Actual Product Instance Data Object

Purpose

The Actual Product Instance data object represents the realized deployment of a specific Desired Product Instance. It includes CIs that represent the implemented Actual Product Instance components.

Key Attributes

The Actual Product Instance data object shall have the following key data attributes:

  • Id: unique identifier of the Actual Product Instance

  • Name: name of the Actual Product Instance

  • Type: type of the Actual Product Instance (e.g., infrastructure service, customer-facing service, enabling service, front office, etc.)

  • Configuration Items: model of the configuration of the Product Instance as a set of interconnected CIs

  • Create Time: date/time the Actual Product Instance was created

  • Last Modified Time: date/time the entry was last modified in a significant way

  • Owner: actor for whom this Actual Product Instance was created

  • Location: location of the Actual Product Instance – this can vary from high-level country to city or low-level, such as a building or a room

Key Data Object Relationships

The Actual Product Instance data object shall maintain the following relationships:

  • Desired Product Instance to Actual Product Instance (1:1): each CI should be traceable to the planned configuration described in the Desired Product Instance

  • Problem to Actual Product Instance (n:m): Problem records are mapped to the affected Actual Product Instance(s)

  • Runbook to Actual Product Instance (n:m): Runbook records are mapped to the associated Actual Product Instance(s)

  • Incident to Actual Product Instance (n:m): Actual Product Instance(s) to which the Incident is associated

  • Actual Product Instance to Event (n:m): Actual Product Instance(s) associated with the Event

  • Actual Product Instance to Service Contract (1:n): connection between the Actual Product Instance and the Service Contract in which it is measured

  • Service Monitor to Actual Product Instance (1:n): Actual Product Instance being monitored

  • Actual Product Instance to Actual Product Instance (n:m): an Actual Product Instance can depend on services delivered by other products