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Auto-promote CIs

Edit the JSON string in the autoPromoteFields [**sn\_sec\_cmn.autoPromoteFields**] system property so your configuration item (CI) lookup rules auto-promote all the Security Operations CMDB CIs to matching entries in the [cmdb_ci] table.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_vul.vulnerability_admin

About this task

The system property type is ’string’ and requires you enter a JSON string. This property is activated by default and promotes matching CIs while running the CI lookup rules.

Custom-written lookup scripts might return child table records from the script. For this property, the _autoPromoteCI function in the CIIdentify Script Include takes the CI returned by the lookup script and automatically traverses the relationships to arrive at the cmdb_ci entry and return it.

To override the auto-promotion logic, that is, to add or update new CI classes, add the JSON object in the Value field in the [**sn\_sec\_cmn.autoPromoteFields**] system property.

Procedure

  1. Enter sys_properties.list in the left navigation bar.

  2. Select Enter.

  3. Locate the [**sn\_sec\_cmn.autoPromoteFields**] system property and select the record to open it.

    Default string:

    {
     "dscy_switchport":"cmdb_ci",
     "cmdb_ci_network_adapter":"cmdb_ci",
     "cmdb_ci_nic":"cmdb_ci",
     "cmdb_ci_ip_address":"nic"
    }
    
  4. In the Value text box, edit the string using the default pairing format.

  5. Select Update.

    This value is used by CI Lookup Rules during the next import.

Parent Topic:Create a Vulnerability Response CI lookup rule