No search bar for some collections

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1

Feature(s) impacted

Search bar in dashboard.

Observed behavior

In the dashboard, the search bar is not displayed for some of my collections.

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Expected behavior

The search bar should appear for all collections.

Failure Logs

Console logs:

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No failure logs in the web app logs.

Context

  • Project name: francaisavecmarcel
  • Team name: operations
  • Environment name: development/production
  • Database type: postgresql
  • Recent changes made on your end if any: NA

And, if you are self-hosting your agent:

  • Agent technology: (nodejs, php, ruby, python) : ruby / ruby on rails
  • Agent (forest package) name & version (from your .lock file): forest_liana gem v9.14.4
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Hello @nico_lrx

You can bring the search bar back by explicitly adding is_searchable: true to your collection definition. For example:

class ForestLiana::Collections::User
  include ForestLiana::Collection

  collection :User, is_searchable: true

end

Let me know if you have any questions!

3

That worked, thanks! Is it possible to set is_searchable: true by default to all collections?

4

It’s not possible to enable is_searchable: true globally by default for all collections, but there’s a simple workaround you can use by creating a small base class and inheriting from it in your custom collections.

Here’s how:

Create a shared base collection class (lib/forest_liana/collections/forest_collection.rb)

class ForestLiana::Collections::ForestCollection
  include ForestLiana::Collection

  def self.collection(collection_name, opts = {})
    opts[:is_searchable] = true unless opts.key?(:is_searchable)
    super(collection_name, opts)
  end
end

Then use it in your collection definitions

class ForestLiana::Collections::User < ForestLiana::Collections::ForestCollection
  collection :User

  ...
end

With this setup, is_searchable will be true by default unless you override it explicitly.

Let me know if you’d like help setting that up!

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