Configuring Telecommunications Network Inventory

Learn how to configure the Telecommunications Network Inventory application so that you can define your telecommunications network and create a comprehensive network inventory model.

• Install Telecommunications Network Inventory
  If you have the admin role, you can install the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. The application includes the demo data and installations that are related ServiceNow® Store applications and plugins, if they aren’t already installed.
• Assigning user roles for Telecommunications Network Inventory
  You can assign roles to control user access to specific features, capabilities, and data in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. These assigned roles enable or prevent access to specific forms and processes by users with the specified roles only.
• Define a location hierarchy
  Define a location hierarchy for your Telecommunications Network Inventory forms so that you can track and manage your network assets. By defining a location hierarchy, you can see where all your network equipment is located.
• Create manufacturer and vendor codes
  Create company codes by using the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. You can create codes for each manufacturer, vendor, or customer that you do business with. You can categorize these records to categorize the network assets.
• Create the components of a telephone number
  Create a central office code, country code, area code, and rate center for a series of telephone numbers by using the Telecommunications Network Inventory application.
• Configuring decision tables for Telecommunications Network Inventory
  You can configure decision tables to resolve complex tasks in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. For example, you can create, review, or delete an entry for tasks in a decision table in Decision Builder.
• Configure Telecommunications Network Inventory attributes
  Configure the core equipment table to enable the collection of the common Telecommunications Network Inventory attributes appear in the CI record. You use these attributes to create a Telecommunications Network Inventory CI record.
• Configuring an attribute pack table
  After you create an attribute pack table with the attributes that you define in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application, you can configure the mapping between the table and the inventory object that you want to use it with.
• Configuring capacity management
  Create and configure the capacity management function, definition, and metric in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. By using capacity management, you can calculate the maximum, occupied, and available capacity of your network assets.