Search in a Treeview

Hi All,

Daily life of UX Designer - Battle with Development every time you propose a
new concept.

*Today's battle - Search in a Treeview*.

User's - Skilled Users dealing with huge amounts of data (data analytics).

Scenario - Our User's deal with a limited set of data objects (approximately
10,000). We present these data ojects (4 different types)  in a windows
explorer format - Treeview with multiple nodes (max levels - 5).

Workflow - User need to locate 1-n data objects through the Data Explorer
and launch a module to run data Analytics.

Issue: I'm proposing a search in the Treeview which is actually filtering
the tree to only show the search objects retaining the treeview. The results
only show the searched objects with any hierarchy associated with it. Need
the hierarchy since it gives the object a context and help the User identify
the right object in case of multiple results with the same name.

Looks like search results in a tree node is not a convention, and
development wants to implement a flat list because it's for them and quote
some Usability issues which make no sense to me.

So, I'm looking out for some guidance / feedback from folks here on this
concept , attaching a mockup. Does any one know of examples where they have
implemented search in a treeview.

Thank you in advance!

Best Regards

Gattu
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