You must configure custom OSLC resource
mappings if you choose to modify the Best Practice CI and asset classifications
or create new classifications.
About this task
Upon installation, Control Desk is
configured to find UI Previews for CIs or assets that are classified
with classifications in the Best Practice CI or asset classification
models. See CI to OSLC Resource mapping table and Asset to OSLC Resource mapping table on
the Control Desk product
wiki for a list of mappings. If you choose to modify or configure
new classifications, in either the Classifications application or
Deployer's Workbench, the mappings from the classifications to the OSLC resource
types must be modified.
Procedure
- Analyze your CI or asset classification model and determine
which types of CIs and assets for which UI Previews are to be retrieved.
- For each classification identified in Step 1, determine
which resource type it corresponds to in the CRTV.
- Review the identification rules for the resource type.
The identification rules are listed under the Additional
Requirements section of each resource that is listed
in the OSLC Resource Definitions. Make
sure that the properties that you choose for the resource satisfy
at least one set of rules that are defined for that resource.
- For each classification, determine how its classification
attributes (also called specifications) map to the properties defined
for that resource type in the CRTV.
- Once this information has been determined, the mapping
can be edited in the Classifications application by selecting the
action, Configure OSLC Resource
Mapping.
- To add a mapping for a classification:
- Click New Row under the Resource
Type and Classifications table.
- Select the Classification to
be mapped, and the OSLC resource
type to map it to.
- For each property that needs to be mapped for this classification,
click New Row under the Resource
Properties and Attributes table.
- Select the OSLC Property
to be mapped. Check the CRTV vocabulary specification for whether
the property is of value type String or Resource. If the OSLC Property
value type is a String, select the Classification
Specification that it maps to. If the OSLC Property
value type is a Resource, select the corresponding Relationship.
- Repeat the previous step for each CI or asset classification
for which UI Previews are to be retrieved. Note that not all classifications
can be mapped to an OSLC resource
type. For example, there are many different types of operating system
classifications for CIs, but there is no corresponding operating system
type in the CRTV.