content metadata further comprising links to the contents;
• send the at least one search configuration for the plurality of repositories to the analytics visualization dashboard for display;
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• display the at least one search configuration for the plurality of repositories and the content metadata in the analytics visualization dashboard and provide access, through the links in the analytics visualization dashboard, to the contents associated with the displayed content metadata.

A system comprising:

• a display device to display an analytics visualization dashboard showing a plurality of attributes;
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• a computing platform to:
• receive an input indicating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) selection of one of the attributes displayed in the analytics visualization dashboard, wherein the selected attribute is associated with a search term;
• perform a federated search across a plurality of repositories using the search term and through a content web service;
• obtain results of the federated search performed in the repositories, wherein the results are content metadata associated to the search term, the content metadata relating to contents stored in the repositories and the content metadata further comprising links to the contents;
• generate search configurations for each one of the plurality of repositories, wherein each search configuration defines at least one metadata field within the repository to be searched against the search term and a limit on a number of results retrieved;
• forward at least one search configuration for the plurality of repositories to the content web service;
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• send the at least one search configuration for the plurality of repositories to the analytics visualization dashboard for display;
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• wherein a dashboard engine is further to utilize the display device to display the at least one search configuration for the plurality of repositories and the content metadata in the analytics visualization dashboard and provide access, through the links in the analytics visualization dashboard, to the contents associated with the displayed content metadata.