https://www.servicenow.com/community/cmdb-forum/what-exactly-is-independent-vs-dependent-in-identification-rule/m-p/231451#M716 <P>Independent items are as the name indicates can exist independently and can be uniquely identified using the criterion attributes, whereas dependent items cannot exist independently and are dependent on independent items. The dependency between an independent and dependent item is called relationship.</P> <P>Example: Linux server can be the independent item that can be identified using the name of the server, whereas tomcat is a dependent item that can only be uniquely identified with criterion attributes and the relationship that has to the independent item. Also, it can be associated with only one independent item for identification. </P> <P>In the below tomcat runs on hardware and Linux is a subclass of hardware.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="find_real_file.png"><img src="https://www.servicenow.com/community/image/serverpage/image-id/2033i4EC5D88142295648/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="find_real_file.png" alt="find_real_file.png" /></span>You can refer to<A href="https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/rome-servicenow-platform/page/product/configuration-management/concept/c_IdentificationRules.html"> the docs </A>to better understand it</P> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:24:34 GMT Sandeep90 2022-02-18T20:24:34Z https://www.servicenow.com/community/cmdb-forum/what-exactly-is-independent-vs-dependent-in-identification-rule/m-p/231450#M715 <P>What exactly is 'Independent' vs 'Dependent' in Identification rule?</P> <P>I read in docs, but did not understand. So if anyone can explain with some example, would be great <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> <P>Thanks</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="find_real_file.png"><img src="https://www.servicenow.com/community/image/serverpage/image-id/2032i206CDC719933D921/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="find_real_file.png" alt="find_real_file.png" /></span></P> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:02:54 GMT https://www.servicenow.com/community/cmdb-forum/what-exactly-is-independent-vs-dependent-in-identification-rule/m-p/231450#M715 Suggy 2022-02-18T20:02:54Z https://www.servicenow.com/community/cmdb-forum/what-exactly-is-independent-vs-dependent-in-identification-rule/m-p/231451#M716 <P>Independent items are as the name indicates can exist independently and can be uniquely identified using the criterion attributes, whereas dependent items cannot exist independently and are dependent on independent items. The dependency between an independent and dependent item is called relationship.</P> <P>Example: Linux server can be the independent item that can be identified using the name of the server, whereas tomcat is a dependent item that can only be uniquely identified with criterion attributes and the relationship that has to the independent item. Also, it can be associated with only one independent item for identification. </P> <P>In the below tomcat runs on hardware and Linux is a subclass of hardware.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="find_real_file.png"><img src="https://www.servicenow.com/community/image/serverpage/image-id/2033i4EC5D88142295648/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="find_real_file.png" alt="find_real_file.png" /></span>You can refer to<A href="https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/rome-servicenow-platform/page/product/configuration-management/concept/c_IdentificationRules.html"> the docs </A>to better understand it</P> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:24:34 GMT https://www.servicenow.com/community/cmdb-forum/what-exactly-is-independent-vs-dependent-in-identification-rule/m-p/231451#M716 Sandeep90 2022-02-18T20:24:34Z https://www.servicenow.com/community/cmdb-forum/what-exactly-is-independent-vs-dependent-in-identification-rule/m-p/231452#M717 <P>Thank you so much @ sandeep</P> Sat, 19 Feb 2022 11:28:15 GMT https://www.servicenow.com/community/cmdb-forum/what-exactly-is-independent-vs-dependent-in-identification-rule/m-p/231452#M717 Suggy 2022-02-19T11:28:15Z