For all those entities that have a self-managed open data portal, the transparency portal makes it possible to manage automatic views originating from the open data portal on any transparency item, and display different resources (such as data tables, graphs or maps, etc.).

Below we explain how this functionality works using an example:

  • The Sant Just Desvern City Council wants to improve the information it shows on the transparency portal, and specifically wants to do so on the item it has created called "municipal facilities".
  • Sant Just Desvern not only wants to improve the information it displays, but also wants to optimize its update flows and encourage it to be updated automatically from its back-office. To do this, it will use open data.
  • The City Council has an open data portal with the ability to publish its own datasets, and has published a data table of the facilities, as well as a map of them in its open data environment. This portal is updated automatically daily.

And how will the Sant Just Desvern City Council link open data resources with a transparency item?

  • Considering that the city council already has a self-managed open data portal, the City Council Transparency editor only needs to go to the transparency edition of the item and see what datasets and resources are available:

  • You will need to select “Add open data view” and, from the set of open data available on your portal, select the set of data and resources (tables, graphs, maps, etc.) that you are interested in associating with the Transparency item in question. In the case of our example, Sant Just will upload a map to the “Municipal Facilities” item, which is generated from the open data environment and is therefore a resource available on the portal. Specifically:
  • Once you have selected the data set (Equipment), you will only need to define the details of the selected resource:

The result is a perfect relationship between the Open Data Portal and the Transparency item, and all in an automated way:

Example of interaction result

Finally, remember that this example could be complemented by the association of more resources such as data tables or graphs.