Search in custom columns

[Neeloj]

hi all,

its possible to search in custom columns like below “informations”:

thank you all

[Ron_Lavi]

We are using scoped_search to populate the searchable data for columns, e.g: foreman/search.rb at d767911c30db4c5cb2c3d5d3c6c25385329a6e35 · theforeman/foreman · GitHub

I am not very strong with rails, but maybe there’s a way to extend it,
by the way, how did you create that custom column?

[Marek_Hulan]

Hi, so first of all, it’s important for us to understand, how you actually added the new column. Was that some plugin? Do you have that plugin source code under control? What does the informations display, is it based on some data in database? Is that a simple text column?

As Ron said, a new scoped search definition can be added in the source code. You need to extend the Host::Managed class with scoped_search :on => :informations, that would be the simplest version. It may differ based on the answers to the questions above.

[Neeloj]

thanks for your answer @Ron_Lavi I’ll check that and give my feedback here

@Ron_Lavi

We are using scoped_search to populate the searchable data for columns, e.g: foreman/search.rb at d767911c30db4c5cb2c3d5d3c6c25385329a6e35 · theforeman/foreman · GitHub

same here

@Ron_Lavi

I am not very strong with rails, but maybe there’s a way to extend it,

@Ron_Lavi

by the way, how did you create that custom column?

here is the way:

> :/etc/foreman/plugins# cat foreman_column_view.yaml
> :column_view:
>   :informations:
>     :title: informations
>     :after: last_report
>     :content: facts_hash['my_test_custom_fact']
>     :width: 30%

dont foreget to restart foreman service.

[Neeloj]

@Marek_Hulan

Hi, so first of all, it’s important for us to understand, how you actually added the new column. Was that some plugin? Do you have that plugin source code under control? What does the informations display, is it based on some data in database? Is that a simple text column?

thank you @Marek_Hulan this is the way which I create the column:

@Neeloj

> :/etc/foreman/plugins# cat foreman_column_view.yaml
> :column_view:
>   :informations:
>     :title: informations
>     :after: last_report
>     :content: facts_hash['my_test_custom_fact']
>     :width: 30%

I show value of custom facts.

@Marek_Hulan

As Ron said, a new scoped search definition can be added in the source code. You need to extend the Host::Managed class with scoped_search :on => :informations, that would be the simplest version. It may differ based on the answers to the questions above.

I’ll check this

[Neeloj]

@Marek_Hulan

Host::Managed

@Marek_Hulan where can I find the class: Host::Managed in the file above search.rb I cannot finde Host::Managed class thanks

[Marek_Hulan]

You can either add such definition here or here where we already have most search definitions.