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

Administer > Database administration > Data persistence > Queries > Create a query using array fields

Create a query using array fields

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

Example: Retrieve all operator records where the operator has ability to execute tasks with the capability words of SysAdmin or problem management.

In queries using array fields, the position of an element within an array is not relevant. The logical operator or is used in array field queries and all records with any of the values entered in the array are retrieved.

In this example, we use the or logical operator to search for records in the operator.g form that contain the execute capability words of SysAdmin or Problem Management.

To create a query using array fields:

Click Tailoring > Database Manager.
Type =operator in the Form field, and then click Search.
Click Search again.
On the Operator Record form, click Startup tab.
Type =SysAdmin in the first Execute Capabilities array field.
Type =problem management in the second Execute Capabilities array field, and then click Find.

Click any record in the list of returned records to view the details.

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