Get Relationship
The Get Relationship object is used
to retrieve a group of relationships between configuration items
according to criteria that you specify.
How it is used
Use the Get Relationship object to
retrieve a relationship and review its attributes.
Configuration
To configure the Get Relationship
object, you will need to know the name of the BMC Atrium CMDB
connection and form name that you want to use, and the criteria
that you want to use to find the relationships that you are
filtering for.
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 retrieve relationships, or click
the ellipsis button (...)
and browse for it. Select the form name from the Form Selection dialog.
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Filters
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Configure the criteria for
relationships that you want the object to retrieve. See below for
instructions on configuring the filter criteria. You must use at
least one filter.
Note: Opalis Software, Inc. recommends
that you use restrictive filter conditions to avoid retrieving
large amounts of data.
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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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To add a filter:
1.
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Click Add. The Select Filter dialog appears.
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2.
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From the Field drop-down list, select the form
field that you want to search in.
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3.
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From the Relation drop-down list, select the
relation that you will use to compare for your search.
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4.
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In the Value field, type the value that you
will search for in the field that you selected, or click the
ellipsis button (...) and
browse for it.
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5.
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Click OK. The filter appears in the
list.
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6.
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To edit the filter, select it
and click Edit. To remove
the filter, select it and click Remove.
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Note: If you configure a filter to
search in a Diary field in BMC Atrium CMDB, the filter not only
searches the contents of the Diary field, it also searches the name
of the submitter.
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. The following table
lists the Published Data items that this object always generates,
no matter which fields you select.
Name
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Description
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Instance count
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The number of instances that
you are retrieving.
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