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
| Search for | Example | Results |
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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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JavaScript object: Datum
The Datum JavaScript object is unique to Service Manager. This JavaScript object was deprecated as of ServiceCenter 6.1 because this object's methods can only return true or false boolean values. You can use the SCFile or SCDatum objects in place of this object to take advantage of the improved return code values.
With no parameters, the Datum() constructor creates an empty Datum object.
With an Object parameter, the Datum() constructor creates a Service Manager-formatted Datum object containing the provided record, structure, or array. You must enclose table names and arrays in quotation marks. You can use the Datum object as a parameter for RTECall routines that expect Service Manager-formatted parameters.
Constructor
new Datum(); new Datum(Object);
Arguments
The following arguments are valid for this object:
| Argument | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Object
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String | The Service Manager table name, record, structure, or array you want to query or update. |
Properties
None
Methods
The following methods are valid for this object:
| Defined method | Description |
|---|---|
| getText() | This method returns a text representation of the object. |
| getXML() | This method returns an XML representation of the object. |
| getSize() | This method returns the size of the object. |
| getMessages() | This method returns an array of messages generated by the Document Engine from a previous SCFile.doAction(). |
| length() | This method returns the length of the object. |
| getNext() | This method moves to the next record if the object represents a result set. |
| getPrev() | This method moves to the previous record if the object represents a result set. |
| getFirst() | This method moves to the first record if the object represents a result set. |
| getLast() | This method moves to the last record if the object represents a result set. |
| doSelect() | This method makes a query. It no longer requires that the first argument be the name of the table if the object is constructed with the name of the table. |
| isRecord() | This method checks if an object represents a current table and has a record. |
| getType() | This method returns the object type. |
| doUpdate() | This method updates the database. |
| doInsert() | This method inserts an object into the database. |
| doRemove() | This method removes an object from the database. |
| doDelete() | This method is synonymous with the doRemove method. This method simply has a more intuitive name. |
| doAction() | This method executes a method defined on the object. |
| toArray() | This method converts an object to a JavaScript array. |
| push() | This method adds an item to an array. |
| pop() | This method removes an item from an array. |
| join() | This method returns a string of all the entries in the array. |
| shift() | This method returns a string of all the entries in the array. |
| unshift() | This method returns a string of all the entries in the array. |
| setType() | This method sets the object type. |
| setValue() | This method sets the object to a given value. |
| doSave() | This method inserts a record if it is new and updates the record if it already exists. |
| JSDate() | This method returns a JavaScript Date object. |
Example
This example does the following:
- Creates a Datum object from the contacts table
- Selects records from this contacts table starting with the letter B
- Displays the contacts matching the select query
This example requires the following sample data:
- A valid query against the contacts table (for example, contact.name # "B")
var q = new Datum( "contacts" );
if ( ( q.soSelect( "contact.name # \"B\"" ) ) == true )
{
print( q.getText() );
}
else
print( "No contacts start with B" );
