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Introducing CMDB Solution
Terminology
Terminology
To better understand CMDB Solution, it is important that you understand the
terminology. The following are terms with which you should be familiar:
Resource type
A template that is used for creating resources.
Resource
Items such as assets, contracts, and users with which Notification Server works
and stores data.
Base resource type
The predefined resource type on which you can base custom resource types
as you create them. A resource type inherits all of the data classes of its base
resource type.
Data class
The building block of a resource type, data classes represent the fields in
resources. For example, .
Data class attribute
A component of a data class, which is represented as a column of a table (in a
multi-row data class) or field.
Data class attribute parameter
Parameters of a data class attribute, which specify the characteristics of the
attribute such as name, description, and maximum length of the attribute.
Item task
An action that can be performed on a resource. For example, specifying an
owner, specifying the cost center, retiring the asset, and cloning.
Resource association type
A template for creating a child to parent relationship between two resource
types. This association lets you link resources for more convenient access to
associated data.
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