Create CI Instance
The Create CI Instance object is
used to create a configuration item instance on BMC Atrium
CMDB.
How it is used
Use the Create CI Instance object to
create a new BMC Atrium CMDB configuration item to add a new
computer system to the configuration management database.
Configuration
To configure the Create CI Instance
object, you will need to know the name of the BMC Atrium CMDB
connection and form name that you want to use, and the field names
that you want to include in the new configuration instance.
Details tab
Connection
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Type the name of the connection
that you want to use, or click the ellipsis button (...) and browse for it. Select the
connection from the Item
Selection dialog.
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Form
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Type the name of the BMC Atrium
CMDB form that you want to use to submit the new request, or click
the ellipsis button (...)
and browse for it. Select the form name from the Form Selection dialog. When you select
a form, the required fields for that form appear in the list below
the Form field. See below
for instructions on configuring BMC Atrium CMDB fields.
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Select optional fields
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To add optional fields to the
form that you are using to submit the new request, click the
Select optional fields
button. Select the fields that you want to use from the
Available fields list, and
click >> to move them
to the Selected fields
list. The optional fields appear in the list below the Form field. See below for instructions
on configuring BMC Atrium CMDB fields.
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Select Published Data
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To select the fields that will
be published by this object as Published Data items, click the
Select Published Data
button. Select the fields that you want to use from the
Available fields list, and
click >> to move them
to the Selected fields
list.
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Configuring BMC Atrium CMDB
fields
After you have selected the BMC
Atrium CMDB form that you want to use to submit the new request,
and have added optional fields that you want to use, the fields
appear below the Form
field. You must configure them with the information that will
populate the new request.
To configure BMC Atrium
CMDB fields:
1.
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In the field list, click in the
field to the right of the field name.
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2.
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Do any of the following in the
field:
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Insert a Remedy Keyword.
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Insert an Opalis Published Data
item.
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Insert an Opalis
Variable.
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Type a value. Use the
appropriate data type for the information that you type into the
field.
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If an ellipsis button
(...) appears, you can
click the ellipsis button and select the value from the
Item Selection dialog.
Items in this list are dynamically generated. Their content depends
on how BMC Atrium CMDB is customized at your organization.
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3.
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Repeat these steps for each item
in the field list.
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Available Published Data
You select the BMC Atrium CMDB
fields that will be published as Published Data items by this
object by clicking the Select
Published Data button. This prevents overloading of the
Opalis Datastore. See above for instructions.