How to retire a brand record

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)`

Note

You must have the appropriate permissions to be able to retire a brand.
If you retire a brand, this has no effect on existing records.

To retire a brand record means changing its status, as shown in the workflow snapshot at the top of the record, from Active to Inactive.

For example, your company previously bought Dell PowerEdge Servers, and now it is time to retire them. You will replace them with HP PROLIANT servers. The brand “PowerEdge” is no longer in use, so you can retire it by moving its phase to Inactive.

To retire a brand record:

From the main menu, select Plan > Vendor > Brands.

Select the brand record.

To filter the record list, click the Add filter button. For more information, see Filters.