Data Manager objects vs attributes

Question

I'm a bit new to CMDB and with Data Manager becoming available am trying to import from CrowdStrike Falcon. The main thing I am trying to understand right now is how Data Manager determines what are actual objects vs just attributes of an object? During mapping, how do primary key, secondary key, or ignore play into the creation of objects? With the 50k object cap in mind before the usage cost starts to apply, I'd like to understand how the 4.7k records imported with dozens of columns are going to translate to objects.

Fabian Lim · Accepted Answer

Hi @Ryan Bullock

I don't think you can determine that from Data Manager.  You will have to first create another Asset Schema that holds those objects, so that when you import the cleansed data from Data Manager, it links them properly (this is done manually).  The problem right now is that the functionality to export data manager objects is not possible, so it's hard to envision how you would be able to determine whether an object has an object within it for a relationship.

I hope this makes sense.

Regards,

Fabian