About this task
A comparison rule is a component of a reconciliation task.
It defines how to compare objects or attributes of a child or parent
object in one data set (typically authorized CIs) with a child or
parent in another data set (typically actual CIs) when the system
executes a reconciliation task. The comparison rule results that the
system displays in the CI Reconciliation Results application depend
on the parameter that you select in the
Comparison Results field
when you define a reconciliation task. You can choose one of the following
display options for comparison results:
- All results, including both successful and failed matches.
- Instances where the object and attribute of the authorized CI
failed to match the actual CI.
- Instances where the object and attribute of the authorized CI
successfully matched the actual CI.
The CI Reconciliation Results application displays both
comparison rule results and link rule results. If you want to view
only comparison rule results, you can use the advanced search feature
on the List tab to select only comparison
results.