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
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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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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- Self-service access
- Searching the Service Catalog
- What are Most Popular Requests?
- Request an item or bundle
- Request a non-cart item
- Make a request for multiple recipients
- Save a shopping cart
- Save a shopping cart template
- Submit a saved shopping cart
- Submit a shopping cart template request
- Check the status of a request
- Modify a catalog request in progress
- Cancel a request
Searching the Service Catalog
The Service Catalog enables users to search for services, items, and bundles in the language in which the user is logged on to the system. For example, if a user logs on in French, the user enters a description in French when searching and the items or bundles available display in French. Also, when the user selects a category to search within, the list of categories displays all categories available to the user in French.
If a manager or a user searches the catalog in a localized language and there is not a localized version of the item, the search will not find the item. However, if a user or manager uses a search filtered on a category, any non-localized items or bundles within the category display in English because the base language in Service Manager is English.
This also means that items created in English but not localized are found by a search, but these items do not display in the search results if a user is logged in to the system in a language other than English. This occurs because there is no localized display name for the item in the system. To prevent this situation, as a best practice, localize all data to the desired language before users start using the Service Catalog.
Related topics
Service Catalogs
Service Catalog capability words
Service Catalog categories
Service Catalog items and bundles
Related topics
Search for catalog items
Make a request for multiple recipients
Save a shopping cart
Submit a saved shopping cart
Check the status of a request
Modify a catalog request in progress
