How to Create a Custom Discovery Activity from a Template

How to Define Custom Discovery Activities from an Activity Template

This task describes how to define a custom discovery activity in a Management Zone based on a discovery activity template.

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Note For details about discovery activities provided out-of-the-box with Universal Discovery, see Universal CMDB Discovery and Integrations Content Guide.

To create a custom discovery activity from a discovery activity template

Prerequisite: Ensure that the template upon which you want to base the custom discovery activity has been created. See How to Create Discovery Activity Templates.

Go to Data Flow Management > Universal Discovery > Zone-based Discovery.

In the Management Zone tree, select the Management Zone where you want to define the new discovery activity.

Click , select New Discovery Activity > Templates, and select a discovery activity template.

The New Discovery Activity wizard opens. Give the activity a name and click Next.

The Select Activity Jobs page opens.The jobs listed under Selected Jobs are those included in the activity template you selected above.

For each job, define job parameters:

Note For details about each job's parameters, see the Universal CMDB Discovery and Integrations Content Guide.
1. Select the job in the Selected jobs list.
2. In the Job Parameters pane, in the relevant parameter's row, select Override.
3. In the Value column, enter the overriding value.
(Optional) To add more jobs to the discovery activity, click Add Job . The Select jobs dialog box opens. Select the jobs required for the activity, and set the override values for the job parameters.
Tip
- To find a specific job, click the Find Jobs button.
- You can also select entire job modules.
(Optional) To remove a job from the activity, select the job in the Selected jobs list and click the Remove Job button.