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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Configuration Item Summary
Description
The Configuration Item Summary report breaks down the configuration items by type and then by status. This report contains a pie chart displaying all configuration items (CIs) by type. You can double-click any piece of the chart to display a detailed breakdown of the CI type by its status. This report uses grouping to provide a view of total counts by type and status.
Customer Value
This report gives the Configuration Manager administrator a high level overview of all the CIs defined within their organization. The administrator can view the details of any specific CI type and make decisions about inventory based on count and status of existing CIs. The report highlights in red any CIs currently down so that the administrator quickly sees which configuration items need attention.
