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 workflows and user tasks
- Delete a configuration item (CI) type
- Modify a configuration item (CI) type
- Create a new configuration item (CI) type
- Update Configuration Management policies
- Evaluate the need for a Configuration Management System (CMS) data model update
- Create a new configuration item (CI)
- Create a new model
- Validate a configuration creation change task
- View the audit history of a configuration item
- Plan CI relationship changes from a change record
- Modify a configuration item
- View component reliability
- View component availability
- View the availability plan of a business service
- Create a new configuration report
- Review a modification to a configuration item
- Conduct a configuration audit
- Check related configurations
- Delete a master data record
- Update a master data record
- Add a master data record
- Validate data sets
- Master data records
- View scheduled maintenance for a configuration item
- Service life cycle management
- Configuration item actual states
- Set the expected state of a configuration item
- Configuration items
Configuration items
In Configuration Management, a company's assets are referred to as Configuration Items (CIs) and comprise items of value to the company, such as software, hardware, or furnishings. Configuration Management identifies, defines, and tracks organizational CIs by creating and managing records for those items. Service Manager CI records are stored in the device table and are therefore tracked through a device record in the Configuration Management application.
CIs can vary in complexity, size, and type. For example, objects or processes within the Service Desk infrastructure are recorded in the database as Configuration Items (CIs). A CI can include an entire system with all hardware, software, and documentation, a single software application, a software license, a hardware device, or office furnishings.
Related topics
Device table
Configuration Management overview
