You use the Manage CI Hierarchies dialog box to define associations between actual CI classifications and "authorized" CI classifications. Defining, or mapping, these associations lets you create an authorized CI from an actual CI record, and lets you include just the limited number of attributes you need for configuration management and change control. You create an authorized classification hierarchy that maps to an actual classification hierarchy. You generally create partial mappings between the two classifications rather than a complete mirror image. With this mapping, when you create an authorized CI from an actual CI, you can automatically create authorized CIs for the children that have a containment relationship with the actual CI.
In the Classifications application, there are two main tasks:
For each actual CI classification hierarchy that you use to import actual configuration items, you can create one or more authorized classification hierarchies in the Classifications application.
For each of the authorized CI hierarchies, you use the Manage CI Hierarchies dialog box to map the links between authorized and actual classifications, including the various parent-child classification levels. At each level of the classification, you can also specify the relationships between source and target classifications.
After you complete the classification mappings, you use them in the Actual Configuration Items application to create configuration items from actual configuration items. The mappings between authorized and actual CIs let you create many configuration item records at once, because you link entire or partial hierarchies instead of individual configuration items. You thereby create records for the children as well as the top level classification.
The number of actual configuration items discovered by TADDM is likely to be far greater than the number of authorized configuration items you want to create records for or use in your configuration management and change control. By mapping one hierarchy to another, you can limit the number of actual configuration items that you link to authorized configuration items. For example, if an actual configuration item hierarchy has five levels, and you create an authorized hierarchy with three levels, you can create authorized configuration items records for just the top three levels of actual configuration items.
Note: For more information on how you create a configuration item record from an actual configuration item, refer to the Help for the Actual Configuration Items application. For information on the general process of importing actual configuration items, refer also to the Integration Composer documentation.
From the List tab of the Classification application, select the CI classification hierarchy that you want to manage. The classification must have the following properties:
It must be top level. You define the top level for a classification when you create the classification.
In the Use With table window, the objects must include CI (Configuration Items).
From the Select Action menu, select Manage CI Hierarchies. The Manage CI Hierarchies dialog box opens. It displays the current CI Classification record in the CI Classification and Current Level fields.
The Children table window displays the CI Classifications that are the children of the classification in the Current Level field.
In the Actual CI Classification field at the top of the dialog box, click Detail Menu and select Classify to select an actual classification.
In the Children table window, select a row.
In the Actual CI Classification field, specify the Actual CI classification you want to associate with the authorized child classification. Click Detail Menu and select Classify to select a classification.
In the Relationships table window, specify the relationships, if any, you want to define for the selected child. The table window already displays the relation rules that are currently defined between the CI classification in the Current Level field and the selected CI classification in the Children table window. To add a relationship:
Click New Row.
Specify source and target classifications, the relationship, and other information as needed.
Note: If you need information on these properties, refer to the Configuration Items application help.
Click Select Relation Rules to select from a list of relationship rules. The dialog box displays probable relationship rules for the CI classifications based on the actual CI classification in the Current Level field, and the actual CI you selected in the Children table window.
Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 as needed to map actual classifications to other child authorized classifications.
Move up and down the hierarchy as needed to map classifications of parents and children to actual classifications:
To move down the hierarchy, select a child row and in the CI Classification field and click Move To . The selected child classification moves to the Current Level field and the Children table window displays the children of the classification you moved to the current level. The Belongs To field shows the parent of the classification in the Current Level field.
To move up the hierarchy, click Move To in the Belongs To field. The classification in the Belongs To field moves to the Current Level field.
When you are finished mapping actual to authorized classifications, click OK.