Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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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. |
Using Boolean Operators
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Configuration Management overview
The Service Manager Configuration Management process ensures that selected components of a complete IT service, system, or product (the Configuration Item) are identified, baselined, and maintained and that changes to them are controlled. It enables you define and control the components of services and infrastructure, and to maintain accurate configuration information about the historical, planned, and current state of services and infrastructure.
The Service Manager Configuration Management application supports the Configuration 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 Configuration Management application supports your business and control objectives, and helps you to track your configuration items through their lifecycle.
For complete information on the Configuration Management process overview and workflows, see Service Manager Processes and Best Practices in the related topics.
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