By SDLC Component view - Legacy

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    Summary of By SDLC Component view - Legacy

    The By SDLC Component view in ServiceNow displays a hierarchical structure of SDLC Components, Application Services, Hardware Models, and Software Models, allowing you to see how these elements interrelate. It presents business applications at the same indentation level as application services, enabling a comprehensive view of all SDLC components along with their associated services, applications, and underlying hardware and software models.

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    This view is available when the ServiceNow Common Service Data Model (CSDM) version 4.0 is implemented and supports compliance with CSDM v4.0 standards for Configuration Management Database (CMDB) relationships.

    Key Features

    • Displays SDLC Components categorized as Application or Infrastructure types, showing their deployed instances as Application Services or infrastructure CIs.
    • Shows the sources of expanded software and hardware models linked to application services.
    • Supports creation and visualization of CMDB relationships between business applications, application services, and SDLC components using the cmdbrelci table, in line with CSDM v4.0 compliance.
    • Allows searching for specific SDLC components by name via the "Enter Search SDLC Component" field.
    • Only application services with at least one associated SDLC component are visible in this view.

    Practical Benefits

    This view enables ServiceNow customers to:

    • Understand the composition of larger business applications or digital products by breaking them down into individually developed SDLC components.
    • Gain visibility into the relationships between applications, their services, and underlying infrastructure and software models, improving configuration and change management.
    • Ensure CMDB data aligns with CSDM v4.0 standards for accurate and compliant service modeling.
    • Quickly identify and navigate to relevant SDLC components and their related application services and business applications for troubleshooting or impact analysis.

    The By SDLC Component view displays the  SDLC Components > Application Services > Hardware Models and  Software Models  structure in a succession. Also, the business applications are shown with the same indentation level of application services in the Business Application section.

    With this view, you can view all the SDLC components along with the associated application services and business applications. You can also view the underlying software and hardware models that are associated to the application services. When you expand the software and hardware models, you can view their sources. The By SDLC Component view is available when ServiceNow® Common Service Data Model v4.0 is implemented.

    The SDLC component is a configuration item that represents a unique code development effort. The purpose of the SDLC component is to represent the parts of a larger business application or digital product broken down into its individually developed components. An SDLC component is a software part or element of a larger whole for an application or technology.

    There are two SDLC component types, Application and Infrastructure. Examples for type “Application” could be micro services and examples for type “Infrastructure” could be database configurations and security configurations. A deployed instance of an SDLC component of type “Application” would be an Application Service. A deployed instance of an SDLC component of type “Infrastructure” would be any infrastructure CI for which the SDLC component represents that snapshot of its configuration details.

    A CMDB relationship between a business application, application service, and SDLC component can be created using the CI relationship [cmdb_rel_ci] table. To create a CMDB relationship with the compliance of CSDM v4.0, a relationship between an application service and an SDLC component and then between the SDLC component and the business application must be created.

    The advantage of the By SDLC Component view is that you can directly view all the application services and business applications that are related to an SDLC component. For information on how to create a CMDB relationship, see Relate business application to application service - Legacy.
    Note:
    With this view, you can only view the application services that have at least one SDLC component associated.

    With the By SDLC Component view, you can perform the following search:

    Use the Enter Search SDLC Component field to enter the name and search an SDLC component from the list in the SDLC Component column.