Publish an asset to the hardware catalog

Publish an asset to the hardware catalog so that you can procure the asset by using the Telecommunications Network Inventory application integration with the Hardware Asset Management application.

Avant de commencer

Before you can publish an asset to the hardware catalog, make sure that an inventory model record has already been created for that asset. If there's no record, you can create an inventory model record. To learn more, see Create inventory models.

Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin, sn_ni_core.telco_inventory_catalog_manager

Pourquoi et quand exécuter cette tâche

You can publish an asset to the hardware catalog to make it available as a catalog item. You can procure the asset by creating a service request. To learn more about how to create a service request, see Create a service request to procure assets.

Procédure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
2. Select the list icon (), and then go to Inventory Models > Equipment Models.
   To publish an interface card, select Interface Card Models.
3. From the list of records, select the inventory model record that you want.
4. Select Publish to Hardware Catalog.
   If the inventory model is already added to the hardware catalog, the Publish to Hardware Catalog button doesn’t appear.
5. In the Category field, select the hardware asset.
6. Select OK.

Résultats

A catalog item is created for your asset.

Concepts associés

• Telecommunications Network Inventory integration with Hardware Asset Management