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Jeremy Stretch 3d20276f55 Closes #14134: Display additional object attributes in global search results (#14154) 
* WIP

* Add display_attrs for all indexers

* Linkify object attributes

* Clean up prefetch logic

* Use tooltips for display attributes

* Simplify template code

* Introduce get_indexer() utility function

* Add  to examples in docs

* Use tooltips to display long strings
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Search

Plugins can define and register their own models to extend NetBox's core search functionality. Typically, a plugin will include a file named search.py, which holds all search indexes for its models (see the example below).

# search.py
from netbox.search import SearchIndex
from .models import MyModel

class MyModelIndex(SearchIndex):
    model = MyModel
    fields = (
        ('name', 100),
        ('description', 500),
        ('comments', 5000),
    )
    display_attrs = ('site', 'device', 'status', 'description')

Fields listed in display_attrs will not be cached for search, but will be displayed alongside the object when it appears in global search results. This is helpful for conveying to the user additional information about an object.

To register one or more indexes with NetBox, define a list named indexes at the end of this file:

indexes = [MyModelIndex]

!!! tip The path to the list of search indexes can be modified by setting search_indexes in the PluginConfig instance.

::: netbox.search.SearchIndex