Working with Views in IT Universe Manager
In IT Universe Manager, you analyze data at the view level. Views are subsets of the IT Universe, containing only those CIs relating to a specific area of interest. All views are based on a pattern which determines the content of the view.
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Pattern views and template-based views are built from a TQL (Topology Query Language) query that defines the structure of the view. The view displays only those CIs and relationships that satisfy the query definition.
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Perspective-based views are built manually, by selecting a group of CIs and applying perspectives to them. A perspective is a pattern used to define which related CIs are included in the view.
You build all views in the Modeling Studio, using the appropriate editor for each view type. For information on the different view types and how they function, see View Formats.
Note You must have Update permissions for a view to edit the view. If you do not have the necessary permissions, contact your
CIs created by DFM are automatically added to each view where the CIs (and their relationships) fit the TQL definition for the view. When you open a view in the CI Selector, the TQL query for the view queries the
You can also include CIs from external data sources (federated CIs) in your view, by defining the query to run over integration points for federated data sources. The federated CIs appear in the view with an arrow icon indicating that they are from a federated source.
For details on federated data sources, see Integration Studio Overview.
Note For out-of-the-box queries that have integration points defined, the data source is set as UCMDB.
When you define a new CI while working in any view in IT Universe Manager, the CI (and any associated relationship) is created in the
If the created CI and relationship do not meet the TQL requirements, then the CI and relationship are created in the
Templates and Template-based Views
If you open a template in IT Universe Manager, it is displayed in the topology map like a pattern view. Click the Show Template Parameters 
button on the CI Selector toolbar to open the Template Parameter Values dialog box, where you can change the values of the template parameters and thereby affect the view results displayed in the topology map. You can try different parameter values and see the resulting topology map, but you cannot save changes to the template itself. To save the view results as a template-based view with the selected parameters, click the Save As View button in the Template Parameter Values dialog box.
You can also create a direct link to a template in IT Universe Manager and insert the parameter values directly into the URL. For details, see How to Create a Direct Link to a Template with Parameter Values.
View Lifecycle
If you do not access a view from the CI Selector for a specified period of time, the view is cleared out, to save memory in the system. It is not deleted from the
Note Views defined as persistent are not cleared out and always remain in the memory.
Hidden Views
You can designate a view as a hidden view that does not appear in IT Universe Manager by defining a bundle for hidden views and assigning the view to that bundle.
To designate a view as a hidden view:
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In the Infrastructure Settings Manager, select Hidden Bundles Names in CI Selector.
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Enter the name of the new bundle as the default value and save the setting.
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In the Modeling Studio, open the relevant view and click the View Definition Properties
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In the View Definition Properties dialog box, select the hidden views bundle and assign the view to it.