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
| 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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Arrayed structures
An arrayed structure is comprised of more than one field with field type definitions that may or may not be the same. You can define an arrayed structure to your database dictionary record to ensure that, on any form (format) attached to a file, you have the ability to scroll more than one field at a time. When the cursor is in a scrolling field, associated information in one or more other fields will also scroll. For example, you can track contact names and phone numbers in a Configuration Item (CI) file. When scrolling the array of contact names, you can also designate the array of associated telephone numbers to scroll.
Caution: You cannot use the SQL Query method against fields contained within an arrayed structure.
Related topics
Adding a key
Alias fields
Arrays
Methods for deleting database dictionary records
Deleting a key
Methods for updating database dictionary records
Modifying a key
Organization of arrays of structures in the database dictionary
Structures
Database dictionary
Add an array
Create the unique and attribute subtables
Designate unique fields in the array of structures
Name the unique and attribute files
View the unique and attribute subtables
