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MDR Launch-in-Context and Source Identification

CA CMDB provides a way to launch in context, directly from the log to the MDR data provider for a particular CI log entry. You can also launch in context to the change specification. This launching feature does the following:

• Tracks attribute changes back to the source MDR, when the MDR used the <mdr_name> <mdr_class> and <federated_asset_id> tags in the GRLoader input.

  Note: For more information, see the CA CMDB Technical Reference Guide.

• Identifies when a CI attribute is being updated by more than one MDR. This situation occurs when multiple MDRs contribute data independently to a CI definition.
• Identifies which MDR is acting as the authoritative source.

Note: Log entries created in CA SDM or previous CA CMDB releases do not contain MDR launch in context information. In addition, CA Cohesion ACM provides MDR launch information for most but not all attributes or relationships.