Entity types
BMC Helix Capacity Optimization contains the following categories of entities: Domains, Business Drivers, and Systems. Each of these categories has its own set of sub-types that can be assigned to the entity. In addition, relationships (see Entity-relationships) are also assigned their own types.
The following types of systems, business drivers, domains, and relationships are defined:
System types
A connector may assign a specific type to a system. If not assigned, the system type defaults to "Generic". BMC Helix Capacity Optimization uses system types in the following ways:
- In the console user interface, a system's icon denotes its type, and its summary page selects a few metrics to show depending on its type.
- Certain analysis and modeling templates use system types to present the appropriate metrics.
System types can also be used for defining queries for Advanced Reports (see Creating-custom-reports).
The following table lists all available system types. The "Icon" column shows how the type appears in the console user interface. The "Prefix" column provides the string to be used when developing connectors. The "System type ID" column provides the numeric ID to be used when looking up the system type from the public views.
Application types
The following table lists all available application types.
Business driver types
The following table lists all available business driver types.
Relationship types
The following table lists all available relationship types. If not specified by a connector, the type of a relationship defaults to CONTAINS. See Relationships for an explanation of how relationships are represented.
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