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Asset and CI Flags

Two common attribute flags can categorize further the type of CI/asset for filtering purposes and control what entities are visible in CA SDM or other products such as CA APM.

The flags are as follows:

CI? (YES/NO)

Identifies configuration items.

Asset? (YES/NO)

Identifies assets.

By default, a CI created by CA CMDB is flagged as a CI and not as an Asset. You can override this if necessary. A CI can also be an Asset. CA CMDB does not allow the Asset flag to be changed once it has been set to Yes. The Asset flag is typically set to Yes when an asset has been created by CA APM.

These flags appear on all CI detail forms and in the CI search facility. The values can be updated in the CI detail form, GRLoader, and CA CMDB web services. The Edit in List feature also supports updating the new flags in multiple records.

The object attribute name for the CI flag is is_ci. The object attribute name for the Asset flag is is_asset. These names are SREL attributes that reference bool. The attribute names can be used as GRLoader XML tags. For example, to change the default value of the Asset flag when creating a CI with GRLoader, add the following XML to define the new CI:

<is_asset>YES</is_asset>