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Adding New CA CMDB Attributes

Adding a new CA CMDB attribute requires careful planning. CA CMDB already provides many attributes in its predefined families and classes, so determine whether they are sufficient for your needs before considering customization.

If you determine that a new attribute is necessary, we recommend proceeding conservatively by asking whether you need to:

• adding one or more new attributes to an existing family?
• adding the new attribute(s) to more than one family?
• adding a new common attribute, which applies across all families?

You can extend an existing family by adding new attributes. For example, if some devices on your office campus are assigned a GPS coordinate, you can add a gps_coordinate attribute to any applicable CI family. For more information, continue to Add Family Attributes.

After your attribute requirements are identified, if you determine that they require the use of new families and classes, then see Adding a New CA CMDB Family or Class.