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

Develop > Tailoring > Windows client > Views > Messages view > View messages

View messages

Applies to User Roles:

All roles

Service Manager messages appear at the top of the detail window.

Icon	Icon name	Meaning
	Information	Information about the most recent action
	Warning	A warning about the most recent action
	Error	The most recent action caused an error to occur

To view all messages in a Service Manager session:

Click the message icon to open the Messages window.
To copy a message, select the message and use any standard Windows copy operation, such as Ctrl+C, to copy it to the clipboard.
Click the Close button to close the Messages view.
To erase all messages, click Erase.

Note: If you enable the Messages view from the Service Manager Preferences dialog, it appears automatically when messages occur.