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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Supported browsers for Dependency Views
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Dependency Views map menus and controls
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