Reviewing data integrations for Data Foundations

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated February 25, 2026
  • 2 minutes to read
    • Summarize
    Summarized using AI
    This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete.

    Summary of Reviewing Data Integrations for Data Foundations

    The Data integrations tab in the CMDB Success Advisor for Data Foundations allows you to assess both existing and proposed Discovery patterns and Service Graph Connectors. This helps ensure that your CMDB is populated with high-quality Configuration Item (CI) data, which is critical for effective data management and decision-making.

    Show full answer Show less

    Key Features

    • Discovery Patterns: These identify IT infrastructure components via network-based discovery.
    • Service Graph Connectors: These facilitate the import of CI data from third-party platforms.

    Key Outcomes

    By monitoring the following fields, you can enhance the effectiveness of your data integrations:

    • Discovery Patterns:
      • Status: Indicates if a pattern is active, with only active patterns contributing data.
      • Attribute Coverage: Shows how many relevant attributes are populated by each pattern.
      • View Pattern: Allows you to access and refine the Discovery pattern configuration.
    • Service Graph Connectors:
      • Installed: Confirms whether the connector is deployed and available for use.
      • Attribute Coverage: Displays how many relevant attributes are populated.
      • Active Connections: Indicates the number of connections actively importing data.
      • Inactive Connections: Lists connections that need troubleshooting if they are configured but not importing data.

    Monitoring these elements is essential to maintain data quality in your CMDB, ensuring that critical information related to CI ownership, location, and relationships is accurately captured and represented.

    Review both existing and suggested Discovery patterns and Service Graph Connectors to improve your Data Foundations data coverage.

    The Data integrations tab in CMDB success advisor for Data Foundations provides insight into current integration usage for Discovery patterns and Service Graph Connectors. To make sure your CMDB is being correctly populated with high-quality CI data for your principal classes, check the status of both integration types.

    Integration types

    The Data integrations tab displays two key data sources that support Data Foundations:

    Discovery patterns
    Discovery patterns identify IT infrastructure components through network-based discovery.

    To evaluate Discovery pattern effectiveness for Data Foundations, review the fields as described in the following table.

    Table 1. Fields to monitor for Discovery pattern
    Field Description
    Status Indicates whether a Discovery pattern is currently active. Only active patterns contribute data to the CMDB.
    Attribute coverage Displays how many Data Foundations relevant attributes within a principal class are being populated by each pattern.
    View pattern Opens the Discovery pattern configuration, enabling you to inspect or refine the logic, identification rules, and targeted CI classes.

    Low attribute coverage might occur if the Discovery pattern is limited in scope, not collecting detailed CI information, or if its identification rules are not aligned with the actual devices in your network. In such cases, required CI attributes may be missing from the resulting CI records.

    Service Graph Connectors
    Service Graph Connectors import CI data from third-party platforms.

    To evaluate Service Graph Connectors effectiveness for Data Foundations, review the fields as described in the following table.

    Field Description
    Installed Indicates whether the connector is deployed. A value of Yes confirms it is installed and available for use.
    Attribute coverage Displays how many Data Foundations relevant attributes within a principal class are being populated by each connector.
    Active connections Represents the number of connections actively importing data into the CMDB.
    Inactive connections Displays connections that are configured but not currently importing data and may need troubleshooting.

    If a Service Graph Connector shows low attribute coverage or no active connections, it may indicate that the specific version being evaluated has limited attribute coverage. This can happen if the connector is installed but not fully mapped to populate key attributes or if the data source is unavailable or misconfigured. As a result, critical CI data, such as ownership, location, or relationship information, may not be imported into the CMDB, affecting data quality for your principal classes.