Setting the Approved, Managed, and Blacklisted status options of products and versions in bulk
This topic provides instructions for setting the Approved, Managed, and Blacklisted options.
Before you begin
You can set the Approved, Managed, and Blacklisted status options of products and versions by modifying the flags that indicate the association between Product Catalog entries and BMC Atrium CMDB.
- The Product Associations with CMDB options are mapped to a combination of settings for the Approved Product, Managed Product, and Blacklisted Product status options that are displayed on the Product Catalog Setup window.
- The Version Associations with CMDB options are mapped to a combination of settings for the Approved Version, Managed Version, and Blacklisted Version status options that are displayed on the Product Catalog Setup window.
Product or Version Associations with CMDB options mapping with the status options
Product Associations with CMDB OR{}Version Associations with CMDB | Approved | Managed | Blacklisted |
---|---|---|---|
Approved and Managed | Yes | Yes | No |
Approved and Unmanaged | Yes | No | No |
Blacklisted | Yes or No | Yes or No | Yes |
Unapproved and Managed | No | Yes | No |
Unapproved and Unmanaged | No | No | No |
To set status options for products in bulk
- Search for the products by specifying search criteria according to To search for product entries in the Manage Products Console.
- From the Products tab of the Search Results table, select one or more products.
From the Select Actions list, select Modify > Product Associations with CMDB, and select the appropriate option.
Note
If you change the Approved and Managed option to the Blacklisted option for a product, the corresponding Blacklisted Product status option on the Company/Module Relationship window is set to Yes. The existing Yes value of the corresponding Approved Product and Managed Product status options is not changed. In this case, the Blacklisted Product status option is given a higher precedence.
- Click Perform.
To set status options for versions in bulk
- Search for the products by specifying search criteria
- From the Products tab of the Search Results table, select one or more products.
The versions associated with the selected products are displayed in the Model/Version tab. - From the Model/Version tab of the Search Results table, select one or more versions.
From the Select Actions list, select Modify > Version Associations with CMDB, and select the appropriate option.
Note
If you change the Approved and Managed option to the Blacklisted option for a product version, the corresponding Blacklisted Version status option on the Company/Version Relationship window is set to Yes. The existing Yes value of the Approved Version and Managed Version status options is not changed. In this case, the Blacklisted Version status option is given a higher precedence.
- Click Perform.
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