Using Custom Attributes

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)`

Server Automation10.50

Using Custom Attributes

Custom attributes allow you to control the behavior or outcome of a Build Plan without modifying the SA provided baseline Build Plans.

To see the list of supported Custom Attributes, in the SA Client Navigation pane, set the View to By Type and open a Build Plan. In the Views pane, select the Custom Attributes view to see each set of custom attributes with a blank value. Depending on the customization the attribute targets, you may want to set it to different resources.

Note that a Custom attribute must have a non-blank value in order for it to be considered present on a resource.

During a Build Plan execution, custom attributes are searched in order on the following resources:

Server
Device Group
Customer
Realm
Facility
Build Plan

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