Define your inventory groups

An inventory group is a collection of CIs that lets you apply CI actions collectively to all the CIs in Telecommunications Network Inventory application. By defining inventory groups, you can group different CIs, and apply actions to all CIs.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin, sn_ni_core.inventory_agent

Note:

An inventory agent and inventory admin only can review, create, and update an inventory group. Also, only an inventory admin can delete a group.

About this task

An inventory group represents a group of configuration items(CIs). In a group, you can add any CI but you cannot be duplicate a CI.

When you create an inventory group, it creates a group in the inventory group[cmdb_group] table. To learn more, see Data model for Telecommunications Network Inventory.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
2. Click the list icon (), and then click Inventory > Inventory Groups
3. Click New.
4. On the Details tab, in the CMDB Group section, fill in the following information for the inventory group.

   Table 1. CMDB Group

   Field	Description
   Group Name	Name of the inventory group
   Group type	Select one of the following group type CMDB Workspace Default Health Network Inventory Group
   Description	Describe your inventory group
   Category	Select one of the following category Segment Section Route Others

5. To add the attachments, such as graphics or documents, click the attachment icon () in the right panel.
6. Click Save.
   The related tabs appear on the form. You can view or modify the related tab information. To learn more about the related tabs, see Related tabs in the Network inventory forms.

   Note:

   To see the last modified or updated information, see the list view of the Inventory Groups.

What to do next

If you want to establish relationships with the other network assets, enter the details in the related tabs. To learn more, see Related tabs in the Network inventory forms.