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Impact Analysis Manager Page

This page enables you to define Impact rules.

To access Select Impact Analysis Manager from the Navigation Menu or select Managers > Modeling > Impact Analysis Manager.
Important information When selecting query nodes to function as Impact Analysis triggers, they must comply with certain restrictions. For details, see Troubleshooting and Limitations – Topology Query Language.
Relevant tasks How to Define an Impact Rule – Workflow
See also
ClosedImpact Rules Pane

This area displays a hierarchical tree structure of predefined folders and Impact rules. Each Impact rule is associated with a TQL query.

Important information

You can create your own Impact rules, or work with the default rules provided with your Universal CMDB installation.

The predefined folders are provided for the default Impact rules; you can modify these folders, or add additional folders according to your organization's requirements.

You can drag and drop Impact rules or folders to move them from one folder to another.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A-Z) Description
New Folder. Creates a new folder.
New. Creates an Impact rule. Opens the New Impact Rule Wizard.
Delete. Deletes the selected folder or Impact rule.
Refresh. Refreshes the data content of the hierarchical tree structure that may have been modified by other users.
Save. Saves the Impact rule to the CMDB. (Enabled only when a new Impact rule is created or when changes are made to an existing one.)
Properties. Opens the Impact Rule Properties Wizard. Enables you to change the description of the rule.

Assign Tenants. Opens the Assign Tenants dialog box which enables you to assign tenants to the impact rule.

Note This button is only available when multi-tenancy is enabled.
Manage Security. Enables you to assign the selected impact rule to specific roles or resource groups.
Preview. Generates a preview of the results of the selected Impact rule.
Export To XML. Enables you to export an Impact rule to an XML file.
Import From XML. Enables you to import XML files that contain saved Impact rules to the Impact Analysis Manager.
Represents a folder.
Represents an Impact rule.
<Impact Rules tree>

Displays the existing Impact rules in tree format.

Note Only Impact rules appear in the tree. TQL queries of type Impact Analysis (created in the Modeling Studio) do not appear.

The following options are available by right-clicking a folder or Impact rule:

UI Element (A-Z) Description
Assign Tenants

Opens the Assign Tenants dialog box which enables you to assign tenants to the selected impact rule.

Note This option is only available when multi-tenancy is enabled.
Delete Delete the selected folder or Impact rule.
Export To XML Displays a standard Save As dialog box, enabling you to save the Impact rule as an XML script. This option can be used to move an Impact rule from one workstation to another, provided the related TQL query is also relocated.
Import From XML Imports XML files that contain saved Impact rules to Impact Analysis Manager.
Manage Security Assign the selected impact rule to specific roles or resource groups.
New Creates an Impact rule. Opens the New Impact Rule Wizard.
New Folder Creates a new folder.
Preview Generates a preview of the results of the selected Impact rule.
Properties Opens the Impact Rule Properties Wizard. Enables you to change the description of the rule.
Rename Folder Rename the folder.
Save (Enabled only when a new Impact rule is created or when changes are made to an existing one.) Saves the Impact rule to the CMDB.
Save As Displays the Save As Impact Rule Wizard, enabling you to create new Impact rules based on an existing query.
ClosedEditing Pane

This area displays the selected Impact rule, which consists of query nodes that are defined in the TQL query and the relationships between them.

Important information

  • When you select a folder in the Impact Rules pane, the editing pane is empty.

  • When you select an Impact rule in the Impact Rules pane, the editing pane displays the selected rule, which consists of TQL query nodes that are defined in the TQL query and the relationships between them.
Relevant tasks How to Add Query Nodes and Relationships to a TQL Query
See also When selecting query nodes to function as Impact Analysis triggers, they must comply with certain restrictions. For details, see Troubleshooting and Limitations – Topology Query Language.

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

UI Element (A-Z) Description
Indicates a trigger query node. Located to the right of the trigger query node's icon.
Indicates an impacted query node. Located to the right of the impacted query node's icon.
Indicates query nodes that are both impacted and trigger query nodes.
<Main Menu> For details, see Main Menu.
<Query Node> A component from which TQL queries are built.
<Relationship> The entity that defines the relationship between two query nodes.
<Shortcut menu options> For details, see Shortcut Menu Options.
<Toolbar> For details, see Toolbar Options.
<Tooltip>

Hold the cursor over a query node or relationship to view its tooltip.

The tooltips contain the following information:

  • Element name. The name of the query node.

  • CI Type. The CIT of the query node as defined in the CI Type Manager. For details, see CI Type Manager.

