# Linking Service Items to an Agreement

When running an impact analysis against a service item, the linked agreements will be displayed in the Impact tab on the CMDB linking diagram for the service item, thus making it easy to identify the potential impacts of a period of unavailability of the service item.

## Viewing Linked Service Items

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### Before you start

You must have **Agreement Read** selected in the Options tab of your **Service Level Management security role**.
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1. In the Explorer pane, expand **Agreement**, then select **Service Items**.
2. The Linked Service Items displays a browse table, listing all currently linked service items.
3. Select the service item you want to view and then select **Open** to display the details window for the selected item.

## Linking a Service Item

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### Before you start

You must have **Agreement Update** selected in the Options tab of your **Service Level Management security role**.
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1. In the Explorer pane, expand **Agreement**, then select **Service Items**.
2. The Linked Service Items displays a browse table, listing all currently linked service items.
3. Select the Edit icon to make the buttons beneath the table active if necessary.
4. Select the **Add Service Item** button. The CMDB Item Search window appears pre-selected for a service item search (that is, services, service actions, and service bundles). Search for and link the relevant service items.
5. In the **Link Type** column, select the Link Type. The Link Type is a can be used to profile a linked service item.
6. When a service item is linked to an agreement, the agreement also appears in the Agreements view on the corresponding service item.

### Removing a Linked Service Item

1. In the Explorer pane, expand **Agreement**, then select **Service Items**.
2. The Linked Service Items displays a browse table, listing all currently linked service items.
3. Select the Edit icon to make the buttons beneath the table active if necessary.
4. Select the **Remove** button .
5. This does not delete the service item but merely removes the link between the service item and this CMDB entity.