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# Configure Search Assistant for Windows

# Configure Search Assistant for Windows {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

The Search Assistant feature of Pattern Designer allows you to search within files or
registries. Upload grep files on to your instance to enable this feature to search on
Windows servers.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin or service_mapping_admin

## About this task

Grep is a utility that the Search Assistant feature uses to search files for matches.
Grep is native to Unix-based systems, therefore you must upload it only for
Windows-based configuration items (CI). Once you upload grep files onto the
instance, it transfers them onto all MID Server which distribute the
files onto all Windows-based CIs in your organization.

## Procedure

1. Download the following files onto the computer from the Internet.  
   * egrep.exe
   * libiconv2.dll
   * libintl3.dll
   * pcre3.dll
   * regex2.dll

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   For example, you can download the zip files for the
   Dependencies and Binaries
   folders at the following location: <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm>
2. Extract the files.  
   After you extract the downloaded folders, the files are located as follows:
   * grep-2.5.4-bin/bin/egrep.exe
   * grep-2.5.4-dep/bin/libiconv2.dll
   * grep-2.5.4-dep/bin/libintl3.dll
   * grep-2.5.4-dep/bin/pcre3.dll
   * grep-2.5.4-dep/bin/regex2.dll
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3. Navigate to Pattern DesignerUploaded Files.
4. Click New. {#t_ConfigSearchAssistant4Windows__clickNewStep}
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5. Enter the original file name in the Name field on the Logical Name tab, for example egrep.exe.
6. Click OS Types and select Windows.  

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7. Click OS Architectures and select both 32-bit and 64-bit option.
8. Click the Manage Attachments icon.
9. Click Choose Files.
10. In the Downloads folder on your computer, navigate to the file which name you entered before, for example egrep.exe.
11. Click Choose.
12. Close the Attachments window. {#t_ConfigSearchAssistant4Windows__CloseAttachmentWindow}
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13. Repeat [Step 3](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/3tHZTGoE9R3LP0oT7hBQLQ#t_ConfigSearchAssistant4Windows__clickNewStep) to [Step 11](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/3tHZTGoE9R3LP0oT7hBQLQ#t_ConfigSearchAssistant4Windows__CloseAttachmentWindow) to upload the rest of the files:  
    * libiconv2.dll
    * libintl3.dll
    * pcre3.dll
    * regex2.dll
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14. Connect to each Windows MID Server and update the PATH environmental variable with the location of the bin directory where egrep.exe is installed.

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