Device table

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)`

The device table is the central repository for Configuration Item (CI) information. The table contains a record for each CI (hardware or software). These records provide information to populate forms used by other Service Manager applications, such as Incident Management.

When you view asset records, the form tabs and field data vary, depending on the asset selected. Only information common to all network components is stored in the device table. Asset records are identified by the logical.name field.

Characteristics of the device table:

Only one device table.

One logical record in the device table for every tracked asset or CI.

logical.name field is the unique identifier in the dbdict for the device table.

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