Affected CI and impacted services/CI's

gunjan1
Kilo Contributor

What is the difference between Affected CI and Impacted services/CI's which are OOB related list of change form.

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naveenaechan
ServiceNow Employee
ServiceNow Employee

Hey Gunjan,



You can also check out this : Associated CIs on a change request .



It has below info:-


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You can associate CIs to change requests through related lists on the Change Request form.


The Affected CIs and Impacted Services/CIs related lists enable you to manage CI changes.


When you first access a change request and work with these related lists, you can identify CIs across CI classes using configuration class. You can change the configuration class manually to filter the list and narrow the selection of CIs. For example, to filter for Linux servers only, select Linux Servers as the Configuration Class.


You can also create and save filters to provide quick access to common CI searches. The next time you access the change request, the Configuration Class field displays the last associated CI class. This automatic filter ensures that relevant CIs are displayed.


After identifying the CIs affected by a change request, you can add them to the Affected CIs related list on the change request. After saving affected CIs, you can open the form context menu and select the Refresh Impacted Services option. This option populates the Impacted Services/CIs related list based on the affected CIs.


The Impacted Services/CIs related list represents a many-to-many relationship between the Task [task] and CMDB [cmdb_ci] tables. The related list displays CIs, such as business services or other CI classes, that are impacted. You can add this related list to any task form such as an incident or problem form. You can also enter the details of the impacted services manually, as required.
Note: The manually added CIs are not deleted each time the impacted services are refreshed. However, business services related to the CIs are displayed on the Impacted Services/CIs related list.


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Regards,
Saikiran Guduri.

Saikiran Gudur1
Mega Guru

Hi Gunjan,



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Most of the time, you'll want affect as a verb meaning to influence something and effect for the something that was influenced. The difference between affect and effect is so slippery that people have started using "impact" as a verb instead.



affect vs. effect : Choose Your Words : Vocabulary.com

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I got it by seraching for "affected or impacted" in Google. As per my understanding, both are same.
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Regards,
Saikiran Guduri

you mean both are same then why both related list are given