AstroSearch v4.0 – Release Date: March 2025

The Astromat Synthesis Search Application (AstroSearch) v4 has been migrated and integrated into a unified repository that houses multiple shared components. It now features a fresh interface, enhanced filters, instant results, and effortless exports with new options to customize outputs. Key changes are highlighted below:

Improved query state management by adding NUQs library

Modified schema to align with default API results and improved request functions for results

Enhanced translation for all public text (i18n) 

Updated datagrid table (MUI) for improved data organization for user experience;

Included user-enabled contextual text bubble (tooltip) added for greater information on chemical variable value cells;

Enriched customization features for user preference including custom pagination, custom table footer, custom export action, and more;

Streamlined user actions by enabling modal screens for interacting with data and metadata selection, chemical variable information, pre-export information, and data-collection;

Enriched the user experience for basic and advanced filters;

Enabled multi-dimensional search query to yield more dexterous results;

Included input components for: multi-selection, text-input, and matrix selection;

Updated API with new endpoints, updated vocabularies, page-related endpoints, and some refactoring to streamline indexing and exports of dynamoDB submissions;

Added transformation functions and fetching to the export-service to aid in metadata and variable compilation;

Applied changes to index schema to improve efficiency of the main index;

Maintain known issues and support workarounds while pursuing permanent solutions in alignment with development roadmap.

AstroSearch v4 Release Notes

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We know that not everyone in our community can make it to Goldschmidt 2025 in Prague, especially in a year when many are navigating tight budgets and limited travel. For those who are attending, we want to make sure you're in the loop on a few key events where Astromat will be sharing updates, resources, and conversations around geochemical data and sample return science.

If you're headed to the meeting, come find us here:

🔹 Workshop: FAIR Global Databases in Geochemistry and their Applications

Room 344 (3rd Floor, Prague Congress Centre)

🔹 Exhibit Booth: EarthChem & Astromat: Find, Access & Publish Geochemical Data

Sunday, 6 July | 17:00–19:00 CEST (Icebreaker Reception)

🔹 Oral Presentation: Maximizing Return on Investment of Sample-Return Missions: Astromat’s Services to Ensure Long-term Access and Reusability of Astromaterials Sample Data — Kerstin A. Lehnert

🔹 Town Hall: Call to Action: Toward Resilient Databases in Geochemistry

We’ll share highlights from the week afterward, so if you're not attending, you’ll still be able to catch up on what matters.

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AstroSearch v4 Release Notes

AstroSearch v4.0 – Release Date: March 2025

Improvements of major functionalities

Updates to API & Technical Components

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