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)`

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Perl Script Policies

Perl script policies enable you to collect data from systems by periodically running Perl scripts which perform the actual data collection.

The Perl functionality that is available for scripting is limited only by the ootb Perl module in the Operations Agent Perl runtime, providing you with additional flexibility compared to policies that just read different file types (logs, XML) or receive data through an API set or web service.

How Data Is Collected

The policies process the data by first running a Perl script to gather data, applying policy defaults and rules, and then sending the processed data to OMi. The Perl script must provide the data in an array of hashes, which are represented as input properties in .

For details on how to write the Perl scripts and how to pass the data to , see Configuring the Data Source in Perl Policies topic.

Perl Script Policies

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