Editing Service Model component relationships

Use the Services Editor tab to edit the service model component relationships for service models that you create in the administration console and those published from the BMC Atrium CMDB.

To edit a Service Model component relationship

1. Open a component relationships pane in the Services Editor tab by using one of the following methods:
   
   • On the navigation pane, select the component. 
   • On the navigation pane or from Results, right-click a component and select View Service Model. 
   • Drag and drop the component from either the navigation pane or Results into the relationships pane.
2. From the component details pane, click the Related Components tab.
3. Select the required component and click Edit Relationship. Alternatively, from the menu bar, select Edit >Edit Relationship.
   
   • The Edit Relationships dialog box opens. A list of components appears under Relationships.
4. If required, select the required relationship and click Add Relationship. For details about adding a relationship, see To add a Service Model component relationship.
5. If required, select the required relationship for deleting and click Remove Relationship. For details about removing a relationship, see To remove a Service Model component relationship.
6. If required, select the required relationship for editing and click Edit Relationship.
7. In the Edit This Relationship dialog box, specify which component should be the consumer and which component should be the provider by selecting the required arrow direction.
8. Specify the type of relationship:
   • Direct, Decreasing, Increasing 
     • Direct-the status of the consumer component might be identical to that of its provider component, depending on the events directly affecting the consumer's status, which is also taken into account.
     • Decreasing-the status of the consumer component is less critical than that of the provider component by one level. For example, if the provider status is WARNING, the consumer status is INFO. 
     • Increasing-the status of the consumer component becomes more critical than that of its provider component by one level. For example, if the provider status is WARNING, the consumer status is MINOR.
   • Active or Inactive 
     • Active-An active relationship is an impact relationship and indicates that the status of the consumer instance depends in some measure on the status of the connected provider instance.
     • Inactive-An inactive relationship means that no dependency exists or that the dependency is irrelevant to the model. The components are only logically and visually linked.
9. Optionally, in Description, type a description for the relationship. The default description is DIRECT relationship (linear impact).
10. Click Apply and click OK.