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# Relate the information object to the database catalog

# Relate the information object to the database catalog {#ariaid-title1}

* Versão de lançamento: Australia
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* Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
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The information object draws the physical data from the database catalog, which
references the database instances. Hence, create a relationship that is suggested between
the information object and the database catalog.

## Antes de Iniciar

Role required: sn_apm.apm_user

## Por Que e Quando Desempenhar Esta Tarefa

Suggested cmdb CI relationship, Depends on::Used by, relates the information object
to the database catalog. The relationship works by drawing the physical data from
the database and stores it as logical data in the information object table, which
references the data domain.

For example, employee payroll details depends on Oracle database instance. If the
relationship is reversed between the configuration items, then Oracle database
instance is used by employee payroll.

* IT Operations Management Discovery discovers all servers, instances, and databases.
* Database Catalog is a list of all the databases.
* The Database Catalog (cmdb_ci_db_catalog) lists all the catalog objects or databases that are discovered from an instance of a database. For example, Oracle catalog and MySQL catalog are child tables of the database catalog.
* The Database Instance (cmdb_ci_db_instance) is the parent table. Oracle Instance (cmdb_ci_db_ora_instance) and MySQL instance are child tables of the Database Instance.
* The reference between a database instance and a database catalog is one to many.
* Since the database instance is hosted on the Server (cmdb_ci_server), it can access all the underlying configuration items.

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Nota:  
You may have applications, the data of which are not stored in a conventional
database. You can also track such unstructured data stored in configuration item
tables such as configuration file (cmdb_ci_config_file), file system
(cmdb_ci_file_system), and exchange mail box (cmdb_ci_exchange_mailbox). Use the
same Depends On::Used by relationship type between the information object and
the unstructured data sources to track the data.

## Procedimento

1. Navigate to AllEnterprise ArchitectureInformation PortfolioInformation Objects.
2. To create a suggested relationship between the information object and the database catalog, open the information object record.
3. In the Related Items section of the Information Object form, click the add CI relationship icon (![CI relationship icon]()) to launch the relationship editor and create the CI relationship.  
   The filter is automatically applied on the database catalog.
4. Select the Depends on::Used By suggested relationship type.
5. In the Configuration Items section, select the record that is of a catalog class.
6. In the Relationships section, click the CI relationship icon (![CI relationship icon]()).
7. Click Save and Exit.  
   Ensure that the database catalog table has a reference of the database
   instance.

## O que Fazer Depois

Click the show dependency views icon (![Show dependency icon]()) in the Information Object related items to view the
dependency of the business application that is using the information object, which
is running on a database server.  
Figura 1. Dependency view of the information object

Apply the information portfolio for auditing. [Integrate with GRC](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/boYm9ChcurXgNq99R3MGfA#apm-grc-integration-identify-risks "Enterprise Architecture (formerly Application Portfolio Management) integrates with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) to help identify and assess risks on business applications.") (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) and use the
information object as an entity. GRC uses any entity such as a database, server, or
a business application to audit. Associating the information object as an audit
entity gives you the complete profile of the business application that uses the
information object and its source of data.