Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
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A single word | cat
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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 |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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Either word in a topic |
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Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Request Task workflow and user tasks
- Examples: Request Task Workflow
- Create a request task
- Create a request task template
- Apply a request task template
- Create a change from a request task
- Update multiple request tasks
- Cancel multiple request tasks
- Set a reminder for a request task
- Send a notification from a request task
- View audit log from a request task
- Access the alert log when viewing a request task
- Close a request task
- Task scheduling
- Updating CMDB
Update multiple request tasks
Security Roles: Request Analyst
You can use the mass update feature to update one or more values in multiple request tasks. When you perform a mass update, the value that you enter for a particular field becomes the value for that field in all the records that you selected.
In addition, you can use complex update to enter expressions as instructions to perform actions on multiple request tasks.
To update multiple request tasks by using Mass Update, follow these steps:
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Locate the records by using one of the following methods:
- Click Request Fulfillment > Request Task Queue to display a list of records.
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Click Request Fulfillment > Search Request Tasks, and then search for the records.
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Select the records that you want to update.
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Click Mass Update.
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Click the field that you want to update.
- Type the value for the field or use the Find feature to display a list of potential values for the field, and then click Next.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 for additional fields as needed.
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Click Execute.
To update multiple request tasks by using Complex Update, follow these steps:
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Locate the records by using one of the following methods:
- Click Request Fulfillment > Request Task Queue to display a list of records.
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Click Request Fulfillment > Search Request Tasks, and then search for the records.
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Select the records that you want to update.
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Click Mass Update.
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Click Complex Update.
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Follow the instructions in the complex update form and type the expressions.
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Click Execute.