Create or edit a dependency type
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- UpdatedJan 30, 2025
- 2 minutes to read
- Yokohama
- Dependency Views
Use one of the dependency types provided, or create a custom dependency type with a script that will execute in real time to generate a custom view of a Dependency Views map for a specific CI.
Before you begin
Role required: none
About this task
- To narrow down and simplify a map, leaving out CIs that are not important for a specific task.
- To include only specific CIs that are hidden by default, such as qualifiers, end-points, and entry points.
- To display virtual relationships that are calculated, and that otherwise do not exist in the CMDB.
- As a tool to plan a new topology deployment that is based on existing resources.
- Default
- The default setting in the base system. With this setting, there is no processing of the dependency map through any dependency type scripts that might filter or modify the map.
- Show All Relationships
- Returns all qualifiers, end points, and entry points. This dependency type is available in the base system and is disabled by default. Typically, you would enable this dependency type for debugging and tracking purposes.
- Application to Network Devices
- Returns the network devices in the network paths leading to/from the given CI.
- Network Device to Applications
- Returns the applicative CIs which are target or source of network paths containing the given network device. In addition, returns the hosts of those applicative CIs, and for an applicative CI that is an inclusion, its parent CI is returned too.
- Physical Network Connections
- Returns hosts/network devices that are physically connected to the given host or network device.
- Flow Dependencies
- Returns all the server to server connections that were discovered using the Netflow collector. The script builds a graph based on data in the [sa_flow_server_comm] table. This table contains pairs of services represented by an IP and a listening port that are communicating with each other. For more information, see Data collection and discovery using Netflow and Data collection and discovery using VPC Flow Logs.
Procedure
- Navigate to .
- In the Load Filter Scripts list view, select an existing depenency type, or click New.
- Enter or modify a script, adhering to the guidelines and requirements in the script template that is provided.
- Click Submit.
Result
Related Content
- Create or modify map indicators
Dependency Views maps and application service maps, use icons to display additional information for a CI by displaying its related records such as alerts, outages, incidents and problems. These icons are called map indicator.
- Create or modify map icons
Upload new icons or modify existing icons to customize the icon displayed for a CI in maps in Dependency Views, Service Mapping, and Event Management.
- Create a predefined filter
Create filters to narrow down the CIs that are displayed on a Dependency Views map. You can create filters that are based on CIs' class, CIs' attributes, or CIs' relationships.
- Set a predefined filter as default
You can set a custom predefined filter as the default predefined filter for viewing maps.
- Create or modify Map Related Items
The Map Related Items module relates referenced CIs to one another, which allows them to be displayed in a Dependency Views map.
- Create or modify Dependency Views menu actions
To modify an existing menu option, first you create a copy of the original menu action record, and then you modify the copy.
- Condition and script parameters for menu actions
You can use the following condition and script parameters for menu actions.
- Data collection and discovery using Netflow