Qualification conventions for reconciliation activities

When building qualifications, the easiest way is to select the fields, keywords, and values from the Qualification Builder.

For more information about keyword definitions, relational operators, and advanced search bar conventions, see Building qualifications and expressions .

Note

The qualification sets always apply to source dataset(s) only and never to a destination/master dataset. For example, It is not possible to limit the number of CIs for match from the master dataset in identification activity.

You can also create the qualification manually. If you select this option, observe the following conventions.

The dollar sign ($) indicates the value of the attribute of a CI.
The single quotation mark (') indicates the column or the actual attribute name.
Enclose nonnumeric values (including time, selection, and currency values) in double quotation marks.
Example: 'VirtualSystemType' = "VMWare"

In the current (source) dataset, this qualification finds all instances of BMC_ComputerSystem where the VirtualSystemType attribute has a value of VMWare.
For currency fields, you must enclose one of the following items in single quotation marks:
- The name or ID of the currency field.
  Example: 'Currency Field' = $NULL$
- The name of the currency field, followed by a period, followed by a specific portion of the currency field's value.
  Example: 'Currency Field.VALUE' < 5000
Use keywords anywhere that you can enter character values. The most commonly used keywords are $DATE$ , $NULL$ , $TIME$ , $TIMESTAMP$ , $USER$ , and $WEEKDAY$ .
Note

Keywords are case-sensitive. Use only UPPERCASE.

It is recommended to use $attribute_name$ when the Verify in Target Dataset option is NOT used. It is an in-memory operation and provides quicker response.
The ‘atribute_name’ is used in a purge activity when the Verify in Target Dataset option is used, because the query needs to explicitly check the “values” in database. Using $attribute_name$ here will be a time consuming operation
To restrict a reconciliation activity to a particular CI class, you must include the following qualification rules:
Namespace Class Qualification
If the class is a CI
BMC.CORE BMC_BaseElement
$ClassId$ = "<CLASSNAME>"
If the class is a relationship
BMC.CORE BMC_BaseRelationship
$ClassId$ = "<CLASSNAME>"
Where <CLASSNAME> is the class to which you want to restrict the reconciliation activity to.
After creating a qualification for a field in a given class, the CIs are restricted within that class and all other classes are merged indiscriminately. For example, the following qualification restricts only CIs with the BMC_ComputerSystems class. All other classes are processed as a normal reconciliation job.
Namespace Class Qualification
BMC.CORE BMC_ComputerSystems $EnvironmentSpecification$ = "ASTAttribute"

Namespace	Class	Qualification
If the class is a CI
BMC.CORE	BMC_BaseElement	$ClassId$ = "<CLASSNAME>"
If the class is a relationship
BMC.CORE	BMC_BaseRelationship	$ClassId$ = "<CLASSNAME>"

Qualification conventions for reconciliation activities

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