CI Types Pane

The CI Types pane enables you to choose the configuration item types that you want to map to available dashboards.

To access

Administration > Operations Console > Performance Dashboard Mappings

Alternatively, click Performance Dashboard Mappings.

Important information

If you want to modify or manage configuration item types, use the CI Types Manager:

Administration > RTSM Administration > Modeling > CI Type Manager

Alternatively, click CI Type Manager.

Relevant tasks

To use the CI Types pane, see Searching and filtering CI types.

See also

For more information about assigning Performance Dashboards to CITs, see Performance Dashboard Mappings.

The information displayed in the CI Types pane of the Performance Dashboard manager includes the following details:

UI Element (A-Z)

Description

Refreshes the contents of the CI Types pane.

Expand Selection: Expands the list to display items belonging to the selected group.

Collapse Others: Collapses all open branches except for the selected branch.

Finds the next occurrence of the CI Type for which you are searching. For more information about searching, see Searching and filtering CI types.

Collapses the Filter pane.

Expands the Filter pane for use.

CI Types

Hierarchical list representing the configuration item types that you want to monitor in your IT environment. To display the event type indicators, KPIs, and mapping rules associated with a configuration item, browse to and select the item of interest. The various tabs display the details.

If the CI Types list is filtered, (filtered) is displayed next to the CI Types title.

When CI types and their children have no objects assigned, their entries appear dimmed.

When objects are directly assigned to a CI type, the items appear in bold.

Filter

Used to search for specific CI types and view CI types that match specified filter criteria. There are two filters:

  • Show only CI types with assigned performance dashboard

  • View (Show CI types contained within a specified view)

  • ... Opens the Views dialog box from which you can select a view with which to filter CI types.

Note If you apply a view to the filter CI Types tree which removes all CI types with assignments, the CI entry remains in normal text, indicating that assignments exist. Remove the view, or select a more appropriate view to display the CI types with assignments that you require.

For more information about searching and filtering, see Searching and filtering CI types.