Ivanti Neurons Connector

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This topic includes the configuration details for the Ivanti Neurons Connector.

To access the Ivanti Neurons Connector settings page:

From the Configuration Console, click Extend > Integration Tools > Data Import Connections to open the Data Source Manager page.

The page lists all the connections that are already defined for your installation.

Click Add New... to add a new connection and to open the Settings page.

Connection Settings Page

Connection Setting

Filter Settings

Field Mapping

Review and Publish

Connection Setting

Prerequisite:

For this feature to work, you must link the tenant with the Ivanti Neurons tenant. To do this, contact the Ivanti Operations team.

In the Connection Name field, enter a unique name for the connection.

From the Connection Type drop-down list, select Ivanti Cloud Connector.

The following two fields appear:

Cloud Connector API Path: The default path appears as api/discovery/v1/. However, this can be modified, if required.

Cloud Connector Object: Enter the name of the business object for which you want to fetch data.

Click Next. The Object Mapping page opens.

Object Mapping

Enter information into the fields.

Field	Description
Mapping	Select Add new... from the drop-down list. The application creates a clone of the mapping, which you can then modify. This button is only enabled if you select an existing mapping.
Name	Use the default name or modify the name to and click Save as new.
Source Mapping Tables	A list of tables that is populated based on the Cloud Connector Object, as defined in step 3b of the Connection Setting phase.
Root Table	Select the primary table containing the master data that uniquely defines the computer systems in your organization.
Unique Key	Select the field that is primary in identifying your records, which can be used to retrieve additional information. This field lists the fields containing keys that uniquely identify your record. The fields that appear in the list are taken from the first record in your source file.
Target Business Object	Use the Target Business Object field to enter a few letters of the target business object, and then click Filter by Name or Filter by Object to narrow your search. For example, if you are importing a list of employee records into Neurons for ITSM, the primary business object you need to map to is the Employee business object. Highlight the business object in the list. This field is the primary business object in Neurons for ITSM into which the data is imported. The list shows all the business objects in Neurons for ITSM.
Exclude Validation Objects	Select this check box if you want to exclude the validation objects that are part of the target business object.

Click Next. The Filter Settings page opens.

Filter Settings

The Filter Manager enables filtering inflow of device types based on the filter criteria. For instance, an Administrator can select to import Asset Type of only Laptop by creating the filter value Laptop.

Filter Manager

The filter settings made during import remain saved for future imports.

Based on the filter settings, only those messages which are relevant to the mapping will be processed by the ITSM tenant. The rest of the messages will be discarded.

To filter out null parameters, use the IsNotEmpty operator instead of NoContain (for example, when filtering a device which does not have a serial number to sync from Neurons).

The filter settings work only for a single value filter in each row. If the field selected in the left panel of the mapping results in multiple values, then those filters will not work. It is advised to use the filter settings accordingly.

For example, if you choose Device.BIOS.BIOSSettings in root table, then all the properties related to Device.BIOS.BIOSSettings will be displayed on Filter settings page.

When you set the filter settings as shown in the image below, the filter will not work.

Image of a filter setting that will not work.

Field Mapping

This page is used to define the field-level mapping and transformation. The left column shows the source file name and the right column shows the target business object field name. It is assumed that the Source mapping names are known or identified in advance.

If appropriate, select a transformation function from the middle column.

Select the field names to map the source file and the target business object in Neurons for ITSM.

For example: Invoice.InvoiceNumber would map to Neurons for ITSM ivnt_InvoiceNumber asset identifier.

Select a transformation function from the second column, if required by your organization.

