Home Page

The Home page is your entry into Configuration Manager and provides a simple navigation interface to its major features and functionality.

The Home page contains the following areas:

• Manage your configuration

  • In the Quick Start section, you can:

    • manage an existing UCMDB view. For details, see Views.
    • create and manage an inventory view. For details, see Inventory View Wizard.
    • create new policies or manage existing policies. For details, see Policies.
    • view policy results. For details, see Policy Summary Page.
    • schedule operational reports to be automatically sent to you by email. For details, see Schedule a Report.

  • In the Standardize the IT Environment section, you can:

    • create a baseline policy that uses a selected CI as a gold master. For details, see Define a Baseline or Topology Policy.
    • create a policy that specifies the topology and attributes to be used as the basis for your configuration. For details, see Define a Baseline or Topology Policy.
    • create a policy to standardize the configuration of your data. For details, see Similarity Policy Wizard.
    • create a policy to track clusters and other patterns across applications. For details, see Define a Baseline or Topology Policy.

  • In the Analysis section, you can:

    • compare CIs with a configuration model. For details, see Define a Configuration Model for Comparison.
    • find groups of CIs that have similar configurations. For details, see Select CIs that Contain Groups of Similar CIs.

  • In the Business Continuity section, you can:

    • select a policy to help provide continuity in your business environment. For details, see Policies.
    • create a policy based on an existing view. For details, see Define a Baseline or Topology Policy.
    • create a new topology view in UCMDB. For details, see the Universal CMDB Modeling Guide.

  • In the Data Quality section, you can:

    • Specify the requirements for high quality data. For details, see Data Quality Policy Wizard.

  • In the Control Changes section, you can:

    • review and authorize changes to CIs. For details, see Authorize Changes to CIs.
    • review changes history. For details, see Compare Snapshots.
    • review authorization history. For details, see Compare Snapshots.

• Data summary

  • Favorite Views Compliance

    This section displays a list of your favorite views and a graphic representation of the policy status (satisfied, in-breach, or no data) for each of the views. Clicking on Favorite Views Compliance opens the View Summary module, and clicking on a view opens that view in the Explore Views module.

    You can also click to access the Show User Preferences window, where you can change preferences for your favorite views.

    Note Up to 40 views (those that have the highest percentages of in-breach policies) are displayed in the Favorite Views Compliance list.

  • Policy Summary

    This section provides a summary of the policies defined in Configuration Manager and a graphic representation of the policy status (satisfied, in-breach, or no data) for each of the policies. Clicking on Policy Summary opens the Policy Summary module, and clicking on a policy opens that policy in the Policies module.

  • KPI Summary

    This section provides a dashboard view of the key metrics being monitored by Configuration Manager. Clicking on KPI Summary opens the KPI Summary module, and clicking on a view opens that view in the Explore Views module.

• In addition, links at the top of the Home page provide direct access to each of the main functional modules of Configuration Manager.