Target Table?

Mike88 · ‎05-03-2024

Good afternoon all

We're in the process of importing none discoverable items into our CMDB. As part of this we're looking to bulk import a number of records from a sanitised DataSource.

We've been following the ServiceNow documentation (Data Sources | ServiceNow Developers) for context if needed but have come across a query in regards to Target Table when looking to create a new Transform Map

We understand that there is a main table (cmdb_ci) however should this be utilised as the Target Table or should we create a new Target Table?
We're not sure on best practise.

Mark Manders · ‎05-06-2024

Well... every parrot is a bird and every bird is an animal, but not every animal is a bird and not every bird is a parrot...

You can put everything in the top class, but you will be missing class specific fields (or need to add fields for a specific class to the top class, making them available for all other classes as well.

There already are tables for servers, for switches and for routers available OOB, and that's also best practice. And the work is not that much, especially when you look at the upside of it: if you you have all animals in a big room, it's way harder to just get the parrots out, then if you already have them separated in their own room in a building full of birds.

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Mark

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