Editing infrastructure relationships
To open the Edit Relationships dialog box, select an infrastructure object in the graph area, and then perform one of the following actions:
- Select the Related Components tab from the Details notebook tab. Click Edit Relationship.
- Select Edit > Edit Relationship.
- Click the Edit Relationship toolbar icon.
- The Edit Relationships dialog box displays. The following figure shows an open Edit Relationships dialog box with a selected Infrastructure Management Service Impact Management Cell opened for editing in the Edit This Relationship dialog box.
- The Edit Relationships dialog box contains the fields listed in the following table:
Edit Relationship dialog: field descriptions
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Component Name | Name of the selected infrastructure component. |
Related Component Type | Identifies the infrastructure component subtype that has a consumer or provider relationship to the selected component and for which you want to search. |
Relationships | Lists the consumer, provider, or both consumer and provider relationships of the selected component subtype and component. |
Component | Identifies the infrastructure object related to the selected component |
Direction | Indicates the event flow of the object relationship. A consumer direction indicates that the component object receives events and data from the selected component. A provider direction indicates that the component object sends events and data to the selected component |
State | Identifies the current state of the relationship: active or inactive. |
Type | Specifies the class that contains the relationship type. |
Propagation Model | Identifies the status propagation model used for determining the propagated status from the provider's main status. |
Editable | Indicates whether or not you can edit the object. |
You can search on component types by selecting an Impact Administration subtype from the list. Click Search to retrieve the relationships associated with the selected subtype.
Select an item in the Edit Relationships dialog box, and right-click to open the menu. You can perform actions common to all object relationships: View Service Model, Edit Component, Add Navigation Link, and Add Relationship.
You can edit any of the component's relationships by selecting it and then clicking Edit Relationship at the bottom of the dialog. The Edit This Relationship contains the following fields:
Edit This Relationship subdialog
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Consumer/Provider indicator | Indicates the directional flow of the relationship between the selected component and the component subtype. You can modify the relationship. |
Type of Relationship | Specifies that the relationship type is Direct, Increasing, Decreasing, Just_Info, or Just_Warning. |
Status Weight | Specifies the weight (numeric value) of a relationship used to calculate the status using weighted cluster mode. |
Description | Brief description of the relationship. |