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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Configuration item relationships

Service Manager tracks upstream and downstream relationships between configuration items (CIs). A relationship between CIs means that there is some dependency between CIs. If an upstream CI has an interruption of service, Service Manager assumes that all CIs with a downstream relationship to the affected CI also have an interruption of service. For example, if a network router has an interruption of service, then all servers and PCs that connect to that router also have an interruption of service.

Any given CI typically has one upstream relationship and one or more downstream relationships. CIs can have logical or physical relationships based on the logical name of the configuration item. CI relationships are independent of baseline, actual, or managed states.

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