I've worked with Solarwinds NPM for a few years now and I've not come to like the way dependencies work. Most other things work well enough.
It would be really good if dependencies could be created similar like maps. Drag and drop. Select one or more objects and point it to one or more other objects they depend on.
The other thing that dependencies could be used for is simulation. Suppose I've created a complete overview with dependencies of all systems and applications (gasp).
When something breaks Solarwinds now only alerts me of the system that actually caused every other dependent system to fail. Thats great.
But I could use that dependency tree for simulation purposes as well.
Suppose someone wants to change something in my environment and they stuff up. Simulating a down system could show exactly what other systems would be affected.
That would allow me to include the correct parties so they know of a pending change and how it might affect them.
Just thought I'd throw it out there. Maybe there are others wanting for this.dependencies