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Telecom Asset Management: Application Overview

Use the Telecom Asset Management application to develop an electronic inventory of your telecom items and model the connections between telecom assets. You can also develop other equipment assets, such as building equipment, from this application.

Note: The features of the Telecom Asset Management application are a subset of the features available with the Asset Management application and Enterprise Asset Management application. The Telecom Asset Management application is designed for users upgrading from Windows Client/Server Telecommunications & Cabling Management who want the predominantly equivalent functionality in the Web Central environment but do not need the additional features available with Asset Management and Enterprise Asset Management.

Procedure

1. Review these concepts:
   • Planning your Connection Inventory.
   • ARCHIBUS Telecom Terminology
   • Telecom Area Level and Service Type
   • Methods for Creating Telecom Assets
   • Comparing Telecom Connections in Client/Server and Web Central

2. Develop background data about your facility.
3. Develop the background data required for your equipment and telecom inventory.
4. Develop your telecom inventory with either, or a combination, of these methods:
   • Represent Equipment and Telecom Devices in CAD

• Use the Telecom Console to enter your telecom items into the database.
  • Create Equipment
  • Create Faceplates
  • Create Jacks
  • Create Patch Panels
  • Create Ports
  • Automatically Create Jacks for Faceplates
  • Automatically Create Ports for Patch Panels
  • Automatically Create Ports for Equipment

  For information on how to work with the Telecom Console, see:

  • Telecom Console: Overview
  • Filter Data
  • Select and View Assets in the Floor Plan

5. Use the tools of the Telecom Console to connect your telecom assets.
6. As needed for troubleshooting, moves, and new hires, look up connections using the Telecom Console's trace and highlight features.
7. Maintain your telecom connections. As needed, add to the telecom inventory and update your connections.
   • Edit a Telecom Asset
   • Connect Telecom Assets
   • Trace Telecom Assets
   • View Assets in the Floor Plan
   • View Telecom Connections in the Floor Plan

8. If you wish to associate employees with your telecom inventory, use the Equipment Assets Console to make employee assignments.
9. Optional: Add warranties, insurance, and service contracts to your equipment items. (This feature is available only for equipment; it is not available for patch panels, faceplates, and jacks).
   • View and Edit Insurance Policies
   • View and Edit Insurers
   • View Equipment by Insurance Policy
   • Add and Edit Warranties
   • View Equipment by Warranty
   • Tracking Leased Equipment
   • Define and Edit Service Contracts

10. Document the software used in your equipment inventory. See Software: Process Overview.
11. Maintain your equipment inventory over time as conditions change in the field. Users with the Asset & Equipment Survey mobile app can periodically survey their facility and update the inventory accordingly. For information, see Asset & Equipment Survey Mobile App and Managing an Equipment Survey.
12. Review and analyze your equipment data using Equipment reports.