Use the Find function

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)`

Applies to User Roles: All roles

To perform a find on data in tables, double-click the first item in the table. (If you are using the web client, you only need to click once.)

To perform a find in other locations, follow these steps:

Insert the cursor in a field where you want to view the related Service Manager records. You can enter partial data in a field to narrow the search.

Perform one of the following actions:

Click the Find icon at the end of the field.
Press F8.

Service Manager displays a record that contains information related to that field. If no records are found or the selected field is not linked to the Find function, Service Manager generates an error message.

To exit the related record, click Cancel.

Note Find does not insert the information from the related record. Use the Fill function to enter data automatically.

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