Configure map filters

Specify the type of CIs that you want to see on the current map by filtering out data using different filtering categories.

Before you begin

Role required: See general role requirements at Unified Map

About this task

Note:

This setting affects all users. Individual users cannot configure this setting. See Configure map filters and Configure options for the Related items module for settings that individual users can use to customize their personal experience with Unified Map.

Some maps might extend to be too large to be useful. After selecting the home node, you can reduce the size of a map by filtering out CIs of specific type or with specific attribute values. For example, you can filter out CIs associated with a specific discovery source or which are owned by a specific user, and which you aren’t interested in.

The Map filter panel lets you filter by layer types, CI classes, and relationship types. Filter options reflect the elements that are currently on the map and represent attribute values from all elements in the map. Select or clear items to filter CIs and relationships in the map.

Note:

• Filter conditions that might filter out the home node CI might be available in the map filter panel because of other CIs on the map. However, you can't filter out the home node CI even it matches those filter conditions.
• Maps retrieve and show only up to 250 CMDB elements and any remaining elements are truncated and don't appear on the map.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > CMDB Workspace.
2. In the Quick links section in the Home view, select Unified Map.
3. In the search bar, search for the CI you want as the home node for the map.
4. Select Open filter panel ().
5. In the Map filter panel, select or clear filters that you want to apply to the current map.
6. Close the Map filter panel.

What to do next

• Select the Show filtered items icon () to expose all filtered items as grayed-out elements, or to hide them.
• Create a filter presets to reuse a custom set of filters.