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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

Using BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations


BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations uses REST APIs and Webhook mechanisms to communicate with a data source and provide an easy-to-use click-and-connect capability to configure an integration. They provide data collection and consumption from the integrated solutions. BMC Discovery customers can use BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations to bring in resource information, topology, and services from third-party data sources.  
BMC Discovery users can use BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations as part of their license entitlement. The integration between BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations and BMC Discovery takes place through BMC Helix CMDB. See  BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations documentation for more information.

Integrations available

For the list of third-party products from which BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations collects data and sends the data to BMC Helix applications, see Supported out-of-the-box integrations for BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations.

Using BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations

BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations are optional. You do not need to use them. However, if you do choose to use BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations to discover assets, the totals do count against your BMC Discovery asset usage. See BMC-Helix-Discovery-service for more information.

To view data from BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations

  1. From the main menu, select Explore > Data.
    The Data page opens. 
  2. From the Miscellaneous section, click Import Records.
    If there is more than one record, a list is displayed, from which you can select a record to view. If there is only one Import Record, it is displayed. For example:
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