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Systemwalker Runbook Automation Operation Guide
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9.3.3 Deleting Configuration Items

Display method

  1. Select CI Update/Delete from the Configuration Management menu of the Web console window.

  2. Display the configuration item that you want to edit in the CI List.

  3. In the CI List, select the check boxes for the configuration items to be deleted, and then click the Remove button.

Operation method

Item name

Description

Time Axis

Status

This item shows the time for 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 view (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 the 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.

Remove button

This button is used to delete the selected configuration items.

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