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
| Search for | Example | Results |
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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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Help Server preferences
This Preferences dialog enables you to specify your Help Server settings so that you can access the online help documentation by clicking Help > Help Contents from the Windows client. Service Manager launches the Help Server using this URL: http://<Help Server host name>:<Help Server port number>/<Help Server context>.
To access Help Server preferences, click Window > Preferences > Help> Help Server.
| Preference | Description | Default setting |
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| Use a Help Server to access documentation |
Enables you to access the online help from Service Manager. |
False |
| Help Server host name |
Specifies the host name (IP address or fully-qualified domain name) of the web server on which the Service Manager help is published. Enter the following value: docs.microfocus.com. |
None |
| Help Server port number |
Specifies the communications port of the web server on which the help is deployed. Enter 80. |
None |
| Help Server context |
Enter the context path of the Service Manager help center home page URL. For example: SM/9.xx/
Tip Go to the following site and find the Service Manager help center home page URL for the current release: https://docs.microfocus.com. |
help |
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