Statuses

The Statuses option of the Admin selection is used to create the statuses for CI Types and associate them with CI Types.

Add a Status

To add a status, from the CMDB homepage:

1. Select Administration | Statuses. The Configure Statuses page is displayed.
2. Click the Add button. The Add Status Editor is displayed.

4. Enter a name for the status in the Name field.
5. Select the CI Types that can use this status. To do so:
1. Click on the CI Type in the All CI Types field, then click the Add button.
2. Click on the CI Types you don't want to be able to use this status in the Associated CI Types field (if any are in there), and click the Delete button. This does not delete the CI Type. It only removes its association with this status.
6. Click the Save button. The status is saved, along with the associations you specified, and is displayed in the Statuses field.

Edit a Status

 To add a status, from the CMDB homepage:

1. Select Administration | Statuses. The Configure Statuses page is displayed.
2. Click on the Status you want to edit in the Statuses field.
3. Click the Edit button. The Add Status Editor is displayed.
4. Perform edits as described in steps 4 and 5 in the Add a Status procedure above.
5. Click the Save button. The status is saved, along with any changes you made, and is displayed in the Statuses field.

Delete a Status 

 To delete a status, from the CMDB homepage:

1. Select Administration| Statuses. The Configure Statuses page is displayed.
2. Click on the Status you want to delete in the Statuses field.
3. Click the Delete button. A confirmation pop-up window is displayed into which you must enter your password in order to complete the deletion.
4. Enter your password and click the GO button. The Status is deleted and is no longer displayed in the Statuses field.