Application service form

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
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  • An application service is a configuration item (CI) that represents the operational view of a deployed application or your technology landscape. It logically models all technical components such as servers, databases, middleware, and configurations, that work together to deliver a specific business capability. Application services are linked to business applications in the CMDB.

    Application service form fields

    Table 1. Key Attributes section form fields
    Field Description
    Name A unique, descriptive name that identifies the application service and distinguishes it from other services supporting the same business application.
    Location Specifies where the application service is hosted or primarily operated, such as a data center or geographic location.
    Short Description Briefly describes what this application service delivers or supports, such as the capability or function it enables.
    Created Date and time when the application service record was created. These fields are system‑generated and read‑only.
    Created by This is field is non-editable field.
    Updated Date and time when the application service record was last updated. These fields are system‑generated and read‑only.
    Updated by Name of the user who updated the application service.
    Support group The group responsible for supporting this application service during normal operations.
    Supported by Name of the user who supports the application service.
    Managed by Name of the user who manages the application service.
    Managed by group Name of the user group who manages the application service.
    Environment Indicates the deployment environment of the service, such as Development, Test, or Production.
    Company Name of the company.
    Manufacturer Name of the manufacturer.
    Model ID Model ID associated with the service.
    Model number Number of the Model.
    Category This field is auto-populated as Business Service.
    Sub-category This field is auto-populated as Service.
    Department Name of the department.
    Table 2. Discovery Attributes section form fields
    Field Description
    Discovery source Identifies the source that populated or last updated this application service record, such as ServiceNow Discovery or Service Mapping.
    First discovered Date when the application service was first identified by discovery processes. These values are typically system‑managed.
    Most recent discovery Date when the application service was most recently identified by discovery processes. These values are typically system‑managed.
    Correlation ID Enter the co-relation ID.
    Skip sync Option to select to skip the sync. This is a read-only field.
    Table 3. Operational Attributes section form fields
    Field Description
    Life Cycle Stage Select the life cycle stage of the application service.
    Life Cycle Stage Status Select the status of the lifecycle stage.
    Attested by Name of the user who attested.
    Attested Date Date when the attestation is done.
    Attestation Status Select the attestation status as Attested or Rejected.
    Install Status Reason for the planned disposition decision.
    Operational status Select the operational state of the application service.
    Fault count Number of the fault count.
    Maintenance schedule Name of the maintenance schedule.
    Schedule Select the schedule for maintenance.
    Requires verification Option to select to request verification. This is a read-only field.
    Table 4. More Attributes section form fields
    Field Description
    Fully qualified domain name Fully qualified domain name of the application service.
    IP Address, MAC Address, and DNS Domain Network attributes associated with the application service. These fields are usually populated automatically from the CMDB and are not manually maintained in Enterprise Architecture.
    Serial number Enter the serial number.
    Attributes Enter attributes names.
    Comments Add comments.
    Monitor Option to select monitor.
    Can Print Option to print the details.