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# Working with TRM lifecycle with wildcard

# Working with TRM lifecycle with wildcard {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

You can use Technology Reference Model (TRM) lifecycles with wildcards to update multiple TRM software product lifecycles simultaneously without having to specify the exact minor version details of individual TRM software products.  
A TRM lifecycle with a wildcard is a TRM software product that has lifecycle version that ends with a '\*'. The '\*' means that exact specific version details aren't provided.  
Note:  
To define a version for a specific TRM product, see [Add a TRM product lifecycle](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ykPzDRPwqWZ5bvHJhZRsmA "As an Enterprise Architect, you can add a new TRM product lifecycle.").

## Use of TRM lifecycle with wildcard {#eaw-trm-wildcard-to-create-technical-debts__section_kx3_41w_cdc}

The TRM lifecycle with wildcard helps you to automatically identify, categorize, and update TRM software products.

You can also create technical debts in bulk for multiple unapproved TRM software product versions, simultaneously.  
Suppose you use Microsoft PowerPoint and have multiple versions like 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 installed for your organization. You create a TRM wildcard with the version ending 1.\*. Now, you update some details of the TRM lifecycle with wildcard. When the Populate TRM technical debts in the EA Workspace job runs for the TRM wildcard, the updated data from the TRM lifecycle with wildcard is passed on to versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.

## Create a TRM lifecycle with wildcard {#eaw-trm-wildcard-to-create-technical-debts__section_g4y_bcw_cdc}

A TRM lifecycle with wildcard is created in a similar process as to how you would request a TRM product lifecycle. For information on how to add a TRM product lifecycle, see [Add a TRM product lifecycle](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ykPzDRPwqWZ5bvHJhZRsmA "As an Enterprise Architect, you can add a new TRM product lifecycle.").

The only difference is, the TRM wildcard version ends with a '\*'.

You must be a part of the enterprise architects group to be able to create a TRM wildcard.

## Limitations of TRM lifecycle with wildcard {#eaw-trm-wildcard-to-create-technical-debts__section_kth_vcw_cdc}

A TRM wildcard can't create technical debts when the full version of a particular TRM software product exists.
**Related concepts**   

* [Manage TRM technical debt](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/WRSMb3ga5T6SBxhZ8i6TdA "Manage the TRM technical debts that are created for the products that aren’t approved for the usage.")
* [TRM Technical Debt calculation in Enterprise Architecture Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/c5qBciaAERIO8YnkEiQOmw "A TRM technical debt indicates the unapproved usage of a software. The technical debts table [sn_apm_trm_standards_technical_debt], displays the TRM products and associated business applications details, and the reason for the technical debt.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [View TRM technical debts](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/GiIGTpfnRHJ8q4fTjiZDvA "You can view the Technology Reference Model (TRM) technical debts that are created for the products that aren’t aligned with the TRM phases and standards.")
* [Run a scheduled job to update TRM technical debt data in EA Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/13ZQOq7EWHFNnZmIB9WKXQ "Run a scheduled job to fetch the TRM technical debts data. You must run this job to see the products that are not approved for usage in your enterprise according to the TRM phases defined in Enterprise Architecture Workspace > Setup>TRM Phases>All. You can schedule this job to periodically update the TRM technical debt for all business applications.")
* [Add a TRM product lifecycle](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ykPzDRPwqWZ5bvHJhZRsmA "As an Enterprise Architect, you can add a new TRM product lifecycle.")