Include Inventory Items in scope of global search views

[cpmills1975]

Include Inventory Items in scope of global search views

[jathanism]

While this could be easily modified, we'd definitely want to consider the potential performance impact of adding a new item to the global search as a long-term solution. Not a huge deal, but needs a little thought into how that might impact search.

You mentioned that you have code for this, so I gather you've tried this yourself. I'd love to see what you came up with.

[cpmills1975]

I've addressed this and #39 in one pull request (ready for NetBox at the moment, but at the current time easily portable to Nautobot). I've documented my proposal in a bit more detail under your comments on #39 and included some screen shots which, I hope, explain this in more detail.

Fundamentally, I understand the concern of adding additional object types to a search, however, I'd rather use my processor cycles to search through tables I am using rather than those I am not e.g. an asset tag could match against both a device or an inventory item. Equally, it makes little sense to search through the IP address table, if you know you are searching for an asset tag. Consequently my attempt to address the legitimate concerns about adding additional content types is to allow the user to exclude other content types at the time of search - hence the FR I've raised in #39.