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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Data types

The HPE Service Manager data type specifies the expected format of a field's data. The data type determines the possible range of values of the set, the operations that can be performed on the values, and the way values are stored in memory. Defining a data type enables the system to manipulate the data appropriately. The values are denoted either by literals or variables. They also can be obtained as a result of operations. Data types can be either primitive or compound.

Note System Administrators and implementers should only use types 1 through 4 or 8 to 10.

List: Data types

Data type	Numeric representation	Compound / Primitive	Purpose
number	1	Primitive	Used for all numeric type data.
character	2	Primitive	Used for character strings.
time (date/time)	3	Primitive	Used for absolute dates and times as well as relative time intervals.
Boolean (logical)	4	Primitive	Used to represent true or false.
label	5	Primitive	Used to define exits.
File/record	6	Compound	used to define a table or record.
Offset	7	Compound	This is the compiled version of a label. It is used within the code for the go to statements.
Array	8	Compound	Used to represent multiple fields of the same data type.
Structure	9	Compound	Used to represent a collection of fields of the same or different data types.
Operator	10	Primitive	Used in expressions.
Expression	11	Primitive	Used to represent parsed Rapid Application Development (RAD) language expressions.
Pseudo field	12	Compound	Used similarly to functions, it converts input data into output data.
Global variable	13	Compound	Used for variables visible to the whole system.
Local variable	14	Compound	Used for variables only visible to the RAD application

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