CMDB: Application Class missing Related Items (with Show Dependency Views, Add CI Relationships section). How do I add it back?

munwong
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Last Friday, I was building my service mappings manually in my Developer's instance - Application to Application Servers to Database to Servers to Switch. The Related Items section is visible in all Classes. When I went back to my Developer's instance to look and add more relationships, I don't see the Related Items section anymore. When I look at my Database or Server Classes, they are there. How do I get it added back in Application class? Help!! 

I have made a screenshot showing what I see in Database Class vs. Application Class. The Related Items section is usually above the Related Links section.

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Munwong,

This is not a field. It is something called a formatter, but it can be added to the form (or added back as the case may be) in a manner similar to a standard field. If you do not want to do this, the formatter is already set on the Compliance view for Application. You have two ways to approach this:

Change the view

The Compliance view still has the CI Relations formatter. Change views to see the Related Items.

  1. Right-click the form header and select View > Compliance.

Add the CI Relations formatter to the form

The Related Items section is a form section you can add (or return if it was removed) to the form.

  1. From the Default view, right-click the form header and select Configure > Form Design.
  2. In the Fields tab on the left side of the Form Designer, scroll down to the bottom to see the Formatters section.
  3. Drag the CI Relations formatter to the form where you would like to see it.
  4. Note: if you did this on a form that currently displayed two columns, you would want to add a new section with a blank name that used only one column and add it to that. This formatter works best across the entire screen.

Hope this helps.

Ben

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Munwong,

This is not a field. It is something called a formatter, but it can be added to the form (or added back as the case may be) in a manner similar to a standard field. If you do not want to do this, the formatter is already set on the Compliance view for Application. You have two ways to approach this:

Change the view

The Compliance view still has the CI Relations formatter. Change views to see the Related Items.

  1. Right-click the form header and select View > Compliance.

Add the CI Relations formatter to the form

The Related Items section is a form section you can add (or return if it was removed) to the form.

  1. From the Default view, right-click the form header and select Configure > Form Design.
  2. In the Fields tab on the left side of the Form Designer, scroll down to the bottom to see the Formatters section.
  3. Drag the CI Relations formatter to the form where you would like to see it.
  4. Note: if you did this on a form that currently displayed two columns, you would want to add a new section with a blank name that used only one column and add it to that. This formatter works best across the entire screen.

Hope this helps.

Ben

Thank you Ben! I followed your instructions listed under "Add the CI Relations formatter to the form" and it worked perfectly. I tried adding it through the Form Layout yesterday and couldn't find CI Relations! I should've tried Form Design.

 

Thank you very much!

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You're welcome! Glad I could help!