Relate CIs by Using Assisted Modeling

1. Go to UCMDB UI > Modeling Studio, click the New button, and then select Query.

2. Create a query that resembles the following example:

   

   This query defines the kinds of CIs you want to relate. In this case, the query defines a Person CI and a Node CI with the Ownership relationship. For more information about how to create a query, see How to Define a TQL Query.

3. Add the query to the modeling bundle so that you can use it in Assisted Modeling. To do this, click the Query Definition Properties button, select modeling for the Bundles field, and then click OK.

   

4. Click the Save button, type the name of the query, and then click OK.

Before you continue, keep in mind that the modeling queries are cached. You need to wait for a while before you can see the query you just created in the UCMDB Browser. The amount of time is specified in Infrastructure Setting Manager > Time for which information in the Browser cache is valid, which by default is 5 minutes.

Follow the steps below to relate CIs:

1. Open the UCMDB Browser, and then do one of the following according to what you see:

   • Go to the Service Modeling tab, and then click Start Assisted Modeling.
   • Go to the Assisted Modeling tab.

   

   Note  

   • If you do not have the access right to the Service Modeling feature, you do not see the Service Modeling tab. Instead, you see the Assisted Modeling tab.
   • You must have the View right to at least one modeling query (one query added to the modeling bundle) in order to see the link to access Assisted Modeling.

2. In the Select template drop-down list, select the query you just created.

   

   The topology map then loads the query. Both nodes have the Plus icon.

3. Click the Plus icon in the Person CI Type.

4. In the Add new CI to the template panel, click Add Existing Person.

   

   Note In this panel, a Create New Person link is also available to create a Person CI. If you do not see this link, you need to add the MODELING_ENABLED qualifier to the CI Type. To do this, go to UCMDB UI > Modeling > CI Types Manager, select the Person CI Type, go to the Qualifiers tab, and then add the SERVICE_MODEL qualifier to the Configuration Item Type Qualifiers pane.

5. In the Add existing CI panel, type a keyword in the Search field. All the Person CIs with the display name that matches the keyword are displayed below the Search field.

   If you do not type any keyword, all Person CIs are displayed.

   

6. Point to the Person CI you want to relate, and then click the Add button that appears.

   The Person CI is then added to the topology map.

   

7. Click the Plus icon in the Node CI Type, and then follow the similar steps (from Step 3 to Step 6) to add a Node CI.

   The added Node CI is automatically linked to the Person CI with the relationship that is specified in the query. The resulting topology map resembles the following.

   

   Note From here, you can do a number of things:

   • Relate more CIs to the existing CIs in the map. When you select an existing CI in the topology map, the Plus icon appears in the other CI Type. You can follow the similar steps to relate CIs.
   • Edit the CI (instead of going through the Properties widget). When you select a CI, the panel that opens on the right allows you to edit the CI.

8. Click the Save button.

   A message pops up and tells you if the template is properly saved.