Configuring search options

Once acts_as_event has been implemented, we can finish preparing our model by implementing acts_as_searchable.

As with all previous internal plugins, the class extension needs to be included in the model we will be making searchable.

class KbArticle < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates :title, :presence => true
  validates :category_id, :presence => true
  # ..
  acts_as_searchable :columns => [ "#{table_name}.title", "#{table_name}.content"],
                     :include => [ :project ],
                     :order_column => "#{table_name}.id",
                     :date_column => "#{table_name}.created_at"
  # ..
end  

This example allows our article model to be incorporated into Redmine's default search infrastructure, with article titles and the article contents being used as searchable targets.

The acts_as_searchable plugin takes a number of optional values in the form of a hash. The most common values are as follows:

• :columns: This specifies...