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)`

Operations Connector10.11

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Pattern Matching in Policy Rules

Operations Connector uses pattern matching to determine if an event or metric record should be sent to OMi or should be suppressed.

Operations Connector compares the pattern that you specify with the data contained in XML elements (this can be any data source, such as the database or XML file record) or attributes. When the pattern is matched, the policy sends or suppresses an event or metric record, depending on the rule type.

Example: A structured log file policy contains a rule of the type "event on matched rule". A condition compares the pattern <![administrator]> with the value of "user".

If the value of "user" is administrator, the pattern does not match and the next condition is evaluated. If the value is user1, the pattern matches and an event is sent to OMi.

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