Display method
Select CI View from the Configuration Management menu of the Web console window.
Click the Tree Display tab.
Operation method
Item name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Time Axis | Status | This item shows the creation time of the configuration baseline that you are currently working with. |
Switch button | This button is used to select which configuration baseline to display. Selecting a configuration baseline allows you to operate on configuration items from a particular point of time in the past (the time when the baseline was taken). It is also possible to release the selected baseline and work with the most recent configuration items. | |
Latest button | This button changes the operating target to the latest configuration items. | |
Tree Display tab (This tab displays the relationships between configuration items in a tree format.) | Switch Perspective | This drop-down menu is used to select which CI tree model to use. |
Records | This drop-down menu is used to select the record type of the configuration items being operated on. There are three record types: Expected, Observed, and Catalog | |
List display (the left pane) | Tree Display | This area displays folders indicating configuration item types and configuration items under each folder in tree format. The tree can be used to trace which configuration items are related to (have a link to) which other configuration items. |
CI List (This area displays a list of the configuration items in the folder that has been selected in the tree in the left pane.) | GID | This column displays the GID of the configuration item. The GID is an ID that is unique to each configuration management item. Items can be sorted in ascending/descending order by clicking the column heading. |
CI Type | This column displays the type of configuration item. Items can be sorted in ascending/descending order by clicking the column heading. | |
Nickname | This column shows the nickname ("nickname" attribute) for the configuration item. Items can be sorted in ascending/descending order by clicking the column heading. | |
Records | This column indicates the records that the configuration item holds. "O" indicates an observed record, "E" indicates an expected record and "C" indicates a catalog record. | |
xx items displayed per page | This item is used to specify how many configuration items to display per page. If there are more configuration items than can fit on a single page, click the right arrow button to display the next page of configuration items. Click the left arrow button to go back to the previous page. | |
Save button | This button is used to save the selected configuration items to a file. | |
Compare CIs (This tab is used to compare two configuration items.) | Source | This item is used to enter the GID for the source configuration item. |
Target | This item is used to enter the GID for the compared configuration item. | |
Apply button | Click this button to automatically enter the GID for the configuration item that has been selected in the CI List. | |
Compare button | Click this button to display a window showing the results of comparing the two configuration items whose GIDs have been specified in Source and Target. | |
CI (Expected/Observed) (This tab is used to compare the observed record of a configuration item with its expected record.) | CI Comparison Target | This item is used to enter the GID for the source configuration item. |
Apply button | Click this button to automatically enter the GID for the configuration item that has been selected in the CI List. | |
Compare button | Click this button to display a window showing the results of comparing the observed and expected records for the configuration items whose GID was specified in CI Comparison Target. | |
Use the following procedure to display a list of configuration items from the tree:
Click the Tree Display tab on the Configuration Management window.
Select which configuration item tree model to display from the Switch Perspective drop-down menu.
Select which type of record to display from the Records drop-down menu.
Click on the [+] symbols in the tree to display a configuration item and configuration items that are related to that configuration item.
Select a folder to display a list of configuration items in the CI List.
