Overview |
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Tasks |
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Included with |
Tivoli Asset Management |
Connections |
You use the connection hierarchy to specify an asset's connection or connections to other assets in the network. Set up the connection hierarchy to represent your physical or logical network structure. |
Connection dialog box |
Use the Connection dialog box to create and
maintain the connection hierarchy. To access the Connection dialog box, do one of the following:
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Standard maintenance tasks |
This help topic covers maintenance tasks specific to the connection hierarchy. For information on tasks that can be performed in any hierarchy, see Maintaining Hierarchies. |
Adding a root-level connection |
The first step in setting up the connection
hierarchy is to establish the root-level connection. The root-level connection should be
the broadest level of connections for which you want to make inquiries, determine
valuations, or conduct audits. Tip: To avoid adding duplicate connections, use the Find command to verify that a connection is not already in the hierarchy or in the database. See Finding and viewing an item in a hierarchy. To add a root-level connection:
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Adding a child-level connection |
You can divide each root connection into
smaller, more specific connections. The more specific connections are called
children of
the root connection; however, each child connection can also be a parent of other
child connections. Build the hierarchy until you reach the most specific connection for which your company might ever want to perform an inquiry, conduct an audit, or determine the value of assets. To add a child-level connection:
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Editing a connection |
To edit a connection:
Tip: For information on tasks that can be performed in any hierarchy, see Maintaining Hierarchies. |