IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact 7.1.0

Working with data sources

A data source is an element of the data model that represents a real world source of data in your environment.

Data sources overview
Data sources provide an abstract layer between Netcool/Impact and real world source of data.
Data source categories
Netcool/Impact supports four categories of data sources.
Data source architecture
This diagram shows the relationship between Netcool/Impact, data sources, and the real world source of data in your environment.
Setting up data sources
When you create a Netcool/Impact data model, you must set up a data source for each real world source of data in your environment.

Parent topic: Working with data models