Details Page

This wizard page enables you to enter basic information about the new CI type you are defining.

Important information For general information about the Create Configuration Item Type Wizard, see Create Configuration Item Type/Relationship/Calculated Relationship Wizard.
Wizard map

The Create Configuration Item Type/Relationship/Calculated Relationship Wizard contains:

Details Page > Attributes Page > Qualifiers Page > Triplets Page > Icon Page > Attached Menu Page > Default Label Page > Matching Rules Page

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A-Z) Description
Base CI Type

Select a base CIT for the CIT you are creating. The new CIT inherits the base CIT's attributes.

Note This field only appears in the Create CI Type Wizard. It is not relevant when editing an existing CIT in the Details tab of CI Type Manager.

Created By

The user who created the new CIT.

Note This field is optional.

Description

A description for the new CIT. The description can be up to 2,048 characters long.

Note This field is optional.

Display Name

The name of the CIT as it appears in the Universal CMDB interface.

Note This field is optional.

Identification

Every new CI defined has an identification based on its CMDB ID and global_id properties. You can set an additional identification method for instances of the selected CIT. The following options are available:

  • By key attributes. Select attributes from the Available Attributes pane and move them to the Selected Attributes pane. These attributes are defined as the CIT's key attributes. CIT instances with matching values for all of the key attributes are merged into a single instance.

  • By identification rule. Click the Edit button to define an XML identification rule. For an example of an XML identification rule, see How to Create an Identification Rule.

  • Inherited from parent. The CIT uses the same identification method as its parent CIT.

  • No identification. No additional identification method.

Note For relationships, only the By key attributes option is available.

Name

The unique name of the new CIT. Only the following characters are permitted: a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and underscore (_). Note also:

  • The first character must be a-z or A-Z.

  • The name field is case sensitive, but you cannot use the same name with different cases for different CITs.

  • The maximum length is 200 characters.

Scope Select the scope of the new CIT (the class model to which it belongs).