Purpose of 'ItemImportMethod' table and how it is used within an Hierarchy

Products

• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

What 'ItemImportMethod' table is and how it is used within a Hierarchy?"

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

There is a table called "ItemImportMethod" which lists each Item and the method of which it came to exist in the database.

The ‘ImportMethod’ column can have the following values:

0 – Standard local object

1- External Object, e.g. item imported from xml.

2 – Originated from standard Replication

3 – Hierarchy managed item

 

When a hierarchy managed item is reset due to the node being removed from the hierarchy structure, the ‘ImportMethod’ column for the item is changed from 3 to 0.