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 Manager9.51

Delete a key

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

You can delete keys from System Definition and from the Database Dictionary utility. Choose one of the following methods to delete a key.

Delete a key by using System Definition

To delete a key by using System Definition:

From the System Navigator, click System Definition > Tables > file_name > Fields

Note: You can type the first letter of a table name to jump to that alphabetic section. For example, type o to jump to the oncall table.

An overview of the table opens.
Select the Fields and Keys tab.
In the Keys section, click on a key.

Caution: When you select a key for deletion, you do not receive a confirmation message. The key is automatically deleted.

Example: Delete the Nulls & Duplicates key for operators in the assignment1 database dictionary record.

To delete a key by using the Database Dictionary utility:

Click Tailoring > Database Dictionary.
Open the assignment file, and then make a copy of the assignment dbdict named assignment1.
Open the assignment1 dbdict record.
On the Keys tab, place the cursor in the Nulls & Duplicates section under which the operators key is located, and then click Edit Field/Key. The key window opens.
Click Delete from the tool tray.
Click Yes to confirm the delete.

The screen redisplays with the key operators removed from the list of keys, and the keys below it moved up to take its former place.
Click OK to close and automatically update the file.

You receive a message that states the record has been updated in the dbdict file.