Show Impact Pane

This page opens a window that displays the statuses of the trigger CI as well as all statuses of the CIs that are impacted by it.

To access

In the Run Impact Analysis Dialog box, click Show Map.

If Impact Analysis is already active, click the Impact Analysis Is Active link on the IT Universe status bar.

Important information

The following tabs are available:

  • Impact Results. Displays a map of all CIs impacted by the selected CI.

  • Trigger CIs. Displays a table of information on the selected trigger CIs.

You can only see Impact Analysis results if you defined an Impact rule for that view in Impact Analysis Manager. For details, see Impact Analysis Manager.

To view information about specific CIs that are triggered or impacted by the Impact rule, double-click the relationship connecting the CIs. A map is displayed.

The relationships in the map represent the Impact rules. The name of the relationship is the name of the Impact rule you defined in the Impact Analysis Manager.

Relevant tasks How to Retrieve Impact Analysis Results – Scenario
See also

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Element (A-Z) Description
<Legend>

Indicates the icons displayed next to CIs with any of the following special statuses:

  • Added. When Change Timeframe is active, indicates that the CI was added.

  • Candidate for Deletion. Indicates that the CI is a candidate for deletion.

  • Changed. When Change Timeframe is active, indicates that the CI was changed.

  • Drill Down One Layer. Indicates that there are CIs under the CI on a lower layer.

  • External. Indicates that the CI is a federated CI.

  • Impacted. When Impact Analysis is active, indicates an impacted CI.

  • Impacted and Trigger. When Impact Analysis is active, indicates a trigger CI that is impacted.

  • Note. Indicates that a note was added for the CI.

  • Trigger. When Impact Analysis is active, indicates a trigger CI.

<Relationship> The relationships represent the Impact rule you defined in the Impact Analysis Manager. For details, see Impact Rules Definition Dialog Box.
<The statuses and the colors that represent each one> The statuses that appear and the colors that represent each status are the ones that are defined in the severity list for that state in the System Type Manager. For details, see Create/Update List/Enumeration Definition Dialog Box.
<Toolbar> The Show Impact pane toolbar contains most of the buttons on the IT Universe Manager toolbar.
<Topology Map Sidebar> For details, see Topology Map Sidebar.