Managing Configuration Items › Contact, Location, and Organization CIs › Create a CI from a Base Object

Create a CI from a Base Object

The Scoreboard lets you create a configuration item from a base object.

To create a CI from a base object

1. Click File, New Configuration Item.

   The Create New Configuration Item page appears.

2. Complete the CI fields. Name and Class are required. Click Continue.

   Note: The common CI attributes Host Name, Serial Number, MAC Address, and DNS Name are not relevant to a CI for a base object.

   The Create New Configuration Item page appears.

3. Click the base object link to define the object that this CI represents.
4. Select the object. You can search for an existing object or click Create New to create an object. If you want to create an object, click Save to continue.

   The selected object appears at the top of the Configuration Item Detail page.

5. Click Save.

   The main attributes of the selected object appear on the Attributes tab of the Configuration Item Detail page.