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Topology Views and Inventory Views

There are two types of managed views: topology views and inventory views. Topology views are used for understanding the topology of a view and the relationships between the composite CIs. Inventory views are used for grouping similar composite CIs and are generally larger views including few relationships. You define the type of a view in the General pane of the Views module. An example of an inventory view could be a view containing all the Database CIs connected with a server.

The Explore Views, Review/Authorize, Changes History, and Authorization History modules have two options for displaying a view: topology mode and inventory mode. Every view is designated as either a topology view or an inventory view; however, both types of views can be displayed in either mode. Views with more than 250 composite CIs are automatically displayed in inventory mode even if they are defined as topology views. Configuration Manager supports inventory views with up to 5000 composite CIs.