Compare Insight in Cloud & Insight for Data Center/Server

Objects and object modelling

Object schemas
Use object schemas to organize the structure of your object types, objects, and attributes.

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Object schema templates
Create an object schema from a template that contains a pre-created object types and objects.

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Object types
Use object types to specify assets/CIs by defining attributes and references between other object types.

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Objects
A specific instance of an object type. E.g. ‘Laptop’ would be an object type and ‘MacBook-4523’ would be an object.

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Attributes
Use attributes to manage what kind of information is stored for each object type.

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References
Use references to define how objects are related to one another.

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User Roles
Use roles to manage object schema permissions for different users and groups.

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Integration with Jira Service Management Services
Sync service registry information into an Insight object schema so you can link your services to the underlying infrastructure and dependencies.

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Data, Importing, & Exporting

Insight Custom Field
Select Insight objects from fields in Jira issues.

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Imports – CSV
Bring data into Insight from CSV files.

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Imports – JSON
Bring data into Insight from JSON files.

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Imports – Databases, LDAP, and Jira Users
Bring data into Insight from external databases, Active Directory, or from the Jira environment itself.

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Insight Discovery
Network scanner that can be used to discover IP-enabled assets/CIs and bring them into Insight.

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Integrations
Integrate with a third party tools to keep Insight data up to date. Includes:

• Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

• Mobile device and software management (JAMF, SCCM, Snow)

• Other CMDBs (ServiceNow, Device42)

• Atlassian ecosystem (Jira & Bitbucket, Confluence, Tempo)

• Others (NVD) 

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Export objects
Export data from Insight as a backup or to be used in other systems.

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Reporting, viewing, and searching

Object graph
Use the object graph to view the relationship and hierarchy between different objects and object types.

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IQL search
Use IQL (Insight Query language) to search Insight for specific objects (e.g. what computers are not assigned to a user).

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JQL function
Use the Insight JQL function to search for Jira issues that have Insight objects linked to them.

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Bulk edit objects
Make changes to a large number of objects at once.

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Bulk move objects Move a large number of objects at once.

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Reports
View your Insight information in myriad different ways.

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Widgets
Use an Insight widget to view Insight information within a Jira Dashboard or on a Confluence page.

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Print QR Codes
Generate printable QR codes for each object in Insight.

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Label templates
Generate printable, customizable label templates for each object in Insight.

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Automation

Workflow Transitions
Automate Insight related tasks when a particular transition in a workflow is triggered.

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Object Automations
Create rules that automate simple tasks in Insight. Rules are automatically triggered upon certain events.

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Extending Insight functionality

Scripting
Ability to extend automation actions with Groovy scripting

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REST API

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