Discover related items together with the main CI
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- UpdatedAug 3, 2023
- 3 minutes to read
- Vancouver
- Service Mapping
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Discover related items together with the main CI
Add related items to the patterns to perform horizontal discovery of configuration items with all their related items: CIs or non-CIs, like ports or serial numbers.
Before you begin
- (Optional) Check if the CI is dependent: The system uses the identification rules to identify the CI independently of other CIs. Refer to Create or edit a CI identification rule.
- (Optional) To understand the model better, check dependent relationship rules
which define the dependency structure of the CI types and the relationship types
in these service definitions. For example, you can discover a Tomcat server with
Tomcat WARs belonging to it. For more information, refer to Dependent relationship
rules.
Figure 1. Example of the Containment rule for Tomcat WAR 
- To add a non-CI to the pattern, add it as a related item for the CI type to which the main CI belongs. For more information on adding related items for the CI type, see Configure references to other CIs or non-CIs as related items for the CI type.
Procedure
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On the CI Attributes pane, click the Manage
related CIs icon.
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Click OK.
New tabs for related CI types you added appear under the tab for the main CI:
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