Relationships Added

Relationship Types

Several new relationship types have been incorporated into the CSDM, including the following:

Parent descriptor	Child descriptor
Achieves	Achieved by
Completes	Completed by
Compliant	Compliant with
Conformant	Conformant with
consists of	is part of
contributes	contributed by
Creates	Created by
Decommissions	Decommissioned by
defines	defined by
Deletes	Deleted by
delivered by	delivers
Deploys	Deployed by
desires	desired by
distributes	distributed by
Enables	Enabled by
fulfills	fulfilled by
Fully Conformant	Fully Conformant with
generates	generated by
Governs	Governed by
has attribute	is attribute of
has Instance	is Instance of
has interest	has relevance
has source-of-record	is source-of-record
has successor	has predecessor
has target	is target
impacts	impacted by
Implements	Implemented by
influences	is influenced by
Integrates	Integrated by
Introduces	Introduced by
is executed by	executes
is implemented by	implements
is part of	consists of
is stored in	stores
leads to	led from
measures	measured by
Migrates	Migrated by
Non-Compliant	Non-Compliant with
Non-Conformant	Non-Conformant with
participates in	has participant
Performs	Performed by
produces	produced by
Reads	Read by
Removes	Removed by
requires	required by
segments	segmented by
Sends Data to	Receives Data from
served by	is serving
Source-of-Record for	has Source-of-Record
Stores	Stored by
Supports	is Supported by
Transports	Transported by
triggers	triggered by
Updates	Updated by

Suggested Relationships

Through YouDesign Command, the CSDM has been enhanced with the addition of the following suggested relationships:

Not required suggested relationships can be removed by the ServiceNow admin!

