Service type is a property that defines the structure that a particular service hierarchy is allowed to have. For example, the service type storage, is allowed to contain the service type disk, but disk cannot contain storage. You can set the service type only when you are adding a new service. After the service is created, you cannot change it.
If you are editing a service hierarchy provided by a Smart Plug-in, you can choose one of several preconfigured service types when you add a new service. If you want to add services that do not fit the predefined types of a Smart Plug-in, or if you are creating your own service hierarchy, you can use the default service type Generic Service.
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