View Definition Page

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)`

On this page, you specify the main CI type for the view you are creating. In addition, you can use a filter to retrieve a subset of the CIs of this main CI type, and you can also relate the main CI type to an additional CI type. For example, you might want to create a view that contains a group of UNIX machines that are all connected to Oracle databases. In this case, the main CI type for this view would be UNIX, and you would filter by a name pattern to include only UNIX machines that belong to some specific group, and choose an Oracle database as the related CI type.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element	Description
Main CI type for the view	Click the button to open the Select CI Type dialog box. Select a CI type from the CI type tree, and click OK. Only composite CIs are displayed for creating the view.
Attribute conditions on the main CI type	(Optional) Click the button. Specify the attributes to be used to filter the main CI type in the list of attributes, and click OK. You can select attributes only for the CI type that is selected as the main CI type for the view. Note If you want to use a wildcard as part of the attribute condition, use a % character (used in UCMDB) instead of a * character (used in Configuration Manager).
Related CI Type	Click the button to open the Select CI Type dialog box. Select an additional related CI type from the CI type tree, and click OK. Note You should only select CI types that have some relationship to the main CI type.

UI Element

Description

Main CI type for the view

Click the button to open the Select CI Type dialog box. Select a CI type from the CI type tree, and click OK.

Only composite CIs are displayed for creating the view.

Attribute conditions on the main CI type

(Optional) Click the button. Specify the attributes to be used to filter the main CI type in the list of attributes, and click OK.

You can select attributes only for the CI type that is selected as the main CI type for the view.

Note If you want to use a wildcard as part of the attribute condition, use a % character (used in UCMDB) instead of a * character (used in Configuration Manager).

Related CI Type

Click the button to open the Select CI Type dialog box. Select an additional related CI type from the CI type tree, and click OK.

Note You should only select CI types that have some relationship to the main CI type.