Network Inventory Core release notes

  • Release version: Store
  • Updated June 11, 2026
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    Summary of Network Inventory Core release notes

    The Network Inventory Core application on the ServiceNow Store provides robust capabilities for managing network inventory, focusing on physical and data center asset management. The release notes detail version updates from August 2022 through June 2026, highlighting key enhancements in inventory modeling, security, usability, and integration with telecom standards such as TMF 639.

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    Key Features

    • Rack & Slot Management Enhancements (v6.1.2, June 2026): Supports multi-slot card placement with a slot picker that hides occupied slots, simplifying equipment positioning within racks.
    • Slot Span Validation: Ensures correct definition of rack and template slot spans, preventing incomplete or empty configurations.
    • Hierarchy Naming Improvements: Card naming in hierarchy trees now defaults to model names with fallback to template names, improving clarity and consistency.
    • Network Interface Form Layout: Additional relevant fields displayed directly in the Network Inventory view for faster editing of Network Interface and Model records.
    • Security Enhancements: Expanded access control on core inventory tables, enforcement of security-aware record queries, and replacement of broad queries with secure system- and user-scoped queries to reduce data exposure risk.
    • Data Model Extensions: Added support for bearable weight, electric power assignment, equipment holder classes, and cable-to-strand relationships (v3.0.1, August 2024).
    • Telecom Industry Integration: Support for TMF 639 API (POST, DELETE, GET), integration with Order Management for Telecommunications and Media, and operational CI management.
    • Template and Metadata Support: Creation and storage of metadata, templates, and network inventory data with support for custom naming patterns and auto-creation of slots/interfaces based on model relationships (v1.1.1, August 2022).

    Key Outcomes

    • Improved Inventory Accuracy and Efficiency: Multi-slot card support and slot span validation reduce errors in physical asset placement and configuration.
    • Enhanced Security and Compliance: Strengthened access controls and query handling protect sensitive inventory data and comply with security best practices.
    • Simplified Network Inventory Management: Smarter naming conventions and enriched form layouts enable faster and clearer inventory updates.
    • Broader Industry Compatibility: Integration with telecom standards and operational CI workflows support complex network environments and telecom-specific requirements.
    • Extensibility and Customization: Data model enhancements and template APIs facilitate tailored inventory management aligned with organizational needs.

    Version history for the Network Inventory Core application on the ServiceNow Store.

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    For details on system requirements and family compatibility, view the application listing on the ServiceNow Store website.

    Version history

    Version 6.1.2 - June 2026
    • This release strengthens data center and physical inventory management, hardens platform security, and improves overall reliability.
    • New & Improved Capabilities  - Rack & slot management — Card placement now supports multi-slot cards, and the slot picker automatically hides occupied slots, making it faster and more accurate to  position equipment in racks.  - Slot span validation — Added validation so rack and template slot spans are always correctly defined, preventing incomplete or empty slot-span configurations.  - Smarter hierarchy naming — Cards in the hierarchy tree are now named from their model, with an automatic fallback to the template name when no model name is available,  giving clearer and more consistent naming.  - Network interface form layout — Network Interface and Network Interface Model records now surface additional relevant fields directly in the Network Inventory view for  quicker editing.
    • Security & Reliability  - Expanded access control coverage across core inventory tables to fully support secure query-range operations.  - Hardened data access by enforcing security-aware record queries throughout core logic.  - Replaced broad query handling with system- and user-scoped secure queries to close potential data-exposure gaps.  - Improved query reliability by resolving entities dynamically by table rather than relying on fixed identifiers.
    Version 6.0.1 - March 2026
    This release contains same feature set as before without new or changes.
    Version 5.1.0 - December 2025
    No Changes.
    Version 5.0.0 - August 2025
    CI classes supporting facility classes.
    Version 4.0.1 - February 2025
    No additional changes.
    Version 3.1.1 - November 2024
    • New: Enabled Deny ACL (effective from Yokohama release onwards)
    • Fixed:
      • IRE for TMF 639 API
      • Slot span field applicability conditions
      • Slot/interface naming execution defect with Enterprise product model
    Version 3.0.1 - August 2024
    • New:
      • Data model to capture bearable weight and bearable weight units are added to inventory models
      • Data model to capture assigned electric power is added Equipment Holder class
      • Cable to strand model relationship
      • Cable Template
    • Changed: Inventory models are moved to the Enterprise product model. New installations will have the latest data model while upgrades will have both new and legacy inventory data model
    • Fixed: Interconnect facility for classes which are child to Telco Equipment Class
    • Removed: Deprecated legacy inventory product models
    Version 2.0.0 - February 2024
    • New:
      • Channelization and Strand Management
      • Decommission of CI
      • Revision and opertaionlization of an operational CI
    • Changed: Design and Assign flows
    Version 1.4.7 - January 2024
    • Fixed:
      • Misconfiguration of table/field ACLs within the 'com.app-ni-core' plugin has been resolved
      • "Add Card" use case failure due to the service offering being present has been resolved.
    Version 1.4.2 - September 2023
    Fixes.
    Version 1.4.1 - August 2023
    • New:
      • Enablement of Attribute Pack
      • Number Management
      • TNI HAM Integration
      • TMF-639 Patch
    • Changed: Enable record producer for change.
    • Fixed: Equipment Holder data model change.
    • Removed: Related Party.
    Version 1.3.5 - March 2023
    Fixed: Added additional validations to ensure the cross-impact of TNI Workspace and SOW Workspace.
    Version 1.3.3 - February 2023
    • Changed:
      • Updated business logic to work with a broader network inventory data model.
      • Integrated OMT-TNI to initiate change requests for the order tasks of Order Management for Telecommunications and Media application.
      • Define a catalog of inventory functions and subflows to execute the network inventory design and assign activities via user-defined flows/subflows.
    Version 1.1.1 - August 2022
    • New:
      • Data Model to create and store Metadata, Template and Network Inventory data.
      • Support custom name patterns for Slots and Interfaces
      • Auto creation of Slots and Interface for Equipment and Card Templates based on Model Relationship
      • Support for TMF639- POST, DELETE and GET
      • Support for Template API to create resources and relationships via Template