Understanding uses and contains relationships

You can change your map view to show only certain relationships among the services and nodes in your environment, which can help you to resolve problems. Views fall into two main categories; each category offers further customization of your map view:

• Uses: A service that is used by another service is indicated on the map by a dotted line relationship. A service can be used by several other services, but is contained by only one service.
• Contains: A service or node that is contained by another service or node group is indicated on the map by a solid line relationship. A service can only be contained by one service; a node can be contained by more than one node group.

To display a submap showing a selected relationship, you must start from within an open map. Right-click to open the shortcut menu and select the relationship you want to display from the menu. Click any menu option for a description of the command. The submap appears in a new window.