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Views Page

This page displays the list of views currently being managed.

To access Select Views.
Important information

The left pane displays the list of managed views. The General pane, Delete Candidate Policy pane, and the Automatic State Transition pane display details for the managed view selected in the left pane.

After adding a view to the managed views list, the view data may be unavailable for a few minutes, until the system is updated.
Relevant tasks
See also Views Overview

User interface elements are described below:

UI Elements (A-Z) Description
<Filter views> Enter a string to filter the list of displayed views.
Show favorite views only. Toggles between displaying all views and displaying the favorite views only.
Add view. Enables you to select a view to add to the list of managed views. The Select view to manage dialog box opens.
Remove view. Enables you to remove the selected view from the list of managed views.
Save. Enables you to save changes.
Undo. Undoes the changes made to the view.
Automatic State Transition. Allows you to trigger automatic state transition for all views.
Refresh. Refreshes the list of views.
View Name The names of the managed views.
ClosedGeneral Pane
UI Elements (A-Z) Description
Description The description of the selected managed view from UCMDB.
Managed CI Types

Select the CI types to be managed in this view. Only the selected CI types are managed in this view. If some of the child CI types of a CI type are selected and others are not, the parent CI type is not managed in the view.

Note All CI types are selected by default.
View Name The name of the selected managed view.
View Refresh Rate Select either Once per day or When view is updated.
View Type Select the view type. The available options are Topology and Inventory. For details, see Topology Views and Inventory Views.
ClosedDelete Candidate Policy Pane
UI Elements (A-Z) Description
Delete CIs marked as candidates for deletion from Actual State (override UCMDB aging mechanism) When the check box is selected, CIs marked as candidates for deletion in UCMDB are deleted from the actual state of the view immediately. When the check box is cleared, the CIs are only deleted at the deletion time scheduled in UCMDB.
ClosedAutomatic State Transition Pane
Relevant tasks Set Automatic State Transition Rules for a View

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Elements (A-Z) Description
<Criteria List>

The following criteria are used to set the automatic state transition rules:

  • CI Types. Define the CI types for which you approve changes for authorization. When this option is highlighted, a CI type tree appears below. Select the required CI types from the tree.

  • Configuration Policies. Define whether new policy breaches in the view are approved for authorization.

    If you select the Allow new configuration policy breaches in the view check box, all breaches in Configuration Manager policies are ignored.

    If you do not select the check box, then any new policy breach stops the automation:

    • If there is a CI with a new baseline policy breach, only the change on that CI is not authorized.

    • If there is a CI with a new topology policy breach, no changes on CIs in the view are authorized.

  • Detected Change Type. Define which types of changes you approve for authorization. Select from the following options:

    • Added CI

    • Modified CI

    • Removed CI
<Criteria List> (continued)

  • Related RFCs. Specify whether or not changed CIs are required to have RFCs for automatic state transition of the view to occur. If you select only Do not allow changes with no related RFCs, only RFCs that are directly related to CIs will be validated. To validate RFCs that are indirectly related to the CIs, select Allow indirect RFCs on CI.

    Select the Log changes on selected RFCs in Change Management system check box to mark the RFCs in the change management system with the relevant change.
Enable automatic state transition

Select this check box to activate the fields in the Automatic State Transition pane. The following options are available:

  • View level authorization (default). This option automatically authorizes all changes in the selected view, if all rules for all CIs in the view are satisfied. This means that all the changes in the view will be automatically authorized if all the rules are satisfied, while if a single change does not meet the defined rules, none of the changes in the view will be authorized.

  • CI level authorization. This option enables you to select the specific CI types and change types for which you want automatic state transition to be performed. In this case, not all CIs in the view must be satisfied for all rules.

Select the Authorize changes on CIs that are managed in multiple views check box to include authorization of changes that are managed in multiple views. By default, changes on CIs that are managed in multiple views are not automatically authorized, even if Automatic State Transition is specified for the selected view.

Test Configuration After selecting automatic state transition settings, click Test Configuration to check if the view contains changes matching the conditions set for authorization.