Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Service Management2017.11

Use > Configuration Management > Configuration Management administrator tasks > Checklist: Software license tracking and compliance > Software license compliance > Check software license compliance manually

Check software license compliance manually

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

You can manually check software license compliance in the Configuration Management application.

To check software license compliance manually, follow these steps:

Click Configuration Management > Administration > Software Counters.
Use search or advanced search to find one or more records.
Select the software counter record for which you want to check compliance.
Click Compliance Check on the Results tab. Configuration Management returns a compliance message.
Click OK.

Note After Configuration Management completes a compliance check, results are displayed in the Results tab. Click No. of Rights on the Results tab to display a list of all the software licenses counted during the compliance check.

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