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Select Topology Views

In this task, you learn how to use a topology view to specify which configuration item types you want to use in a correlation rule. Topology views reduce and refine the number configuration item types that you can use in the correlation rule to a more manageable level.

Note For information on button actions, see Correlation Rules User Interface.

Topology-based event correlation supports only Pattern Views and Template Views, both of which must use direct links).

To select a topology view for a correlation rule:

  1. Open the Correlation Rules manager:

    Administration > Event Processing > Correlation > Topology-Based Event Correlation

    Alternatively, click Topology-Based Event Correlation.

  2. In the Rule Topology pane, use the View list to choose a topology view. The view you choose specifies the configuration item types that you want to use in the new correlation rule as well as the topological relationships between the configuration item types.

    Note When you create a rule, the View list displays all known views. After you select a view, the View list displays only those views that refer to any of the configuration item types present in the selected view.

  3. If the rule you want to use is not present in the View list, use the Modeling Studio to configure the view.

For more information about topology views in correlation rules, see Event Correlation Rule topology and Rule Topology Pane.

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