New CI/New Related CI Dialog Box

This dialog box enables you to define a new CI or a new related CI.

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)`

To access

In IT Universe Manager, click the New CI button on the toolbar to create a non-related CI. Select a CI in the topology map and click the New Related CI button to create a related CI.

Important information

To define a new CI, select the CI type from the tree at the top of the dialog box. The CI types in the tree that are available to be instantiated appear in black. The CI types in faded text cannot be instantiated.

Edit the properties in the Define new CI properties area. The table below includes the properties which are common to all CIs. In addition, there are other properties specific to each CI.

If you are creating a related CI, click Relationship to go to the relationship mode of the dialog box. Select a relationship and edit its properties.

Relevant tasks

How to Create CIs and Relationships

See also

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A-Z)	Description
Actual Deletion Period	The period after which the CI is deleted when the aging mechanism is enabled.
Allow CI Update	When the value is set to true, this option enables the DFM process to automatically update the CI properties with information that it discovers. If you change the value of a property supplied by the DFM process, the value is overridden by the discovered value. When the value is set to false, the CI properties are not overridden by the DFM process.
Created By	The user name of the administrator who manually created the CI, where applicable.
Create Time	The date and time when the CI was created.
Deletion Candidate Period	The period after which the CI becomes a candidate for deletion when the aging mechanism is enabled.
Description	A description of the CI.
Display Label	The label that appears for the CI in the topology map.
Enable Aging	If a CI or relationship is not updated or refreshed over a period of time (for example, a CI is not rediscovered by DFM and no manual update occurs), an aging mechanism deletes the CI from the CMDB. For details, see The Aging Mechanism Overview. True: the aging mechanism is enabled for this CI. False: the aging mechanism is disabled for this CI. The default value is determined by the default value of the Enable Aging attribute of the CI type. Note If the aging mechanism is disabled in Aging Status, this field is ignored. This field is displayed for certain CIs only. You can change the default value for all new CIs of this type by editing the default value of the Enable Aging attribute for this CI type. For details, see How to Enable and Run the Aging Mechanism in the Universal CMDB Administration Guide.
Is Candidate For Deletion	Indicates if the CI is a candidate for deletion.
Last Access Time	The time that the CI was last accessed, whether when being updated or being discovered by DFM. This field is displayed only for certain CIs. This parameter is used by the aging mechanism. For details, see CI Lifecycle and the Aging Mechanism.
Last Modified Time	The date and time when the CI properties were last updated.
Name	The name of the CI.
Note	Enables you to enter other information about the CI.
Origin	An ID for the source that automatically created the CI, or the application where the CI was created.
Relationship	For a related CI, click Relationship to go to the relationship mode of the dialog box.
Select CI Type	Enables you to select the CI type from the tree for the new CI. The CI types that are available for the selected CI or view appear active in the CI type tree. The other CI types appear in faded text and cannot be selected. To limit the CI type tree to CI types from the current view, select CI Types from the current view on the right. To display all CI types in the tree, select All CI Types.
Updated By	The user name of the administrator who updated the CI properties.
User Label	Enables you to define a display label for the CI. If no value is entered, the CI name appears as the default label.

UI Element (A-Z)

Description

Actual Deletion Period

The period after which the CI is deleted when the aging mechanism is enabled.

Allow CI Update

When the value is set to true, this option enables the DFM process to automatically update the CI properties with information that it discovers. If you change the value of a property supplied by the DFM process, the value is overridden by the discovered value.

When the value is set to false, the CI properties are not overridden by the DFM process.

Created By

The user name of the administrator who manually created the CI, where applicable.

Create Time

The date and time when the CI was created.

Deletion Candidate Period

The period after which the CI becomes a candidate for deletion when the aging mechanism is enabled.

Description

A description of the CI.

Display Label

The label that appears for the CI in the topology map.

Enable Aging

If a CI or relationship is not updated or refreshed over a period of time (for example, a CI is not rediscovered by DFM and no manual update occurs), an aging mechanism deletes the CI from the CMDB. For details, see The Aging Mechanism Overview.

True: the aging mechanism is enabled for this CI.

False: the aging mechanism is disabled for this CI.

The default value is determined by the default value of the Enable Aging attribute of the CI type.

Note

If the aging mechanism is disabled in Aging Status, this field is ignored.
This field is displayed for certain CIs only.
You can change the default value for all new CIs of this type by editing the default value of the Enable Aging attribute for this CI type. For details, see How to Enable and Run the Aging Mechanism in the Universal CMDB Administration Guide.

Is Candidate For Deletion

Indicates if the CI is a candidate for deletion.

Last Access Time

The time that the CI was last accessed, whether when being updated or being discovered by DFM. This field is displayed only for certain CIs.

This parameter is used by the aging mechanism. For details, see CI Lifecycle and the Aging Mechanism.

Last Modified Time

The date and time when the CI properties were last updated.

Name

The name of the CI.

Note

Enables you to enter other information about the CI.

Origin

An ID for the source that automatically created the CI, or the application where the CI was created.

Relationship

For a related CI, click Relationship to go to the relationship mode of the dialog box.

Select CI Type

Enables you to select the CI type from the tree for the new CI. The CI types that are available for the selected CI or view appear active in the CI type tree. The other CI types appear in faded text and cannot be selected.

To limit the CI type tree to CI types from the current view, select CI Types from the current view on the right. To display all CI types in the tree, select All CI Types.

Updated By

The user name of the administrator who updated the CI properties.

User Label

Enables you to define a display label for the CI. If no value is entered, the CI name appears as the default label.