Searching BMC documentation

NEW IN 3.0.01Clicking the Help icon  (at top right) allows you to search documentation across all TrueSight products. The same page also provides links to the primary web pages for the following BMC resources:

• BMC Documentation—The dashboard for product documentation available at docs.bmc.com. 
• BMC Communities—The spot where BMC users share information at communities.bmc.com.
• BMC Support—The central location for obtaining information about and assistance for BMC products.
• BMC Training—The location for obtaining training and educational services for BMC products.

This topic contains the following sections:

Performing a search

1. In the text box, enter a search term.
   Results are filtered to show only results for TrueSight Vulnerability Management documentation.
   If necessary, you can use common search syntax when entering a search term.
2. To refine search results:
   • Choose an information source by selecting any of the following tabs:
     
     
     • All—All sources of information.
     • Knowledge Base—The knowledge repository maintained by BMC Support.
     • Documentation—Product documentation available from docs.bmc.com. 
     • Communities—Information from BMC users compiled at communities.bmc.com.
     • Support Central—The central location for obtaining information about and assistance for BMC products.
     • Videos—Videos available from BMC channels on YouTube.
       
   • Narrow the information displayed by taking any of the following actions:
     
     • Under File Type, select the type of files you want to display.
     • Under Year, select the years from which you want information.
     • Under Month, select the months from which you want information.
       
     
   • Optionally, order search results:
     
     • By date. Click Date to show most recent results first. Clicking Date again reverses the order.
     • By relevance. Clicking Relevance shows most relevant results first. Clicking Relevance again changes the order. Numerous factors are used to measure relevance, such as the number of search terms that appear in a topic title or the presence of a search term in metadata.

Search syntax

The search capability supports some of the same search syntax available in Google searches. The following table lists the most common types of search syntax.

To see a full discussion of available search syntax, see Enhancements to Search BMC Support on BMC Communities. A Communities login is required to access that page.