Obsolete object

Introduced by iTop 2.4, the Data Model now includes an obsolescence notion defined per class of object, to improve user experience by highlighting / hiding obsolete objects.

Object defined as obsolete are flagged in the console to make this aspect obvious, by graphical icon and tag.

On a list:

On an object:

Obsolete objects are ignored by Impact Analysis

Before obsoleting ESX1:

After obsoleting ESX1:

Based on user preference, objects which are defined as obsolete, are removed from displayed lists in the iTop console.

An obsolete object details is displayed regardless of user preference.

• In details screen, on a drop-down list: obsolete objects will not be proposed.
• In a relation tab, obsolete objects will not be displayed, so cannot be removed.
• In a relation tab, obsolete objects cannot be added.

• Search menu and Shortcuts display a list without obsolete objects
• Dashlets do not include obsolete objects
• Global Search do not return obsolete objects
• Bulk modify will not modify obsolete objects
• Audit does not report audit errors on obsolete objects
• Run Query does not return obsolete objects
• CSV Export should return a list without obsolete objects