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Administer Dependency Views

Users with the sn_cmdb_admin or admin role can control the appearance and behavior of Dependency Views by configuring map indicators, map related items, map icons, and menu actions.

  • Create or modify map indicators
    Dependency Views maps and application service maps, use icons to display additional information for a CI by displaying its related records such as alerts, outages, incidents and problems. These icons are called map indicator.
  • Create or modify map icons
    Upload new icons or modify existing icons to customize the icon displayed for a CI in maps in Dependency Views, Service Mapping, and Event Management.
  • Create a predefined filter
    Create filters to narrow down the CIs that are displayed on a Dependency Views map. You can create filters that are based on CIs' class, CIs' attributes, or CIs' relationships.
  • Set a predefined filter as default
    You can set a custom predefined filter as the default predefined filter for viewing maps.
  • Create or modify Map Related Items
    The Map Related Items module relates referenced CIs to one another, which allows them to be displayed in a Dependency Views map.
  • Create or modify Dependency Views menu actions
    To modify an existing menu option, first you create a copy of the original menu action record, and then you modify the copy.
  • Condition and script parameters for menu actions
    You can use the following condition and script parameters for menu actions.
  • Create or edit a dependency type
    Use one of the dependency types provided, or create a custom dependency type with a script that will execute in real time to generate a custom view of a Dependency Views map for a specific CI.

Parent Topic:Dependency Views

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Components installed with Dependency Views