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title: Legacy CI relations formatter
description: On instances that do not meet the internet browser requirements for the latest CI relations formatter, the default CI form includes the legacy CI relations formatter instead.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/r\_LegacyCIRelationsFormatter.html
release: australia
product: Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\)
classification: configuration-management-database-cmdb
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [CI relations formatter, CI relationships in the CMDB, Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\), Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Legacy CI relations formatter

On instances that do not meet the internet browser requirements for the latest CI relations formatter, the default CI form includes the legacy CI relations formatter instead.

This element contains the list of related CIs and a toolbar with controls for viewing the relationships between the current CI and related CIs. For information about the latest CI relations formatter, see [CI relations formatter](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/c_CIRelationsFormatterNG.md).

Configure the controls in this formatter with two properties that restrict varying aspects of the view:

-   Select the flat layout icon \(\[Omitted image "FlatLayoutIcon.png"\] Alt text: Flat layout icon\) to group related CIs by relationship.
-   Select the tree layout icon \(\[Omitted image "TreeLayoutIcon.png"\] Alt text: Tree layout icon\) to group related CIs in a hierarchical tree.

**Parent Topic:**[CI relations formatter](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/c_CIRelationsFormatterNG.md)