Understanding the Implementation of the Search Bar in ManageIQ

[SanthoshRam-03]

Hello ManageIQ Community,

I'm exploring the ManageIQ codebase, and I'm particularly interested in understanding how the search bar functionality is implemented. I've looked through various parts of the code, including cloud_network_controller.rb and generic_list_mixin.rb, but I haven't pinpointed where the search bar logic is processed on the backend.

Could someone please provide insights or point me to the relevant parts of the code where the search functionality is handled? Specifically, I'm looking for the following:

1.) How the search query is captured and passed to the server-side.
2.) Which controller actions are responsible for processing the search request.
3.) How the search results are filtered and returned to the UI.

Any additional documentation or explanations on this topic would also be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your assistance!

[jeffibm]

Hey @SanthoshRam-03 ,

To bring a search bar here, we can follow the below steps.

1. Create a new react component.
2. This new component will have a Hide Deprecated checkbox and a search-bar
3. We can Reuse the existing POST request action for now to filter.
4. Make changes in the manageiq repository to handle the search text from the search bar.
5. Make sure it works on the Provision Instance page
6. Make sure it works on Provision virtual machines (no checkbox here)
7. Remove the old Hide Deprecated checkbox

[jeffibm]

Issue - #22871

Below are the code changes that should answer your questions -

1. Search feature for provisioning instance and virtual machines manageiq-ui-classic#9159
2. Search feature for provisioning instance and virtual machines #22996