Base class (Upstream)	Relationship	Dependent class (Downstream)
Actor	has interest (parent)	Business Application
Actor	has interest (parent)	Business Capability
Actor	Performs (parent)	Business Function
Actor	has interest (parent)	Business Process
Actor	has interest (parent)	Business Product
Actor	has interest (parent)	Channel
Actor	has interest (parent)	Component
Actor	has interest (parent)	Data Store
Actor	has interest (parent)	Domain
Actor	has interest (parent)	Driver
Actor	has interest (parent)	Goal
Actor	has interest (parent)	Hardware Product
Actor	has interest (parent)	Information Object
Actor	has interest (parent)	Initiative
Actor	has interest (parent)	Journey
Actor	has interest (parent)	Logical Interface
Actor	has interest (parent)	Mapped Application Service
Actor	has interest (parent)	Market
Actor	has interest (parent)	Microservice
Actor	has interest (parent)	Mission
Actor	has interest (parent)	Mobile Application
Actor	has interest (parent)	Objective
Actor	has interest (parent)	Pattern
Actor	has interest (parent)	Physical Interface
Actor	has interest (parent)	Process
Actor	has interest (parent)	Process Activity
Actor	has interest (parent)	Process Category
Actor	has interest (parent)	Process Group
Actor	has interest (parent)	Process Operations
Actor	has interest (parent)	Process Task
Actor	has interest (parent)	Process Workflow
Actor	has interest (parent)	Program
Actor	has interest (parent)	Project
Actor	impacted by (child)	Risk
Actor	has interest (parent)	Server
Actor	has interest (parent)	Service
Actor	has interest (parent)	Social Media
Actor	has interest (parent)	Software Product
Actor	has interest (parent)	Solution Use Case
Actor	has interest (parent)	Strategy
Actor	has interest (parent)	Technical Capability
Actor	has interest (parent)	Value Chain
Actor	has interest (parent)	Value Stream
Actor	has interest (parent)	Vision
Actor	has interest (parent)	Website
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Business Application
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Business Capability
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Business Product
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Information Object
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Initiative
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Journey
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Pattern
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Principle
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Process
Building Block	impacted by (child)	Risk
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Service
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Strategy
Building Block	consists of (parent)	Value Stream
Business Application	has relevance (child)	Actor
Business Application	is part of (child)	Building Block
Business Application	Exchanges data with (parent)	Business Application
Business Application	has target (parent)	Business Application
Business Application	is target (child)	Business Application
Business Application	Used by (child)	Business Function
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Component
Business Application	impacted by (child)	Control
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Domain
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Hardware Product
Business Application	Creates (parent)	Information Object
Business Application	Deletes (parent)	Information Object
Business Application	Reads (parent)	Information Object
Business Application	Updates (parent)	Information Object
Business Application	requires (parent)	Logical Data Object
Business Application	Updates (parent)	Logical Data Object
Business Application	Provides (parent)	Logical Interface
Business Application	Receives Data from (child)	Logical Interface
Business Application	Sends Data to (parent)	Logical Interface
Business Application	has Instance (parent)	Mapped Application Service
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Microservice
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Mobile Application
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Organizational Unit
Business Application	Deploys (parent)	Pattern
Business Application	is part of (child)	Pattern
Business Application	Compliant (parent)	Principle
Business Application	Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Application	Fully Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Application	Non-Compliant (parent)	Principle
Business Application	Non-Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Application	Created by (child)	Project
Business Application	Deleted by (child)	Project
Business Application	Introduced by (child)	Project
Business Application	Migrated by (child)	Project
Business Application	Removed by (child)	Project
Business Application	Updated by (child)	Project
Business Application	impacted by (child)	Risk
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Social Media
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Software Product
Business Application	Enabled by (child)	Technical Capability
Business Application	required by (child)	Value Stream Stage
Business Application	Uses (parent)	Website
Business Capability	has relevance (child)	Actor
Business Capability	is part of (child)	Building Block
Business Capability	Provided By (parent)	Business Application
Business Capability	Conformant (parent)	Business Capability
Business Capability	Conformant with (child)	Business Capability
Business Capability	Fully Conformant (parent)	Business Capability
Business Capability	Fully Conformant with (child)	Business Capability
Business Capability	Non-Compliant (parent)	Business Capability
Business Capability	Non-Compliant with (child)	Business Capability
Business Capability	Non-Conformant (parent)	Business Capability
Business Capability	Non-Conformant with (child)	Business Capability
Business Capability	impacted by (child)	Business Event
Business Capability	delivered by (parent)	Business Function
Business Capability	delivered by (parent)	Business Product
Business Capability	impacted by (child)	Control
Business Capability	Creates (parent)	Information Object
Business Capability	Reads (parent)	Information Object
Business Capability	Updates (parent)	Information Object
Business Capability	Uses (parent)	Information Object
Business Capability	impacted by (child)	Initiative
Business Capability	Provided By (parent)	Logical Application
Business Capability	is target (child)	Objective
Business Capability	delivered by (parent)	Organizational Unit
Business Capability	Used by (child)	Organizational Unit
Business Capability	Achieves (parent)	Outcome
Business Capability	requires (parent)	Outcome
Business Capability	is influenced by (child)	Policy
Business Capability	Compliant (parent)	Principle
Business Capability	Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Capability	Fully Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Capability	Non-Compliant (parent)	Principle
Business Capability	Non-Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Capability	is executed by (parent)	Process
Business Capability	is executed by (parent)	Process Activity
Business Capability	Created by (child)	Project
Business Capability	Introduced by (child)	Project
Business Capability	Removed by (child)	Project
Business Capability	Updated by (child)	Project
Business Capability	impacted by (child)	Risk
Business Capability	Provided by (child)	Service
Business Capability	Uses (parent)	Service
Business Capability	is influenced by (child)	Strategy
Business Capability	requires (parent)	Technical Capability
Business Capability	delivers (child)	Value Chain
Business Capability	Enables (parent)	Value Stream Stage
Business Event	impacts (parent)	Business Capability
Business Event	impacts (parent)	Portfolio Element
Business Function	Performed by (child)	Actor
Business Function	Uses (parent)	Business Application
Business Function	delivers (child)	Business Capability
Business Function	Performed by (child)	Organizational Unit
Business Process	has relevance (child)	Actor
Business Process	impacted by (child)	Control
Business Process	Created by (child)	Project
Business Process	Introduced by (child)	Project
Business Process	Removed by (child)	Project
Business Process	Updated by (child)	Project
Business Process	impacted by (child)	Risk
Business Product	has relevance (child)	Actor
Business Product	is part of (child)	Building Block
Business Product	delivers (child)	Business Capability
Business Product	distributed by (child)	Channel
Business Product	impacted by (child)	Control
Business Product	impacted by (child)	Initiative
Business Product	has target (parent)	Market
Business Product	delivered by (parent)	Organizational Unit
Business Product	Owned by (child)	Organizational Unit
Business Product	Used by (child)	Organizational Unit
Business Product	Compliant (parent)	Principle
Business Product	Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Product	Fully Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Product	Non-Compliant (parent)	Principle
Business Product	Non-Conformant (parent)	Principle
Business Product	delivers (child)	Process
Business Product	Contained by (child)	Product Line
Business Product	Created by (child)	Project
Business Product	Introduced by (child)	Project
Business Product	Removed by (child)	Project
Business Product