Conditions of Related CIs Dialog Box

This dialog box enables you to define conditions for the CI types in a reveal path.

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)`

To access

Click the Add Condition or Edit Condition button from the Conditions column of the Reveal CIs dialog box.

See also

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A-Z)	Description
	Add the attribute condition you have defined.
	Delete an attribute condition.
	Move a selected row up.
	Move a selected row down.
	View the condition definition.
And/Or	Click inside the And/Or field and select either And or Or to link multiple conditions.
Attribute name	Select an attribute from the list.
Brackets	Click inside the Brackets box to display a list of brackets you can use to build more complex, logical statements.
Criteria	Contains the attribute condition definition as defined in the CI Instances dialog box.
Not	Select NOT if you want the condition statement to do the opposite of what is defined. Note If you select NOT, query results do not include data from the CI instances that were not assigned a value. For example, your system contains three node CIs: Node1 is assigned the value A, Node2 is assigned the value B and Node3 is not assigned a value. You create a query to retrieve all nodes that are equal to A and select NOT; the results of your query only include Node2 because Node3 is not assigned a value.
Operator	Select the required operator. For details, see Attribute Operator Definitions.
Value	Enter or select the value of the attribute. The Value options vary according to the attribute type you select.

UI Element (A-Z)

Description

Add the attribute condition you have defined.

Delete an attribute condition.

Move a selected row up.

Move a selected row down.

View the condition definition.

And/Or

Click inside the And/Or field and select either And or Or to link multiple conditions.

Attribute name

Select an attribute from the list.

Brackets

Click inside the Brackets box to display a list of brackets you can use to build more complex, logical statements.

Criteria

Contains the attribute condition definition as defined in the CI Instances dialog box.

Not

Select NOT if you want the condition statement to do the opposite of what is defined.

Note If you select NOT, query results do not include data from the CI instances that were not assigned a value. For example, your system contains three node CIs: Node1 is assigned the value A, Node2 is assigned the value B and Node3 is not assigned a value. You create a query to retrieve all nodes that are equal to A and select NOT; the results of your query only include Node2 because Node3 is not assigned a value.

Operator

Select the required operator. For details, see Attribute Operator Definitions.

Value

Enter or select the value of the attribute. The Value options vary according to the attribute type you select.