Create a change request from Network Inventory Workspace

Create, review, update, or close a change request for a change model from the network inventory workspace of the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. You can also analyze the instantiation details of the network instance.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin, sn_ni_core.inventory_agent, sn_ni_core.inventory_template_manager, sn_ni_core.telco_inventory_catalog_manager

About this task

You can create, review, update, or close a change request task in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
2. Select the list icon (), and then go to Changes > All.
3. Optional: View the list of your assigned change tasks by selecting Assigned to me.
   Note:

   The list view of Changes displays the list of all change requests, regardless of the domain. Add a filter to see only the telecommunications network inventory (TNI)-related change requests.
4. Select New.
5. In the search field, use the filter to select any one of the following change models that you want to create a change request for:
   • Add card
   • Create Inventory Equipment
   • Create Logical Connection
   • Create Physical Connection
   • Create Rack/Cabinet
   • Add equipment to Rack/Cabinet
   • Remove Equipment/Shelf from Rack/Cabinet
   • IP Address Allocation
   • Phone Number Allocation

   Note:

   For design assign link aggregation group and GPON broadband service, see Create a Link Aggregation Group using design and assign function and Design your GPON Broadband Service.
6. Select Next.
   A record producer or a change request form is displayed depending on the decision table entry. To learn more, see Assign a record producer form to a change model.
7. Select Save.
   A change request is created and related tabs appear. To learn more, see Change request related tabs.
8. On the Overview tab, do one or more of the following actions:
   • View or update a summary of this change request.
   • Add scopes.

     To learn more, see Scopes.

   • Assign this change request to a group or a person.
     Note:

     To assign this change request, select Assign > fill in the assignment group and assigned to > Save.
   • Set a schedule for this change request. To learn more, see Schedules.
   • Calculate the risks for this change request.

     When you select Calculate Risk, it analyzes an update in the Risk field on the Details tab.

   • View and create the change tasks by selecting New.

     To learn more, see Create and execute a change task in Telecommunications Network Inventory.

9. On the Details tab, fill in the fields.
   For a description of the field values, see Change request and change task forms.
10. Select Save.
    A change task is created and based on the details provided. The other related tabs are also updated, such as the Affected CIs, and the Impacted services/CIs.
11. Optional: Select a tab to see the impact that it has on the change request.

What to do next

Create, review, update, or close the change tasks.

For more information, see Create and execute a change task in Telecommunications Network Inventory.