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
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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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Incident Management downtime records
You can access Incident Management downtime records by using the Incident Management Security Administration Utility to show the availability of a selected device. Availability measures the ability of a device or component to provide service within a measured time frame. There are three downtime measurements.
| Type of availability | Description |
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| Explicit unavailability | The downtime experienced by the failing device. |
| Implicit unavailability | The downtime experienced because of the failure of a parent or controlling device. |
| Perceived unavailability | The explicit or implicit downtime during normal business hours. The total reflects only working hours. |
Related topics
Incident Management overview
Incident Management administrator tasks
Incident Management summary link records
Incident Management contract management records
Incident Management and service level agreements