  • Definitions of the selected query nodes and relationships. The attribute conditions, as described in Query Node/Relationship Properties Dialog Box.

  • Names of the trigger and the impacted query nodes. This is only relevant if the query node over which the cursor is hovering is the trigger query node.
ClosedCI Type Selector

This area displays a hierarchical tree structure of the CI Types found in the CMDB.

Important information

The CI Type Selector is part of Enrichment Manager, Impact Analysis Manager, and Trigger TQL Editor.

To create or modify a TQL query, click and drag query nodes to the Editing pane and define the relationship between them. Your changes are saved to the CMDB. For details, see How to Add Query Nodes and Relationships to a TQL Query.

Note The number of instances of each CIT in the CMDB is displayed to the right of each CIT.
Relevant tasks

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

UI Elements (A-Z) Description
Add CI Type to Map. Moves the selected CI type to the Editing pane.
Refresh. Refreshes the CI type tree.
Search. Searches for the CI type entered.
Expand All. Expands all subtrees within the CI type tree.
Collapse All. Collapses the subtrees within the CI type tree.
<Search window> Enter the name or part of a name of a CI type for which to search.

Shortcut Menu Options

The CI Type Selector includes the following elements (listed alphabetically) available by right-clicking a CI Type:

Menu Item Description
Add CI Type to Map Select to add the selected CI type to the Editing pane.
Go to CI Type Definition Takes you directly to the selected CI type in CIT Manager.
Show CIT Instances Opens the CIT Instances window, which displays all instances of the selected CIT. For details, see CI Instances Dialog Box.
ClosedAdvanced Pane

This area displays the properties, conditions, and cardinality for the selected query node and relationship.

Important information

The Advanced pane appears in the lower part of the window in the following managers and user interfaces: Modeling Studio, Impact Analysis Manager, Enrichment Manager, the Input Query Editor and Trigger Query Editor in DFM.

A small green indicator appears next to the tabs that contain data.
Relevant tasks

User interface elements are described below:

UI Elements (A-Z) Description
If the window is not wide enough to display all the tabs, use the left and right arrows to move to the required tab.
Click Show List to display a list of the available tabs for the current module. You can select a tab from the list.
Attributes Displays the attribute conditions defined for the query node or the relationship. For details, see Attributes Tab.
Cardinality Cardinality defines how many query nodes you expect to have at the other end of a relationship. For example, in a relationship between a node and an IP Address, if the cardinality is 1:3, the TQL query retrieves only those nodes that are connected to between one and three IP Addresses. For details, see Cardinality Tab.
Data Sources

Displays the data sources set for the selected query node.

Note This tab appears only in the Modeling Studio.
Details

Displays the following information:

  • CI Type/Element Type. The CIT of the selected query node/relationship.

  • Element Name. The name of the query node or relationship. This appears only in the Modeling Studio.

  • Show in query results. A green check indicates that the selected query node/relationship is visible in the topology map. A red mark indicates that it is not visible. In the Modeling Studio, this is indicated by the word Yes or No.

  • Include subtypes. A green check indicates that both the selected CI and its children are displayed in the topology map. A red mark indicates that only the selected CI appears. This item does not appear in the Modeling Studio.
Edit Click Edit to open the relevant dialog box for the selected tab.
Element Layout

Displays the attributes selection for the selected query node or relationship. It lists the attributes selected to be included in the query results (when Specific Attributes is selected as the attributes condition). It also lists the excluded attributes and any selected qualifiers for attributes. For details, see Element Layout Tab.

Note This tab appears only in the Modeling Studio.
Element Type

Displays the subtype conditions defined for the query node or relationship. For details, see Element Type Tab.

Note This tab appears only in the Modeling Studio.
Enrichment Rules

Displays the Enrichment rule defined for the selected query node or relationship. If the Enrichment rule is used to update the attributes of a CI, click Edit to open the Query Node/Relationship Definition dialog box and edit the rule if required. For details, see Query Node/Relationship Definition Dialog Box.

Note This tab appears only in Enrichment Manager.
Impacted Query Nodes

Indicates which query node is impacted by the changes that occur in the selected trigger query node. If required, you can click Edit to open and modify the Impacted Query Nodes dialog box. For details, see Impacted Query Nodes Dialog Box.

Note This tab appears only in Impact Analysis Manager.
Qualifiers

Displays the qualifier conditions defined for the query node or the relationship. For details, see Qualifier Tab.

Note This tab appears only in Enrichment Manager and Impact Analysis Manager.
Selected Identities Displays the element instances that are used to define what should be included in the TQL query results. For details, see Identity Tab.