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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-53222

Revise admin settings/report for global search for improved usability

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    • Testing Instructions:
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      1. Stop your solr server if it was enabled
      2. Log in as admin
      3. Go to the new bright admin/searchareas.php, ensure you like it and ensure that you see a red message regarding your search engine not being available, the 3 buttons below the header should be disabled
      4. Try to enable and disable search areas, you should see the eye icons changing.
      5. Create an assignment with name '111'
      6. Setup global search https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Global_search and index your site's contents (note that in this issue we change a bit the indexing page, you should press 'Update indexed contents' or 'Reindex all site contents'
      7. Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD appear
      8. Disable "Assignment - activity information" search area
      9. Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD NOT appear
      10. Enable "Assignment - activity information" search area
      11. Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD appear
      12. Delete "Assignment - activity information" search area contents (Delete index link)
      13. Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD NOT appear
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      Stop your solr server if it was enabled Log in as admin Go to the new bright admin/searchareas.php, ensure you like it and ensure that you see a red message regarding your search engine not being available, the 3 buttons below the header should be disabled Try to enable and disable search areas, you should see the eye icons changing. Create an assignment with name '111' Setup global search https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Global_search and index your site's contents (note that in this issue we change a bit the indexing page, you should press 'Update indexed contents' or 'Reindex all site contents' Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD appear Disable "Assignment - activity information" search area Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD NOT appear Enable "Assignment - activity information" search area Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD appear Delete "Assignment - activity information" search area contents (Delete index link) Search for '111', the assignment you created SHOULD NOT appear
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_31_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_32_STABLE
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    • Pull Master Branch:
      MDL-53222_master
    • Pull Master Diff URL:
    • Sprint:
      3.2 Sprint 2

      Description

      Currently each enabled search area is a an admin setting checkbox. This does not fit well with other big list of 'plugin/areas' we've got in admin settings.

      In addition the report_search seems to be mostly about administration - and its a bit hidden and separate from the other search settings.

      Here is a mockup suggesting one idea:

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            caused a regression

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-55287 Search areas admin page ugly error when no search engine is selected

            • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
            • Closed

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-55585 Remove report/search/version.php

            • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
            • Closed

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-56057 Manage global search page incorrectly reports search areas as disabled in a new 3.2 site

            • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
            • Closed
            has a non-specific relationship to

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-53221 Review search language strings

            • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
            • Closed

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-53247 Cannot configure global search before enabling

            • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
            • Closed
            has a QA test

            Functional Test - A test of a single Moodle feature MDLQA-9815 An admin can enable / disable global search areas

            • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
            • Open

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                  • Created:
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                    Fix Release Date:
                    5/Dec/16