# Product workflows

This document records the current understanding of the visible workspaces. It should be updated when workplace users clarify the real operational purpose.

## Home

Entry point and navigation overview. It identifies the development dataset and links to each workspace.

## Stations

Purpose: inspect station-focused observations, map values, and open detailed charts for a selected station.

Current status: inherited workflow; still requires detailed workplace validation and UI review.

## City Analysis

Purpose: compare historical observations across selected cities.

The operator chooses:

- cities;
- start and end time;
- weather field;
- aggregate key;
- granularity.

Results can be viewed as grid/list data or rendered into the familiar temperature-map formats. Weather-symbol authoring does not belong in this workflow.

## Faktiskā

Purpose: prepare the daily **faktiskā laika ziņu karte**—an actual-weather newsroom graphic containing:

- title;
- source;
- temperatures;
- weather conditions represented by the bundled weather-font glyphs;
- 1920×1080 or 3840×1440 output;
- optional wind layout where required.

Current operator flow:

1. Select cities.
2. Select resolution and optional wind layout.
3. Choose the temperature field, calculation, and time range.
4. Load map data.
5. Enter title and source.
6. Select a weather glyph.
7. Apply it to all selected cities when appropriate.
8. Assign different glyphs to the exceptions.
9. Review the canvas and download PNG.

The weather symbols are not automatically derived from the historical temperature query. They remain editorial/manual inputs until a reliable phenomena-data mapping is designed and validated.

## Latvia overview

Purpose: aggregate selected fields across Latvia for a selected time range.

Current status: inherited workflow; terminology, units, and workplace use still need validation.

## Data archive

Purpose: inspect available database dates and individual stored records/files.

Current status: inherited technical/administrative workflow. Access control and export correctness require review before production use.

## HARMONIE

Purpose: inspect and render forecast-model GRIB fields.

Development limitation: no representative HARMONIE GRIB fixtures are currently included, and valid external-provider access is not configured in staging.

## LVGMC forecast

Purpose: display prepared LVGMC forecast products and broadcast tables.

Development limitation: representative forecast CSV fixtures are not currently included, and valid external-provider access is not configured in staging.

## Decisions still required

- Exact workplace meaning and default query for Faktiskā temperatures.
- Which cities belong to each newsroom graphic by default.
- Default titles and source labels.
- Whether wind layouts belong to Faktiskā, City Analysis, or both.
- Whether weather conditions can eventually be populated automatically and which provider field is authoritative.
- Required authentication and role separation for analytical, production, and administrative workspaces.