List: Default variables

It is likely that the list of default variables varies from release to release. The out-of-box system includes the following global and local variables.

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
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.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Variable	Definition
$G.profiles	List of personal profiles.
$G.pm.global.environment	Incident Management’s global environment record .
$G.assignment	List of assignment groups for Service Desk, Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management.
$G.categories	List of categories.
$G.problem.inboxes	List of Incident Management views available to all the users as well as the views available to the logged on operator.
$G.open.lists	List of all global lists built at login.
$G.icm.status	List of Configuration Management statuses.
$G.assignment.groups	List of assignment groups for Service Desk, Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management.
$G.prompt.for.save	Global flag (Boolean) that determines whether or not to prompt you to save when you press OK or Cancel after you update a record.
$G.availability.maps	List of availability maps.
$G.pm.environment	The current user’s Incident Management personal profile record.
$G.pm.status	List of Incident Management statuses.
$G.technicians	List of technicians (operator table).
$G.incident.inboxes	List of Service Desk views available to all the users as well as the views available to the logged on operator.
$L.filed	This is the current file opened by the display application.
$L.new	The current file being updated when evaluating macro conditions.
$L.old	The pre-updated state of a file undergoing an update while evaluating macro conditions.
$lo.appl.name	The name of the application responsible for managing the user’s menu (menu.manager)
$lo.appl.names	Application parameter names passed.
$lo.appl.values	Application parameter values passed.
$lo.cm.limit	Partial-key time threshold for Change Management.
$lo.company.name	The company name as defined in the System Information Record as Menu Title under the Menu Information tab.
$lo.copyright	Micro Focus copyright (copyright())
$lo.date.order	The number representing date order (mdy, dmy, ymd) in the operator record.
$lo.db.limit	Partial-key time threshold for Database Manager.
$lo.device	Device ID (current.device())
$lo.groups	List of query group names in operator record.
$lo.home	Name of Home menu for GUI.
$lo.i	Temporary variable that functions as a loop counter (variable is cleaned up in the login application).
$lo.main	Name of main menu for text.
$lo.month.abv	List of abbreviated months (“Jan”, “Feb”, “Mar”).
$lo.month.ext	List of months (“January”, “February”, “March”).
$lo.msglog.lvl	Level of messages to store in the message queue for the operator Level of messages to store in the message queue for the operator logged on. Message levels affect on-screen messages only.
$lo.pm.limit	Partial-key time threshold for Incident Management .
$lo.system.startup	Set at login to value of the field called system.startup.time in Company Information record.
$lo.time.zone	User’s time zone.
$lo.uallow.syslog	Determines whether syslog table is updated when processes start and end in the system.
$lo.uallow.timezone	Allows user to modify time zone based on capability.
$lo.uapprovals	List of change approval groups.
$lo.ucapex	List of user’s capability words.
$lo.uchgrps	List of change groups.
$lo.ufname	User’s full name.
$lo.ulogin.time	User login time stamp.
$lo.user.name	operator()

Variable

Definition

$G.profiles

List of personal profiles.

$G.pm.global.environment

Incident Management’s global environment record .

$G.assignment

List of assignment groups for Service Desk, Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management.

$G.categories

List of categories.

$G.problem.inboxes

List of Incident Management views available to all the users as well as the views available to the logged on operator.

$G.open.lists

List of all global lists built at login.

$G.icm.status

List of Configuration Management statuses.

$G.assignment.groups

List of assignment groups for Service Desk, Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management.

$G.prompt.for.save

Global flag (Boolean) that determines whether or not to prompt you to save when you press OK or Cancel after you update a record.

$G.availability.maps

List of availability maps.

$G.pm.environment

The current user’s Incident Management personal profile record.

$G.pm.status

List of Incident Management statuses.

$G.technicians

List of technicians (operator table).

$G.incident.inboxes

List of Service Desk views available to all the users as well as the views available to the logged on operator.

$L.filed

This is the current file opened by the display application.

$L.new

The current file being updated when evaluating macro conditions.

$L.old

The pre-updated state of a file undergoing an update while evaluating macro conditions.

$lo.appl.name

The name of the application responsible for managing the user’s menu (menu.manager)

$lo.appl.names

Application parameter names passed.

$lo.appl.values

Application parameter values passed.

$lo.cm.limit

Partial-key time threshold for Change Management.

$lo.company.name

The company name as defined in the System Information Record as Menu Title under the Menu Information tab.

$lo.copyright

Micro Focus copyright (copyright())

$lo.date.order

The number representing date order (mdy, dmy, ymd) in the operator record.

$lo.db.limit

Partial-key time threshold for Database Manager.

$lo.device

Device ID (current.device())

$lo.groups

List of query group names in operator record.

$lo.home

Name of Home menu for GUI.

$lo.i

Temporary variable that functions as a loop counter (variable is cleaned up in the login application).

$lo.main

Name of main menu for text.

$lo.month.abv

List of abbreviated months (“Jan”, “Feb”, “Mar”).

$lo.month.ext

List of months (“January”, “February”, “March”).

$lo.msglog.lvl

Level of messages to store in the message queue for the operator Level of messages to store in the message queue for the operator logged on. Message levels affect on-screen messages only.

$lo.pm.limit

Partial-key time threshold for Incident Management .

$lo.system.startup

Set at login to value of the field called system.startup.time in Company Information record.

$lo.time.zone

User’s time zone.

$lo.uallow.syslog

Determines whether syslog table is updated when processes start and end in the system.

$lo.uallow.timezone

Allows user to modify time zone based on capability.

$lo.uapprovals

List of change approval groups.

$lo.ucapex

List of user’s capability words.

$lo.uchgrps

List of change groups.

$lo.ufname

User’s full name.

$lo.ulogin.time

User login time stamp.

$lo.user.name

operator()

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