Thank you for the ATE session on Assets, Models and CIs, I find it very informative.  Do you have a video session on how to customized the Asset - Ci  field mapping, Assets-CI Install Status mapping and Asset-CI Hardware Status Mapping.

 

Rattana

Hi Ben,



Thanks for your very helpful response.   It certainly makes sense to delineate the Config Management process to solely changes in ownership, not in Install Status \ State, and then handle everything else within the Asset Management process.   That also makes it more obvious why the Install Status isn't even exposed on the Configuration Item forms.   That's ultimately what my question was intended to determine i.e., what was the intended process which mirrors the OTB setup of ServiceNow.



I also like the idea of driving updates from UI Actions (rather than expecting people to know which fields to update), however on most occasions some form of input would be required (such as identifying the stock room).   Presumably we would handle this through a UI Page 'pop-up' to capture the information that's pertinent to the UI Action (in a similar way to how the 'Consume' UI action works)?



Regards,



Robin


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Hi Robin,



Depending on the approach used to drive the change of State, yes, you could have a pop-up to capture the required information, similar to the Consuming of a Consumable. It really depends on the process you are looking to drive, though. You can always consider other methods to capture the information. For example, if you launch a process to retire a piece of hardware, that process may include a step to return the hardware to a stockroom to be prepared for disposal. Rather than prompting for the Stockroom, you might leverage Location information from the user record to automate the selection of the closest drop off or disposal Stockroom. When you identify how you want to begin the process, consider the information you need and how you can get that information. If it is possible to get that information through some automated means, even better.



Ben


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In addition to this, when you have the (paid) HAM plugin, you have Asset actions available on the Affected Cis related lists on  incidents and change request. This will drive the changes on the Assets for actions such as swap or retire.
See https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/washingtondc-it-service-management/page/product/incident-manageme...

Damhoej
Tera Guru

I found this webinar on youtube.


It really helps to understand and get the feeling on how to do it.



Alcor Webinar- How Is Asset Management Implemented in ServiceNow - YouTube