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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- Configuration Management workflows and user tasks
- Delete a configuration item (CI) type
- Modify a configuration item (CI) type
- Create a new configuration item (CI) type
- Update Configuration Management policies
- Evaluate the need for a Configuration Management System (CMS) data model update
- Create a new configuration item (CI)
- Create a new model
- Validate a configuration creation change task
- View the audit history of a configuration item
- Plan CI relationship changes from a change record
- Modify a configuration item
- View component reliability
- View component availability
- View the availability plan of a business service
- Create a new configuration report
- Review a modification to a configuration item
- Conduct a configuration audit
- Check related configurations
- Add, delete, or update a master data record
- Validate data sets
- View scheduled maintenance for a configuration item
- Service life cycle management
- Configuration item actual states
- Set the expected state of a configuration item
- Configuration items
Applies to User roles: Configuration Administrator
Create a new model
After you validate a configuration creation change task and determine that there is no existing model in Service Manager for the new configuration, you can create a new model and manufacturer. A model refers to the product catalog that defines the approved and certified list of components that can be deployed within the IT environment. Models contain information such as model name, manufacturer, and the ID of a component. You must create a model before you can create new configuration items (CIs) that are based on the model.
To create a new model, follow these steps:
- Click Request Fulfillment > Configuration > Product Catalog.
- Click New.
- Provide the required information (a unique part number, a brief description, a model name, and a product catalog category) and other optional information.
- Click Save.
You can now create new configuration items based on the new model.
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