calculateImpact

The calculateImpact method calculates which CIs are affected by a given CI according to the rules defined in the CMDB.

This shows the effect of an event triggering of the rule. The identifier output of calculateImpact is used as input for getImpactPath.

See the Impact Analysis Example.

Input

Parameter Comment
cmdbContext For details, see CmdbContext and the schema documentation for CmdbContext.
impactCategory The type of event that would trigger the rule being simulated.
IDs A collection of CMDB or global ID elements. For details, see the IDs collection.
impactRulesNames A collection of ImpactRuleName elements.
severity The severity of the triggering event.

Output

Parameter Comment
impactTopology For details, see Topology and the schema documentation for Topology.
identifier The key to the server response.