Exclude preconfigured CI relationships in tag-based discovery

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

    • Exclude preconfigured CI relationships from the tag-based discovery process to refine the application services created. Service Mapping consists of preconfigured CI relationships and includes CIs in these relationships even if they do not have assigned tags. Choose which preconfigured CI relationships to exclude and the remaining CI relationships participate in tag-based discovery.

    Before you begin

    Learn about default feature configuration in Tag-based discovery in Service Mapping.

    Note:
    Starting with Service Mapping Plus version 1.16.3, take advantage of the Tag-based Service Mapping workspace to efficiently map you application services. For more information, see Tag-based mapping in the Service Mapping Workspace and Tag-based discovery for the Service Mapping Workspace.

    Role required: service_mapping_admin

    About this task

    The Traversal Rules for Application Services [svc_traversal_rules] table stores the CI relationships that participate in tag-based discovery. By default, preconfigured CI relationships used in tag-based discovery have the true value in the Base System Rule column. Use this information to exclude preconfigured CI relationships from tag-based discovery.

    Important:
    You cannot delete or modify preconfigured CI relationships used for tag-based discovery from the Traversal Rules for Application Services [svc_traversal_rules] table.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to Service Mapping > Administration > Tag-based Service Traversal Rules.
      Table containing information on CI relationships used in tag-based discovery.
    2. Click the preconfigured CI relationship you want to exclude from tag-based discovery.

      To view these CI relationships, see Preconfigured CI relationships in tag-based discovery

    3. Clear the Active check box.
    4. Click Submit in the Traversal Rules for Application Services form.

    What to do next

    If you refine the default configuration after creating appliations based on tags, see Recalculate previously created application services for the next steps.