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

Develop > Programming Guide > JavaScript and Service Manager reference > List: JavaScript global methods > JavaScript global method: print

JavaScript global method: print

Displays a message in the client Messages view and prints it in the ITSMA Service Management log file.

Note Messages only print to the Service Management log file when JavaScript is running in the background.

Syntax

print( output );

Arguments

The following arguments are valid for this function:

Argument	Data type	Required	Description
`output`	String	Yes	This argument contains the text string or variable value you want the script to print to the Message View and the sm.log file. You must enclose literal text strings in quotation marks.

Return values

None

Throws

None

Description

This method displays the contents of the method argument in the Messages view and also prints it in the Service Management log file.

Example

This example does the following:

This example requires the following sample data:

var example = "abc123";
print("The value of example is: " + example);