Locations#

The location of hardware and other components is an essential part of i-doit. This article explains the documentation of locations and how you place objects.

Overview#

In the default installation i-doit already supplies object types which are suitable for the documentation of locations - you can use them or hide them:

• Country
• City
• Building
• Room
• Rack

Beside these object types there are categories for each object where you can store the location:

• Location: Information about the object which is physically on a higher-level
• Locally assigned objects: List of objects which are physically on a lower level

The locations are documented in a tree structure. With this method you can prevent a multiple local assignment of objects which is impossible in physical terms.

Building the Location Path#

On top is the Root Location object and all other locations are subordinate to this object. You cannot delete this object.

We use a printer as an example, it is located in an office room and the office room is assigned to a building:

1. Create a building and allocate it to the Root Location via the Location category.
2. Create a room and assign it to the building via the Location category.
3. Create printer and assign it to the room via the Location category.

With this method you generate a so-called location path: Root Location → Building → Room → Printer.

With every location object the associated subordinated object is displayed in the locally assigned objects category. You can also edit the location path via this category.

Define an Object as Location#

When you want to define an object – for example, a room – also as a location for other objects, you have to activate their corresponding object type. This can be carried out under Administration→ CMDB settings → Object type configuration →