Question Azure discovery- cmdb_ci_cmp_resource

[Abhishek41]

Hi All,

Wanted to understand what this particular cloud table - cmdb_ci_cmp_resource populates in ServiceNow ?

Is this discovers PAAS related data from Azure or something else as when we completed Azure discovery for this class the description field says " Populated by Azure Resource Inventory" and class says " cloud resources" but what kind of resources are getting populated it is not clear from the table. Is there any document which list what kind of cloud resources this table populates for Azure cloud ?

Thanks,

Abhishek

[SiD2]

Hi Abhishek,

Refer this official SNOW doc explaining the same.

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[Ram Devanathan1]

the Azure Resource Inventory Pattern fills up this table. the objects can be of different types and this is provided in the Resource Type column.. Where there's no specific pattern for a particular cloud service, Azure Resource Inventory pattern offers a quick approach to get the object into CMDB as a generic 'cloud resource' class type.

Hope this helps

Ram

[mcconnellsj]

@Ram Devanathan1Our DevOps team have asked if it possible to create specific classes for each resource type, so it is clearer when navigating CIs via an incident or viewing them within an application service.  Of course it is possible to create the new classes from the cloud resource table, but would it make sense to make the amendments detailed in docs or is a quick and dirty business rule also an option (given that the number of resource types is fairly static)?

[Ram Devanathan1]

@mcconnellsj yes the right way to do it is to build new custom class types for the same and design patterns to discover these. you may also list out the specific services your team is interested in discovering, and log an idea for this in idea portal so we can get more inputs for our prioritization.

i would not go towards creating a CI using a BR on the table, since first of all i don't think there's enough information here to create a meaningful ci and secondly this is going to cost you more custom tables.