Network Inventory Workspace Lists view

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Network Inventory Workspace Lists view

    The Lists view in the Network Inventory Workspace provides ServiceNow customers with streamlined access to various telecommunications network inventory classes and functions. Accessible via the list icon on the left side of the workspace, this view enables efficient management and navigation of network inventory tasks such as site management, asset creation, capacity calculation, and administration.

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    Key Features

    • My Lists Tab: Allows creation of separate or customized versions of existing lists for personalized inventory management.
    • Filtered Lists: Quickly access network inventory classes and tasks organized under different categories for ease of use.
    • Network Inventory Classes: Includes key classes such as:
      • Sites: View, update, or create network sites and data center details.
      • Inventory: Manually create network asset instances and define relationships.
      • Inventory Number Allocation: Manage VLANs and LAGs through inventory numbering.
      • Services: Manage and model network services.
      • Inventory Models and Templates: Create metadata, templates, and define relationships for asset instantiation.
      • Inventory Capacity: Calculate physical network entity capacity.
      • Import: Import models and templates into the application.
      • Administration: Configure the application settings; note that write/delete access is restricted to users with admin roles.
      • Changes: Instantiate network inventory using design and assign workflows.
      • Procurement: Generate bills of materials to facilitate hardware asset procurement.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the Lists view, ServiceNow customers can efficiently manage telecommunications network assets and configurations through organized access to inventory classes and administrative functions. This enables streamlined network site management, asset instantiation, capacity planning, and integration with procurement processes, all while maintaining role-based access controls for administration tasks.

    You use the Lists view to access the inventory classes and functions to perform the Network Inventory tasks.

    From the Lists view, on the left side of the Network Inventory Workspace, you can access most of the Telecommunications Network Inventory classes and functions. To access the Lists view, select the list icon (List icon).

    From the My Lists tab, you can create a separate list or a different version of the existing list.

    Figure 1. List view
    List view in Telecommunications Network Inventory Workspace.

    In the lists pane, you can quickly access classes and tasks by using the filtered lists under different categories.

    You can access the following classes:
    Table 1. Network Inventory classes
    Class Details
    Sites View listings of network sites and data centers. Update or create site details. To learn more about network site, see cd03bcf4100b78f7354f66e143b9aa86a2b8a05b.dita. To learn more about data centers, see Define the datacenter details.
    Inventory Manually create the individual instances of your network assets and define their relationships to each other. To learn more, see Manually creating and reviewing your network asset instances.
    Inventory Number Allocation Manage your virtual local area networks (VLANs) or link aggregation groups (LAG) by using the inventory number allocation feature in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. To learn more, see Inventory number allocation.
    Services Manage and model your networks using services in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. To learn more, see
    Inventory Models Create the metadata for the inventory models and then define their relationships to each other for network asset instantiation. To learn more, see:
    Network Inventory Templates Create the inventory and default templates and then define their relationships to each other for network asset instantiation. To learn more, see:
    Inventory Capacity Calculate the capacity of physical entities in your network. To learn more, see Capacity management.
    Import Import your models an templates using Import in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. To learn more, see Import Models and Templates.
    Administration Configure the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. To learn more, see Configuring Telecommunications Network Inventory.
    Note:
    All selections in the Lists view are accessible to all user roles, including the following selections under the Administration node. However, only those users with an assigned admin role have write or delete access privileges in the administration functions.
    Changes Instantiate your network inventory using design and assign. To learn more, seeTelecommunications design and assign.
    Procurement Create the bill of materials to procure the network assets. To learn more, see Telecommunications Network Inventory integration with Hardware Asset Management.