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 Manager9.50

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Change Management overview

The HPE Service Manager Change Management process enables you to control changes to baseline service assets and configuration items across the entire service life cycle. It helps you to control the process to request, manage, approve, and control changes that modify your organizational infrastructure. This includes assets, such as network environments, facilities, telephony, and resources.

The Service Manager Change Management application supports the Change Management process. It incorporates the essential concepts of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to ensure that the best practices of IT service management in place. The Change Management application help you to ensure that changes are requested, evaluated, and implemented according to your business processes and needs.

Note To control changes, HPE recommends that you handle all standard changes (that is, changes of predefined types) by using the Service Catalog request fulfillment process.

For complete information on the Change Management process overview and workflows, see HPE Service Manager Processes and Best Practices Guide in the related topics.

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