Business Service node

A Business Service is an identifiable service that supports a particular business function. This node type is composed of a number of Software Instances and/or other Business Services.

Business Service lifecycle

Business Service nodes are created, maintained and destroyed by patterns. Business Service nodes always have a relationship to the Pattern node corresponding to their maintaining pattern.

If a pattern is deleted, any Business Service nodes it is maintaining are immediately destroyed (as are all other nodes it might be maintaining).

Creation/update

When a pattern declares the existence of a Business Service node, it must provide a key for it. If the key matches the key of an existing Business Service node, the node is updated, otherwise a new Business Service node is created.

Removal

A Business Service node can be destroyed either manually or automatically.

To remove a Business Service node manually, find the necessary Business Service, select it in the list and pick Destroy from the Actions list.

Automatic removal happens according to the following scenario

Business Service node patterns normally trigger on the creation or modification of Software Instance or Business Service nodes. In this case, the Business Service nodes are removed using the Cascade removal type; when the triggering Software Instance node or Business Service node is destroyed, the destruction is cascaded to the Business Service. See Cascade Removal.

The situation where the primary data provenance (triggering) SI ages out, that is, not discovered for seven scans and ten days is unlikely as another SI would become primary. The same situation might occur through manual deletion, though this is considered unlikely in a production system.

If a Business Service node is created by a pattern triggered on a node kind other than a Software Instance node or Business Service node, BMC Discovery has no automatic removal behavior. Patterns must be used to explicitly destroy any such Business Service node.

Business Service attributes

The attributes on a Business Service node are as described in the following table:

UI Name Attribute Name and Type	Description
Type type string	Business Service type.
Instance instance string	The name for this instance.
Kind kind string	The kind of service.
Full Version version string	Full-resolution version.
Product Version product_version string	Version publicized by the vendor.
Support Email support_email string	Email address for support.
Support Phone support_phone string	Phone number for support.
Support Website support_website string	Web site for support.
Key key string	Globally unique key.
Name name string	Primary name.
Short Name short_name string	Short name.
Description description string	Description of the element.
URL url string	URL for information about the element.
Business Continuity Critical business_continuity_critical boolean	If true, element is critical to operation of the business.
Supported by 3rd Party third_party_support boolean	True if the element is supported by a third party.
Synonyms synonyms list string	Other names for the element.
External Identifiers external_ids list string	Identifiers for this element in other systems.
Cloud Identifier cloud_id string	Unique cloud identifier.

Business Service relationships

The relationships on a Business Service node are as described in the following table:

Destination	Relationship	Description
Services This Depends On	Dependant Dependency DependedUpon BusinessService	Services on which this service depends.
Services Depending Upon This	DependedUpon Dependency Dependant BusinessService	Services that depend on this service.
Applications This Depends On	Dependant Dependency DependedUpon BusinessApplicationInstance	Applications on which this service depends.
Applications Depending Upon This	DependedUpon Dependency Dependant BusinessApplicationInstance	Applications that depend on this service.
Contains Services	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware BusinessService	Services that form components of this service.
Part Of Service	ContainedSoftware SoftwareContainment SoftwareContainer BusinessService	Higher-level services of which this service is a component.
Contains Applications	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware BusinessApplicationInstance	Business applications that form components of this service.
Part Of Application	ContainedSoftware SoftwareContainment SoftwareContainer BusinessApplicationInstance	Higher-level business applications of which this service is a component.
Contains Software Instances	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware SoftwareInstance	Software Instances contained in this service.
Contains Virtual Machines	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware VirtualMachine	Virtual Machines contained in this service.
Contains Software Components	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware SoftwareComponent	Software Components contained in this service.
Contains Software Clusters	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware SoftwareCluster	Software Clusters contained in this service.
Contains Load Balancer Services	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware LoadBalancerService	Load Balancer Services contained in this service.
Contains Databases	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware Database	Databases contained in this service.
Contains Namespaces	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware Namespace	Namespaces contained in this service.
Contains Deployments	SoftwareContainer SoftwareContainment ContainedSoftware Deployment	Deployments contained in this service.
Hosts	AggregateSoftware HostedSoftware Host Host	Hosts where this service is running.
MFParts	AggregateSoftware HostedSoftware Host MFPart	MFParts where this service is running.
Details	ElementWithDetail Detail Detail Detail	Details of this service.
Collections	Member Collection Collection Collection	A collection which this Business Service is a member of.
Administrative Collections	Member Collection Collection AdminCollection	An administrative collection which this Business Service is a member of.
Model Definition	Element Maintainer Definition ModelDefinition	Model Definition for this Service.
Not displayed in UI	Element Maintainer Pattern Pattern	Pattern that is maintaining this service.
Not displayed in UI	InferredElement Inference Primary SoftwareInstance	Software instance from which the existence of this service was inferred.
Not displayed in UI	InferredElement Inference Contributor SoftwareInstance	Software instance from which one or more attributes of this service were inferred.
Associated Software	InferredElement Inference Associate SoftwareInstance	Software instance related in some way to this service.
Not displayed in UI	InferredElement Inference Primary BusinessService	Service from which the existence of this service was inferred.
Not displayed in UI	InferredElement Inference Contributor BusinessService	Service from which one or more attributes of this service were inferred.
Not displayed in UI	Primary Inference InferredElement BusinessService	Service inferred to exist due to this service.
Not displayed in UI	Contributor Inference InferredElement BusinessService	Service contributed to by this service.
Not displayed in UI	InferredElement Inference Primary BusinessApplicationInstance	Application instance from which the existence of this service was inferred.
Not displayed in UI	InferredElement Inference Contributor BusinessApplicationInstance	Application instance from which one or more attributes of this service were inferred.
Not displayed in UI	Primary Inference InferredElement BusinessApplicationInstance	Application instance inferred to exist due to this service.
Not displayed in UI	Contributor Inference InferredElement BusinessApplicationInstance	Application instance contributed to by this service.
Not displayed in UI	AttachmentContainer Attachment Attachment Attachment	A file attached to this element.
Status	ElementInCategory ElementCategory Category LifecycleStatus	The lifecycle status of this element.
Recovery Time	ElementInCategory ElementCategory Category RecoveryTime	The recovery time specified for this element.
Family	ElementInCategory ElementCategory Category Family	Family of this element.
Organizational Unit	OwnedItem Ownership Owner OrganisationalUnit	The Organizational Unit that this element belongs to.
Location	ElementInLocation Location Location Location	Location of this element.
Support Manager	OwnedItem Ownership SupportOwner Person	The person or owner responsible for the support of this element.
Business Owner	OwnedItem Ownership BusinessOwner Person	The person or owner responsible for this element from a business perspective.
IT Owner	OwnedItem Ownership ITOwner Person	The person or owner responsible for this element from an IT perspective.

Business Service expressions

The expressions on a Business Service node are as described in the following table:

UI Name Expression Name and Type	Description
Favorite favorite isFavorite(#)	Favorite status.