Impact Simulation Widget

The Impact Simulation widget presents the impact analysis of a selected CI (that is, which CIs are impacted by it, according to a selected impact severity level).

The following table displays the severity levels used in the UCMDB Browser module and the comparable severity levels in the UCMDB server:

UCMDB Browser module	UCMDB Server
Critical	Critical(9)
High	Major(8)
Medium	Minor(6)
Low	Warning(2)

The severity level for a CI is cleared (set to None) when you log in to the CMS UI.

This widget uses out-of-the-box impact rules from UCMDB. To configure the impact rules used by this widget, see Specify Impact Rules

CI Overview Mode

This mode summarizes the number of CIs impacted by the selected CI by means of an Impact Bar, according to the four severity levels: Critical, Major, Minor, and Normal.

Widget Details Mode

This mode presents detailed information on all the CIs impacted by the selected CI. You can change the severity, which will rerun the analysis to show a different level of impact.

• Toolbar

  The top row of the Impact Simulation Widget acts as a toolbar and enables you to switch between graphical and textual modes.

• Graphical mode

  Note When the CMS UI is embedded in an UCMDB server running on a Linux system, runlevel 5 (enabled X server) is needed for the graphical mode of the Impact Simulation Widget to operate properly. In addition, add ­unset DISPLAY to the server.sh script. Restart the UCMDB Server for the server.sh changes to take effect.

  In graphical mode, information is displayed in a topology map format.

  Graphical mode contains the following:

  UI Element (A-Z)	Description
  Additional Info	Allows you to view additional information for the CIs displayed in the map. For more information, see Show Additional Information on a Topology Map
  Filter	Clicking one of the following filters displays in the map all the CIs according to the selected filter: By Class Qualifier Business Model Filter Analysis By CI Type Note The filter applied in Graphical mode will also have effect in the Textual mode.
  Impact	Allows you to change the severity, which will rerun the analysis to show a different level of impact. Note The maximum number of CIs that can be displayed in the Topology Map is 500. If there are more than 500 CIs, they will be listed in the Textual mode, which is automatically displayed.

  • You can navigate in the Impact Simulation Widget easily by turning on the quick navigation map.

    In the quick navigation map, the elements from the canvas are represented. You can drag and resize the selection in the map overview.

    If the map is too large, a big overview of the map is available, which allows you to use the map overview navigator to jump directly to a particular part of the map.

    A toggle button is available in the map to allow you to turn on/off the minimap. For more details about the Map Toolbar, see Map Toolbar.

    

  Directional lines representing links are displayed with other items in the view if the selected CI has a direct relationship with at least one other CI.

• Textual mode

  Textual mode contains the following:

  UI Element (A-Z)	Description
  Left pane	Severity Allows you to change the severity, which will rerun the analysis to show a different level of impact. Filters Displays a list of CIs impacted by the selected CI, according to the four severity levels. Selecting any line in this pane displays its details in the right pane. Note When a filter is selected in Graphical mode, the Filters section in Textual mode filters only the results displayed in the Topology Map.
  Right pane	The right pane displays detailed information about the item that is selected in the left pane, divided by CI type.