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Configuring Impact Explorer

An Administrator can configure the Impact Explorer as follows:

The number of child CIs displayed is configurable by adding a NX_IMPACT_EXPLORER_MAX_CHILD_NODES setting to the NX.env configuration file. The default is 100.

Example: Configure the Display of Child CIs

Using the following setting, Impact Explorer only displays ten children at a time for an attached CI:

@NX_IMPACT_EXPLORER_MAX_CHILD_NODES=10

The default depth of the CI Descendants List is nine (9) levels. The depth is configurable by adding a NX_IMPACT_EXPLORER_MAX_LEVELS setting to the NX.env configuration file.

Example: Configure the Number of Descendant Levels

Using the following setting, the CI Descendants List displays the originating CI and only its relationally adjacent child CIs:

@NX_IMPACT_EXPLORER_MAX_LEVELS=2

Use the following Options Manager option to suppress the display of a certain type of child CI:

IMPACT_EXPLORER_EXCLUDE_HIER=boolean

If the IMPACT_EXPLORER_EXCLUDE_HIER option is installed and set to Yes, child CIs that are related through the CMDB Relationships tab of a CI Detail page are not displayed in the Impact Explorer tree or in the CI Descendants List.

Note: Child CIs that are related through CA CMDB are still displayed.