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Resolve "Search Group/Category name change"

Kai Armstrong requested to merge 6685-search-group-category-name-change into master

Problem

There are multiple forms of search in GitLab:

Currently the Search group is only responsible for the Global /search endpoint - this means when users looking for various responsible groups are confused by a broadly termed "Search Group".

Proposal

This MR renames the following major aspects:

  • Group: Search to Global Search
  • Category: Search to Global Search

The non-Elasticsearch feature of this name will be referred to as Basic Global Search in documentation.

What is not being changed?

Currently the global search featured powered by Elasticsearch is named Advanced Global Search. As it is a more advanced version of the existing global search this will remain the feature name. An issue to ensure consistency across the application and documentation will be worked within the group.

Approvals

Merge requests with changes to stages and groups and significant changes to categories need to be created, approved, and/or merged by each of the below:

  • EVP of Product
  • VP of Product Strategy
  • The Product Director relevant to the stage group(s)
  • The Engineering Director relevant to the stage group(s)
  • CEO

The following people need to be on the merge request so they stay informed:

Edited by Joshua Lambert

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