Free ServiceNow CIS-Discovery Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 4

A horizontal pattern is a type of Discovery pattern that discovers configuration items (CIs) and their relationships by moving across the network from one device to another. A horizontal pattern can use the Change user operation to switch from the default credentials to any other appropriate credentials for a specific device or application. This operation allows the pattern to access different types of CIs with different authentication methods.

References:

• Discovery patterns
• Change user operation

A Discovery schedule of type Configuration Item collects complete information from the scanned IP ranges and sends it to the CMDB. This type of schedule runs a series of probes and sensors to identify and classify the devices and applications on the network, and to create or update the corresponding configuration items in the CMDB. A Discovery schedule of type Configuration Item can also run patterns to discover more details and relationships about the configuration items.

References:

• ServiceNow Discovery Overview
• Create a Discovery schedule
• Discovery schedule types