Defining business
weights
For
Business Impact Manager
to import weights from its source
Global Manager
,
you define weight elements in the text or XML import datafile identified in
Weights import datafiles for
Business Impact Manager. The datafiles are located in the
installation area from which the source
Global Manager
is invoked.
Weights import
datafiles for Business Impact Manager

Whether you choose to use the
text or the XML import datafile to define weight elements, the
Global Manager
will load the elements in the same way: At startup, the
Global Manager
loads the weight elements but does not store them in its repository.
“Specifying text or XML datafiles”
on page 85 describes how to specify the import of text-format or
XML-format import datafiles.
This section focuses on defining
weight elements in the weights.conf file. Defining weight elements in the
weights-conf.xml file is identical to defining weight elements in the text file
except that the definitions are in XML format. The format of the
weights-conf.xml file is defined in the
BASEDIR
/smarts/conf/ics/bim-config.dtd
file.