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Opalis Integration Pack for BMC Atrium CMDB > Objects > Monitor CI Instance

Monitor CI Instance
The Monitor CI Instance object is used to watch for new configuration item instances that arrive, or for changes to existing configuration item instances, according to criteria that you specify.
How it is used
Use the Monitor CI Instance object to watch for a change in the attributes of an existing configuration item.
Configuration
To configure the Monitor CI Instance object, you will need to know the name of the BMC Atrium CMDB connection and form name that you want to use, whether the item you are monitoring for is a new configuration instance or a change to an existing one, and the criteria that you want to use to find the configuration instance that you are monitoring for.
Details tab
 
Connection
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.
Form
Type the name of the BMC Atrium CMDB form that contains the fields that you want to monitor, or click the ellipsis button (...) and browse for it. Select the form name from the Form Selection dialog.
Trigger
You must select one of the following options:
New records – Select this option if you want this object to monitor for a new instance.
Updated records – Select this option if you want this object to monitor for a change in an existing instance.
Select Published Data
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.
Filters
Configure the criteria for requests that you want the Monitor Request object to watch. See below for instructions on configuring the filter criteria.
To add a filter:
1.
Click Add. The Select Filter dialog appears.
2.
From the Field drop-down list, select the form field that you want to search in.
3.
From the Relation drop-down list, select the relation that you will use to compare for your search.
4.
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.
5.
Click OK. The filter appears in the list.
6.
To edit the filter, select it and click Edit. To remove the filter, select it and click Remove.
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
Description
Instance count
The number of instances that you are monitoring.
Common Published Data