Indicators used in the CMDB success advisor for HAM dashboard

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  • Updated July 23, 2026
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    Summary of Indicators used in the CMDB success advisor for HAM dashboard

    The CMDB Success Advisor for Hardware Asset Management (HAM) dashboard provides key indicators that help ServiceNow customers monitor and improve the quality, completeness, and synchronization of hardware asset and Configuration Item (CI) data. These metrics enable high-level visibility into data health across the hardware CI lifecycle, supporting better asset management decisions and compliance with configuration standards.

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    Key Indicators and Their Practical Use

    • Assets created for virtual CIs: Tracks daily creation of virtual hardware assets in the Hardware [almhardware] table that are operational and marked as virtual, helping validate virtual asset management.
    • Assets missing CI: Identifies hardware assets actively in use without a linked operational CI, highlighting gaps in asset-to-CI relationships.
    • CIs by normalization status: Groups CI records by model category and normalization status to assess data consistency based on hardware product model normalization.
    • CI install status vs. asset state matched/mismatched: Compares installation status of CIs to the expected asset state, ensuring synchronized and accurate asset lifecycle data.
    • CI lifecycle stage vs. asset lifecycle stage matched/mismatched: Evaluates alignment of lifecycle stages between CIs and linked assets, requiring the CSDM Activation plugin for support.
    • CIs missing critical attributes: Flags CIs missing key data fields such as linked asset, assigned owner, location, managed by group, manufacturer, model ID, model name, model number, or serial number to improve data completeness.
    • CIs not updated in last X days: Measures CIs that have not been updated for 7, 14, 30, 60, or 90 days, helping identify stale data that may affect accuracy.
    • Duplicate CIs: Detects duplicate CI records using the HAM duplicate CI audit process, enabling cleanup and consolidation of asset data.
    • Hardware CIs grouped by model category and discovery source: Provides daily grouping of hardware CIs to analyze inventory by type and origin of discovery.

    Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    By leveraging these indicators in the CMDB Success Advisor for HAM dashboard, customers can:

    • Gain rapid insights into hardware asset and CI data health and integrity.
    • Identify and resolve discrepancies between assets and their CIs to ensure accurate configuration management.
    • Monitor data completeness by tracking missing critical CI attributes essential for asset lifecycle management and compliance.
    • Detect outdated or stale CI records to maintain up-to-date and reliable configuration data.
    • Uncover duplicate records to reduce data redundancy and improve reporting accuracy.
    • Support alignment of lifecycle stages between assets and CIs, enhancing synchronization across asset management processes.

    These indicators ultimately enable more reliable hardware asset management, better decision-making, and improved compliance with ServiceNow’s Configuration Management Database (CMDB) best practices.

    Indicators enable viewing of high-level metrics that highlight data quality, completeness, and synchronization issues across hardware assets and configuration items (CIs).

    CMDB success advisor for HAM dashboard indicators

    Assets created for virtual CIs
    Total number of virtual CI assets in the Hardware [alm_hardware] table created daily, where the life cycle stage of CI is operational, the asset field is not empty, and the CI is marked as virtual.
    Assets missing CI
    Total number of hardware assets in the Hardware [alm_hardware] table missing a linked CI from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class, measured daily, where the CI is operational, the asset is actively in use, and no CI is linked to the asset.
    CIs by normalization status
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class, measured daily and grouped by model category and HAM normalization status, based on the Normalized status field on the associated hardware product model.
    CI install status vs. asset state matched
    All CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class where the installation status correctly aligns with the expected asset state, promoting accurate and reliable asset management.
    CI install status vs. asset state mismatched
    All CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class with an installation status that doesn’t align with the expected asset state, resulting in erroneous asset management.
    CI lifecycle stage vs. asset lifecycle stage matched
    All CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class with a life cycle stage matched between the CI and its linked asset. This indicator is supported only on instances where the CSDM Activation plugin (com.snc.cmdb.csdm.activation) is installed and migrated to life cycle stage.
    CI lifecycle stage vs. asset lifecycle stage mismatched
    All CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class with a life cycle stage mismatch between the CI and its linked asset. This indicator is supported only on instances where the CSDM Activation plugin (com.snc.cmdb.csdm.activation) is installed and migrated to life cycle stage.
    CIs missing asset
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a linked asset, measured daily, where the life cycle stage of CI is operational and no asset is associated with the CI.
    CIs missing assigned to
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing an assigned owner, measured daily, where the CI lacks an assigned owner.
    CIs missing location
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a location, measured daily, where the CI doesn’t have a location assigned.
    CIs missing managed by group
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a managed by group, measured daily, where the CI doesn’t have a managed by group assigned.
    CIs missing manufacturer
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a manufacturer, measured daily, where the CI doesn’t have a manufacturer specified.
    CIs missing model ID
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a model ID, measured daily, where the CI doesn’t have a model ID or model display name specified.
    CIs missing model name
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a model name, measured daily, where the CI doesn’t have a model name specified, with or without a model ID.
    CIs missing model number
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a model number, measured daily, where the CI is not associated with a model ID, or is associated with a model ID that is missing a model number.
    CIs missing serial number
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class missing a serial number, measured daily, where the CI doesn’t have a serial number assigned.
    CIs not updated in last 7 days
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class not updated in the last seven days, measured daily, where the update timestamp is older than seven days.
    CIs not updated in last 14 days
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class not updated in the last 14 days, measured daily, where the update timestamp is older than 14 days.
    CIs not updated in last 30 days
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class not updated in the last 30 days, measured daily, where the update timestamp is older than 30 days.
    CIs not updated in last 60 days
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class not updated in the last 60 days, measured daily, where the update timestamp is older than 60 days.
    CIs not updated in last 90 days
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class not updated in the last 90 days, measured daily, where the update timestamp is older than 90 days.
    Duplicate CIs
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class identified as duplicates, measured daily, based on the results of the HAM duplicate CI audit process.
    Hardware CIs group by
    Total number of CI records from the Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware] class, measured daily and grouped by model category and discovery source.