Map CA CMDB Relationship to Custom relationship in SOI

[Madelaine]

With CA CMDB integration to SOI, where can I map a CMDB Relationship to a Custom relationship in SOI?
I am using Custom (Is Affected By) and Custom (Is Evolution Of) relationships in SOI, each relationship with it's own global Propagation Policy applied.
Example: Map all 'Is Bound To' Relationships in CA CMDB to SOI as Custom (Is affected By) relationship.

[Anon Anon]

I am looking to do the same. Have you had any response to this yet?

Thanks!

[Madelaine]

Nope, no feedback as yet.

[Anon Anon]

Mapping from one relationship semantic to another should be fairly straightforward in the connector policy.
The challenge is in dealing with service specific custom/operative propagation policies, as the connector (or CMDB for that matter) has no concept of these propagation types and therefore cannot expose them.
BUT... if the default policies are suitable, or if you've predefined a service-specific policy, a simple mapping in the connector policy from XXXXX --> isAffectedBy (for example) should do the trick.

Here is the relevant section of ServiceDeskManager_policy.xml:


<EventClass name="BinaryRelationship" extends="CMDB_BinaryRelationship">


<Normalize>



<Field output="Semantic" type="map" input="ci_rel_type" >




<mapentry mapin="^HasImpactOn$" mapout="IsImpactedBy"/>




<mapentry mapin="^requires$|^is required by$" mapout="HasRequirementFor" />




<mapentry mapin="^connects to$" mapout="IsBoundTo" />
....

Change the bottom "mapentry" to:
<mapentry mapin="^connects to$" mapout="IsAffectedBy" />

You will need to recycle the connector.

Jeff Vaught
Sr Architect, SOI team
CA Technologies

[Anon Anon]

Madelaine, are you still working on a similar issue?

I've made great strides with this but still have some serious challenges with the full integration between CA CMDB and CA SOI.

[Madelaine]

Unfortunately my Company does not use CA CMDB anymore.