Property reference

glide.cmdb.canonical.always_run

The glide.cmdb.canonical.always_run property enables a business rule that normalizes manufacturer names for configuration items. Admins should consider enabling this property to ensure consistent naming for CIs added through methods other than Discovery.

Default: false Type: boolean Application: Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property ensures that manufacturer names for configuration items are normalized regardless of how the items are added or updated in the system.
What area does it affect? Configuration Management Database
What does the default mean? The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default.
When should you review it? Review this property when configuring CI import processes or ensuring data consistency across different CI sources.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.cmdb.canonical.always_run
Sys ID 17bf8328c3211200f25d174292d3ae18
Type boolean
Application Global
Default value false
Description Enable business rule that automatically normalizes manufacturer names for configuration items. The purpose of this business rule is to ensure that configuration items added or updated in the instance by a mechanism other than Discovery (i.e. via the Import feature) are also normalized. Enabling this business rule does not prevent CIs inserted or updated by Discovery from being normalized.
Updated 2016-02-11 22:15:05

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