20 Working with the Inventory Topology

In UIM, the entities are interrelated and you can view this in a Topology diagram using Unified Topology for Inventory and Automation (UTIA).

In the topology diagram from UTIA, the connections between nodes or entities are shown as edges. You can search for a network and customize your search using the Create New search pane from UTIA. You can further search for the required entities or nodes within the network using the Search option. See Unified Topology for Inventory and Automation User's Guide for more information.

The following types of entities are supported in UTIA:

• Equipment

• Logical Device

• Physical Device

• Pipe

• Connectivity

• Place

• Network Location

• Service Location

• Network

• Service

You can access UTIA from UIM using either of the following options:

• In the Inventory - Resources group of the navigation section, click Topology.

  The UTIA home page opens.

• From the Summary page of an entity:

  1. Open the Summary page of the entity for which you want to view the topology.

  2. Click Topology.

     The topology diagram opens in UTIA.

     See Unified Topology for Inventory and Automation User's Guide for more information on using UTIA.