Function Name	Category	Description	Input	Output
-->	None	Returns the source value (does nothing).
Abs	Math	The absolute value of input value.	Double	Double
Avg	Math	The arithmetic mean or average of all the input values.	Double	Double
Cbrt	Math	The cube root of the input value.	Double	Double
Ceiling	Math	Smallest integer value less, greater than, or equal to the given value.	Double	Double
Century	DateTime	Returns the century part of the input date time value.	DateTime	Double
Concat	String	Concatenates string values together.	String Array	String
ConvertToLocal	DateTime	Converts a DateTime value to a local DateTime value.	DateTime	DateTime
ConvertToUTC	DateTime	Converts a DateTime value to a UTC DateTime value.	DateTime	DateTime
DayOfMonth	DateTime	Returns the day of the month of the input DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
DayOfWeekNo	DateTime	Returns the day number of the week of the input DateTime value. 0: Sunday 1: Monday 2: Tuesday 3: Wednesday 4: Thursday 5: Friday 6: Saturday	DateTime	Double
DayOfWeekStr	DateTime	Returns the day string of the week of the input DateTime value. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday	DateTime	String
DayOfYear		Returns the day of the year of the input DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
Diff	Math	Subtracts all the values from the first value.	Double Array	Double
Div	Math	Divides the first value by the remainder of the values.	Double Array	Double
Floor	Math	Largest integer value less, greater than, or equal to the given value.	Double	Double
Hour	DateTime	Returns the hour part of the input DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
IsoWeek	DateTime	Returns the ISO week number of the input DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
Leap
Length	String	The length of the string.	String	Double
LineItemType()	String	Reads the MaterialGroupID and places the item in the appropriate product type category (Consumables, Facilities, Hardware, and Software).	String	String
Min
Minute	DateTime	Returns the minute part of the DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
Mod	Math	Remainder after dividing first value by the second value.	Double, Double	Double
Month	DateTime	Returns the month part of the input DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
Pow	Math	The number raised to the power.	Double	Double
Product	Math	Product of all values.	Double Array	Double
Quarter	DateTime	Returns the quarter of the input DateTime value. Quarter ranges from 1 to 4.	DateTime	Double
RegexMatch	String	Returns a matched value from the input value for a pattern in a position (zero-based).	String
RegexReplace	String	Returns a string that has been replaced with a string that matches a pattern in the input string.	String
Replace	String	Replaces the part of a string with given value.	String	String
Round	Math	Rounds a double-precision floating-point value to the nearest integer.	Double	Double
Second	DateTime	Returns the second part of the DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
Select	Special	Returns the first item in the list where the corresponding predicate is equal to a given value.	String	String
SelectNotNull	Special	Returns the first input value that is not empty or not null for the group of items.	String	String
Split	String	Returns a specific part of a string split using a separator.	String	String
Sqrt	Math	The square root of the input value.	Double	Double
Substring	String	Returns part of a string.	String	String
Sum	Math	Sum of given values.	Double	Double
Switch	Special	Returns the string based on the input value and corresponding mappings (delimiter is ':')	String	String
TimeDiff	DateTime	Returns the period between two DateTime values.	DateTime, DateTime	TimeSpan
ToLower	String	Converts to lowercase text.	String	String
ToProper	String	Converts to proper case text.	String	String
ToUpper	String	Converts to uppercase text.	String	String
Trim	String	Removes all leading and trailing white spaces.	String	String
TrimLeft	String	Removes the leading white spaces.	String	String
TrimRight	String	Removes the trailing white spaces.	String	String
Truncate	Math	The integral part of the value. In other words, rounds up or down towards zero.	Double	Double
Week	DateTime	Returns the standard week number of the input DateTime value.	DateTime	Double
Year	DateTime	Returns the year part of the input DateTime value.	DateTime	Double

If the target field is a link field, determine the name of the field to use. Refer to Mapping Fields.

(Optional). Click Auto Map to map the source file column header to the target field name. Remapping the source column header does not change your existing mapping.

Click Next. The Review and Publish page opens.

Review and Publish

Click Publish to activate the connection so that it can run according to the schedule. The application only shows this option if there is a schedule involved, like with the File on Shared Folder, FTP, Secure FTP (SSH), and Ivanti Cloud Connector connection types.

The application automatically saves all field mappings even if they are not immediately published. After you publish the data, the job runs based on the schedule/s you selected.

Refer to Scheduling API Data Sync from Ivanti Neurons for Discovery to Ivanti Neurons for ITSM for help setting your desired schedule.

Viewing, Changing, or Deactivating a Published Connection

Open the Integration workspace.

Select a record to open and view the settings.

To deactivate a Published connection, clear the Active check box. and then click Save.

You can resume the imports by selecting the Active check box, if needed.