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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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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- Change Management overview
- What are changes?
- When should I use Change Management instead of Request Management?
- Priority, impact, and urgency
- Change categorization
- Hover-over forms for change records
- Managing approvals in Change Management
- Message Group Definition record
- Default change categories
- Managing Change Management messages
- Managing events
- Managing alerts
- Change workflows
- Change identifiers
- Time and date stamps
- Assessment capability
- Change prioritization
- Change scheduling
- Change records and CIs
- Role-based authorization
- Change notification and escalation
- Change Management Audit trail
- Change archival
- Change Access Control
- Management reports generation
- Change Management Audit trail
- Release Management
What are changes?
Changes are the records submitted that initiate a change in an IT service. Each change has a life cycle of approvals, alerts, tasks (if required), phases, and closure. When you submit a change request, Change Management assigns a unique change record number.
Before you process a change, an administrator must define user profiles and groups for your Service Manager installation.
Related topics
What are approvers?
Managing events
What is an approval?
What are the alert controls?
Managing alerts
What are message classes?
