Creating authorized configuration items

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

  1. In the Actual Configuration Items application, select the actual configuration item that you want to authorize.
  2. From the Select Action menu, select Create Authorized Configuration Item.
  3. 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.
  4. Specify whether you want to copy the attributes. By default, the attributes of the actual classification are copied to the authorized configuration item.
  5. 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.


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