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Foundation field mappings in Remedy ITSM and BMC Helix Platform


Before you load Foundation data from Remedy IT Service Management (Remedy ITSM) Suite to BMC Helix Platform, you might want to understand how Foundation data from fields in Remedy ITSM is mapped to fields in BMC Helix Platform. The Foundation data model differs between Remedy ITSM and BMC Helix Platform.  Most fields from Remedy ITSM Foundation and mapped to fields in the BMC Helix Platform Foundation library.

Customers can refer this topic to understand which fields are mapped to the BMC Helix Platform Foundation library, and how they are mapped. 

Field mappings in Company Foundation data

The following table provides information about Company, Person, and Site field mappings between Remedy ITSM and BMC Helix Platform:

BMC Helix Platform fields and their IDs

Remedy ITSM Suite fields and their IDs

Description

BMC Helix Platform

 record definition—com.bmc.arsys.rx.foundation:Primary Organization (Common Base)   

Organization Name (1000000010)

Company (1000000001)

Commas replaced with space in translation.

Status (7)

Status (7)

Remedy ITSM default status values that are provided out-of-the-box are mapped as is.

Organization Description (1000000000)

Description (1000000000)

Mapped as is.

Notification Email List (303500800)

Not applicable

Mapped as is.

Primary Organization Type (304417291)

Client Type

  • Remedy ITSM Client Type is mapped as is.
  • To support multi-select menu in BMC Helix Platform, semi colon is used as a delimiter.

Budget Code (260100006)

Budget Code

Mapped as is.

Organization Abbreviation (1000000071)

Company Abbreviation

Mapped as is.

Organization Email (260000018)

Company Email

Mapped as is.

Organization Hot Line (260000016)

Company Hiot Line (260000016)

Mapped as is.

Company ID

Company ID

Mapped as is.

Organization Web Page (260000019)

Company Web Page

Mapped as is.

Cost Center (260100007)

Cost Center

Mapped as is.

Currency (240600036)

Currency

Mapped as is.

Hours of Operation (260100108)

Hours of Operation

Mapped as is.

Lead Time in Days (260000013)

Lead Time (Days)

Mapped as is.

Time Zone (240600035)

Time Zone

Out-of-the-box time zones from Remedy ITSM as mapped to matching IDs of time zones in BMC Helix Platform.

Field mappings in Person Foundation data

The following table provides information about mapping of Person data in Remedy ITSM with BMC Helix Platform:

BMC Helix Platform field

Remedy ITSM field

Description

BMC Helix Platform record definition—com.bmc.arsys.rx.foundation:Person (Base)

Unique Person ID LEN(38)  (179)

instanceId (179)

  • Mapped as is.
  • To ensure that future updates, deletions, and assoications are processed, MUST remain unchanged.

Title   (1000000021)

Title (304299880)

  • Out-of-the-box values: Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., and Miss.
  • Non-matching values are mappe as NULL.

First Name (1000000019)

First Name (1000000019)

Mapped as is.

Preferred Name (1000000024)

Nick Name (1000000024)

Mapped as is.

Middle Name (1000000020)

Middle Name (1000000020)

Mapped as is.

Last Name (1000000018)

Last Name (1000000018)

Mapped as is.

Employee Type (304410181)

Employee Type (304410181)

Only out-of-the-box values are taken.

Employee ID (1000000054)

Corporate ID (1000000054)

Mapped as is.

Job Title (1000000023)

Job Title (1000000023)

Mapped as is.

NT Domain (420003300)

Not applicable

Not mapped from anywhere.

Primary Phone Type (304409631)

Calculated Selection Field

  • Depends on the data Business.
  • If data Business does not exist, the values are:
    • Home—For home-based user
    • Mobile.

Primary Phone Number (1000000056)

Phone Number Business OR

Phone Number Home OR

Phone Number Mobile

Not applicable

Primary Email Type (304409601)

Calculated Selection Field

In Remedy ITSM, if the Internet E-mail field is not null, it is set to Business.

Primary Email Address (1000000048)

Internet E-mail

Mapped as is.

Secondary Phone Type   (304409621)

Calculated Selection Field

Depends on data Business if it exists. If the data Business does not exist, it is home if home-based user or mobile.

Secondary Phone Number (1000000059)

Phone Number Business OR

Phone Number Home OR

Phone Number Mobile

Not applicable.

