Create a cable record by using design and assign

Create a cable record using the design and assign function in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. By creating the cable and related strand records, you can fulfill an order request for a fiber optical cable record.

Avant de commencer

Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin, sn_ni_core.inventory_agent

Pourquoi et quand exécuter cette tâche

When you instantiate a cable template, it creates the corresponding configuration item (CI) records in the Fiber Optical Cable [cmdb_ci_fiber_optical_cable] and Fiber Strand [cmdb_ci_fiber_strand] tables. To learn more about the cable data model, see Data model.

Procédure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
2. Select the list icon (), and then go to Changes > All.
3. Select the New button.
4. Select Add cable.
5. Select Next.
6. On the Details tab, fill in the fields.
   For a description of the field values, see Change request and change task forms.
7. Select Save.
   A change task is created.
8. Open the change task.
9. On the Task Attributes tab, fill in the fields.

   Tableau 1. Add cable form - Task attributes tab

   Field	Description
   A end termination	Network site where this cable is starting from.
   Z end termination	Network site where the cable is ending.
   Inventory template	Name of the inventory template for the cable model.

10. Select Submit.

Résultats

The cable and related strand records are created.

Concepts associés

• Create an inventory template for cable models

Tâches associées

• Create a cable model