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)`

CMS UI2018.08

Use > CMS Modules > UCMDB Browser > Assign Color Categories

Assign Color Categories

Color categories in the UCMDB Browser module help you with the navigation and searching of CIs. You may assign any of the available colors to any CI:

Gray (if no category is specified)
Dark Steel
Green
Orange
Purple
Red
Slate
Turquoise
Yellow

You can view and change the color categories by:

Clicking the colored icon in the upper right corner of each CI on the search results page (both in grid view and thumbnails view) and on the Most Visited page.
Selecting Choose Category from the context menu for a selected CI.

To assign a color category, click the color icon in any of these locations, and select the color category that you want to apply to the CI. Changes are reflected in all places where categories are indicated.

After assigning colors, you can use the color categories to refine your search (for example, "all red Windows servers" or "all blue business applications located in Seattle".

Note When upgrading from UCMDB Browser to CMS UI 2018.08 or later versions, the colors assigned in the previous version will be updated to the new colors and names available in the CMS UI 2018.08 or later versions. If the default names for the colors have been changed in the previous version, only the colors will be updated, and the names will remain as they were defined before.

Enable color categories

In UCMDB, go to Administration > Infrastructure Settings Manager > UCMDB Browser settings.
Set the value of Enable categories to True.
Click Save .
Log out from the CMS UI, and then log in again (this loads the new setting).
Note The change takes effect according to the time set in one of the following settings:
- Time for which information in the Browser cache is valid
- Time for which UCMDB Settings in the Browser cache is valid
For more information, see "Settings affecting overall system operation".

Manage color categories

Click the Settings button and select Manage System Categories.
Change the label for one or more of the available colors.
Click OK.

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