Secondary Email Type (304409611)

Calculated Selection Field

In Remedy ITSM, if the Corporate E-mail field is not null, it is set to Other.

Secondary Email Address LEN(255)  (530013700)

Corporate E-mail

Mapped as is.

VIP (1000000026)

VIP (1000000026)

Mapped as is.

Sensitivity (1000000027)

Sensitivity (1000000027)

Mapped as is.

Hire Date (304411651)

 Not applicable

Not mapped

Assignment Availability (1000000346)

Assignment Availability   (1000000346)

Mapped as is.

Notification Language (1000003974)

Notification Language   (1000003974)

Out-of-the-box values for this field are mapped as is.

Login ID  (4)

Login ID (4)

Mapped as is.

Password (123)

Password (in User form)

Mapped as is.

License Type (109)

Not applicable

Set to Named.

Default Notify Mechanism (430000003)

Default Notify Mechanism (430000003)

Mapped as is.

Permissions (430000000)

Not applicable

Not mapped

Functional Roles (430000002)

Unrestricted Access

If a person has Unrestricted Access, this functional role is granted in BMC Helix Platform.

Application Licenses (430000001)

Not applicable

Not mapped

Person Image (304411861)

Not applicable

Not mapped

Status (7)

Status (7)

Mapped as is.

Accounting Number (240000042)

Accounting Number

Mapped as is.

Accounting Code (302006500)

Accounting Number 2

Mapped as is.

Cost Center (1000000188)

Cost Center

Mapped as is.

Cost Center Code (300469300)

Cost Center Code

Mapped as is.

Cost Center Name (300469200)

Cost Center Name

Mapped as is.

Desk Location (1000000035)

Desk Location

Mapped as is.

GEOnet (1000000046)

GEOnet (1000000046)

Not applicable

Mail Station (1000000036)

Mail Station

Mapped as is.

Association - Business Unit

Organization

Not applicable

Association - Department

Department

Not applicable

Agent

Support Staff

Mapped as is.

 Field mappings in Site Foundation data

The following table provides information about mapping of Site ITSM Foundation data with BMC Helix Platform:

BMC Helix Platform field

ITSM Suite field

Description

BMC Helix Platform record definition—com.bmc.arsys.rx.foundation:Site (Base parent is com.bmc.arsys.rx.foundation:Location)

Site Name (260000001)

Site (260000001)

Mapped as is.

Site Description  (1000000000)

Description (1000000000)

Mapped as is.

Unique Site ID (179)

InstanceId (179)

  • Mapped as is.
  • To ensure that future updates, deletions, and assoications are processed, MUST remain unchanged.

Site Type (304410811)

Not applicable

  • If data provided from the SIT:Site form—Hardcoded as Business.
  • If data provided from Person Home Address—Hardcoded as Residential.

Country (1000000002)

Country (1000000002)

  • The GUID is mapped from Remedy ITSM to this field.
  • If GUID is not not found, kept blank in BMC Helix Platform.

State, Province or District (1000000003)

State Province (1000000003)

  • The GUID is mapped from Remedy ITSM to this field.
  • If GUID is not not found, kept blank in BMC Helix Platform.

City (1000000004)

City (1000000004)

  • The GUID is mapped from Remedy ITSM to this field.
  • If GUID is not not found, kept blank in BMC Helix Platform.

Important: Cities are not loaded in BMC Helix Platform. You have to manually load the cities data.

Street Address (1000000037)

Street (1000000037)

Mapped as is.

ZIP/Postal Code (1000000039)

Not applicable

  • Mapped as is only if the following requirements are present in Remedy ITSM:
    • ZIP requires a City.
    • City requires State/ Province.
    • State/ Province requires Country.

Additional Site Details (1000001263)

Additional Site Details (1000001263)

Mapped as is.

Time Zone (1000000541)

Not applicable

Out-of-the-box time zones from Remedy ITSM as mapped to matching IDs of time zones in BMC Helix Platform.

Site Status (7)

Status (7)

Remedy ITSM standard values as mapped as is.

Related topics

Leveraging-Remedy-ITSM-Foundation-data

Loading-and-verifying-Remedy-ITSM-Foundation-data

Creating-a-Pentaho-job-to-load-custom-Foundation-data


 

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