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 and the comparable severity levels in the UCMDB server:

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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

UCMDB Browser

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 UCMDB Browser.

Note To view data in the Impact Simulation widget, there must be an impact rule created in UCMDB and you must have View permission for the Resource Groups > Impact Analysis resource.

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

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 UCMDB Browser 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.

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.

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.