Remove redirect links from global search

[TomPeters]

The enhancement

Our global search contains 5 links that that don't represent pages, but instead redirect users to other pages that are already part of the global search. These include

• "Library" -> redirects to a library page, usually "Built-in Package Repository" (but not always depending on your permissions)
• "Infrastructure" -> redirects to "Infrastructure Overview"
• "Configuration" -> redirects to a configuration page, usually "Audit" (but not always depending on your permissions)
• "Machine Cleanup Diagnostic Logs" -> redirects to "Audit" with a predefined filter
• "User Profile" -> redirects to "User Profile Details"

Due to some technical limitations, these redirect links are currently slowing down development. It is currently easier to improve global search if we didn't have these links in place.

We believe these links aren't currently very useful for customers and can safely be removed. Telemetry shows that most of these links are not used in any significant way by customers, with Configuration being a possible exception. However, there are plenty of other mechanisms for customers to navigate to Configuration (both within and outside of global search) such that we also don't expect this to cause any negative user experiences.

We will therefore remove these 5 redirect links from the global search.

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[octoreleasebot]

Release Note: Removed 5 redirect links from Global Search

[Octobob]

🎉 The fix for this issue has been released in:

Release stream	Release
2024.2	2024.2.2197
2024.3+	all releases