You create a corresponding authorized configuration item
for an actual configuration item. This action creates a configuration
item in the Configuration Items application; and you use these configuration
items in configuration management and change control.
Procedure
- In the Actual Configuration Items application, select the
actual configuration item that you want to authorize.
- From the Select Action menu, select Create
Authorized Configuration Item.
- In the Create Authorized Configuration Item window,
specify a classification for the configuration item. If
you do not specify a classification, a replica of the actual configuration
item is created for the authorized configuration item, including all
attributes and related configuration items.
- Specify whether you want to copy the attributes. By
default, the attributes of the actual classification are copied to
the authorized configuration item.
- Click OK.
Results
Relationships that exist between the configuration items are
created. If the top level actual configuration item has containment
relationships with its children, then authorized configuration items
for the children are created. However, these records are created only
when the classification levels of the children fit within the classification
hierarchy that you specified.
Example
A child is at level 4 and the classification that you specify
has three levels. An authorized configuration item is not created
for the level-four child.