CI Types application

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You use the CI Types application to specify which configuration item (CI) types to use when you import actual configuration items from a discovery tool.

Configuration item types indicate a class of actual configuration items, such as a computer system or operating system. A type is a form of classification that is displayed in the CI Types application.

You import the configuration item types using a discovery tool and an integration tool. In the second stage of the import process, you import the actual configuration items that are associated with only a subset of configuration item types. You complete this stage in the CI Types application, and select the configuration item types that you want to import and change their status to active.

The following points apply to configuration types:

In the CI Types application, you cannot change a configuration type classification; however, you can view the classification structure in the Classification application.
You cannot create, change, or delete configuration item types. To specify which configuration item types to use, you change their status to active.

When you delete configuration item types, the associated classifications are not affected. You also change the status of a configuration item type to inactive.