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)`

Service Manager9.41

Get started > Navigating the UI > Change the System Navigator menu item order option

Change the System Navigator menu item order option

Applies to User Roles:

Administrator

Web client

To change the System Navigator menu item order option in the web client, set the following parameter in the web.xml file:

<init-param>
<param-name>sortNavItems</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>

The default value of the parameter is "true" (enabled).

Windows client

To change the System Navigator menu item order option in the Windows client, follow these steps:

Click Window > Preferences.
Expand HP Service Manager.
Click Appearance.
Clear the Sort menu items alphabetically in the System Navigator option to disable alphabetical sorting. Or, select the Sort menu items alphabetically in the System Navigator option to enable alphabetical sorting.

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