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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- Scripting
- Scripts
- Script forms
- Script flow
- Scripting processing flow
- Diagramming the script flow
- Using fill boxes in script forms
- Executing scripts
- Script reports
- Access a script record from a menu
- Access a script record from the Database Manager
- Create a script
- Define the scripts
- Define an initial script in an Incident Management profile record
- Execute a script from a displayoption
- Execute a script from Format Control
- Delete a script
- Print a report on a script
Scripts
A script is a series of instructions run from an option. These may include a progression of screens, requesting information or user-specific responses, or instructions to perform certain computations with existing record data. Since the script call is set up and performed at the displayoptions application level, it does not need to be hard-coded into the RAD of the application. This allows for easier maintenance and modification.
Script display calls often employ the script.execute application, specifying the progression of forms to appear for the user. An example of this form of display call is seen in Service Manager Request Management, where the New button option forces the user through a script at open time. The script calls a preliminary information screen which requests certain data that is later populated into a new Request Management record. The screen displayed serves as an organized and user-specific entrance point into the application.
Related concepts
Stored queries
Using stored queries in display objects
Using menu buttons to run stored queries
Using stored queries to produce charts and marquees
Menu option searches
Related tasks
Grant access to stored queries
Add a stored query
Create stored queries from the Query Maintenance form
Run a stored query
Update a stored query
Append stored queries
