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)`

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Use > Configuration Manager > Introduction > Introduction to Configuration Manager > Configuration Modeling and Analysis

Configuration Modeling and Analysis

One of the basic areas of functionality in Configuration Manager is the ability to measure your IT environment against set standards. The underlying theory is that CIs serving the same purpose should have a similar configuration, to reduce maintenance costs and improve predictability. The Configuration Analysis module enables you to compare selected composite CIs to a configuration model which captures a standard in the organization. This can help you measure how similar they are.

The analysis consists of a comparison between the selected CIs and a custom configuration model which you construct to meet your organization's needs. The criteria for determining the degree of similarity between the CIs and the model include both the topology of the composite CIs as well as selected attributes of the CIs. The analysis is an iterative process that consists of two steps - model definition and comparison analysis. You determine a model, compare it against a given set of CIs, and drill down into the details of the comparison to locate configuration discrepancies or refine the model and rerun the comparison.

One use-case of this analysis is the ability to compare the configuration of different CIs in different environments. For example, comparing an application in the production environment to the same application in the staging environment could help to provide an explanation for production incidents originating under a tested configuration.

For details on the configuration analysis process, see Baseline Analysis.

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