CI List by Type

Configuration Item List form is broken down in two main areas:

   Panel – Panel on the left side, contains lists of all CI Types

   Table with a list of CIs. The list could be filtered based on selected CI Type or performed search.

CI List

Panel on the left side (1) is used for selecting CI types. Left panel contains Search box.  Search feature allows you to search CI types from the tree.  After choosing CI type table is filtered due to selected type (and it´s sub-types). Button for adding new CI (2), is also changing due to selected type. Adding new CI functionality is explained in Add/Edit CI.

List of CI have for each CI a checkbox left on row. Checkboxes are used to mark CI for Multi update or Multi delete.

Other links above the list:

   Import: Used to import CIs. See Import function.

   Export: Used to export CIs to Excel or PDF file. See CI Export function.

   Scan: Used for creating synchronization with NNS agent. Scan functionality is described in detail here.

   Multi update. Only shown if at least one CI is marked in checkboxes to left.

   Multi delete. Only shown if at least one CI is marked in checkboxes to left.

 

Refresh button  is used for refreshing the list.

Search feature (4) in this section allows you to search any CI from the list. You enter keyword related to the CI that you want to find. When you click the search icon  or hit Enter list is filtered and all items meeting the keyword will be displayed. System searches for the keyword in all columns data.

Info button  opens popup with more information about CI List.  In popup there is a link to open user manual for this function.

In the top right corner you find a button for settings with which columns to be displayed in list. You can only select to display common properties in this list, properties that exist for all CI Types. Configuration function have three options: Save, Reset and Configuration. Each agent can save their own personalized configuration.

After click the Configuration option, pop up with common properties will appear, and by selecting checkboxes you can choose which columns will appear in table. Also you can change position of columns using drag and drop principle.

You can also change column width in the table. Put the mouse pointer just right to sorting and filtering option in the table header and drag to the desired width. After customization click the Save button in configuration function dropdown.

Reset option is used to reset all configuration to default one. Default columns are: CI ID, Name, Type, Status, Manufacturer, Location and Used By.

Filtering, sorting, column width and paging functions available are similar to other lists and described in General User Interface.