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Family and Class Assignments

Apply a classification scheme to each CI; this scheme involves assigning each CI the following attributes:

• Family—A collection of configuration items having similar attributes
• Class—A subset of configuration items within a family

You can create assignments in the following ways:

• Populate manufacturer data identifying family and class for each hardware asset.
• Include nonblank values for family and class in the respective columns in the input file.

The GRLoader does not import any CI being loaded which cannot resolve family and class to an existing family and class.