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# Discovered Items

# Discovered Items {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Assets are automatically matched to configuration items (CIs) in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) when they are imported using CI Lookup Rules. Discovered Items give you visibility into how asset identification is mapped to CIs in the CMDB.

Discovered Items are considered Matched, Unmatched, or Reclassified. Identified CIs are in the Matched state.

To make it easier to find potential matching issues, the CI Lookup Rule that matched the CI appears in the CI matching rule field.

By default, the Security OperationsCMDBDiscovered Items module lists unmatched configuration items. You can view all discovered items from an import by removing the filter.

For a description of the fields in Discovered Items, see [Discovered Items form fields](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/dT3c4kCeDCGMLZprp_LIiQ "Assets are automatically matched to configuration items (CIs) in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) when they’re imported using the CI Lookup Rules. Records for unmatched CIs are automatically created during third-party vulnerability integration imports and included in Discovered Items. However, for cloud assets that aren’t present in CMDB Cl, the record is created in the cloud resource class."). For more information on reconciling unmatched discovered items and reapplying CI lookup rules on selected discovered items, see [Reconcile unmatched discovered items](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/XRpmXjp2BwfNkGu9fKxV5g "Create a scheduled job to reconcile unmatched discovered items.") and [Reapply CI lookup rules on selected discovered items](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Vr~wp9jUAL7Diul~tY2wvQ "Reapply the configuration item (CI) lookup rules on selected discovered items from the discovered item list view select actions. If the CI changes after you reapply the rules, the discovered items are updated with the new CI and impacted detections. Vulnerable items are also updated.") respectively.
* **[CI changes for discovered items](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/D4NLUAp0jrLT1oLHbhXSxQ)**   
  When a configuration item (CI) on a discovered item (DI) changes, the impacted detections and vulnerable items (VIs) are updated. The risk score, assignment rules, group rules, and remediation target rule are reevaluated.
* **[Re-evaluating discovered items](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/E~YW~BPNThUQtOxr~EKBxQ)**   
  When new data is received on a discovered item, the discovered item is not immediately re-evaluated. On receiving new data, the reevaluate_ci option is set to true by default.

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