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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Search for objects with the SA Client

In the SA Client, you can search for objects in your operational environment including physical and virtual servers, application configurations and templates, audits, business applications, device groups, SA extensions, folders, jobs, scripts, packages, patches, patch policies, snapshots, software policies, and many other objects.

With the SA Client search you can:

Perform a simple search by using keywords, or an advanced search using search queries.
Save and reuse search queries.
Perform various actions based on search results.
Email search results.
Print search results.
Customize the formatting of your search results.

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