Reading through the 'deprecation' notices listed in the NPM 12.2 announcement, I stumbled upon the new 'integrated search' feature - that's a handy addition, and saves me from having to put search 'resources' on every view. However, those results are listed by the 'Manage Entities' page which needs a LOT of work, before it's really ready for main line operations, in my view.
The tabular format (and the ability to configure which columns are shown) in the current Manage Nodes page provides a critical 'summary' capability for the nodes/interfaces matching the search criteria. Yes, it's a drag that it can only really sift through Nodes and Interfaces (not volumes or other properties), but the Manage Entities view provides only Name, IP, and Vendor - in effect, we lose the ability to 'compare and contrast' two nodes in the way that the Manage Nodes page does.
I hope you have a number of fine folks working feverishly to make the Manage Entities page/view (more) useful - as of right now, I find it far less useful than the page it is meant to replace.
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh - please know that I appreciate the work. I just think this particular change isn't ready for 'release' yet, and pushing it on the Manage Nodes page is (in my view) a mistake until it's further developed.
