Decommission an inventory record
Decommission an inventory record that you want to remove from Telecommunications Network Inventory.
Before you begin
Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin, and sn_ni_core.inventory_template_manager
About this task
When you decommission a CI record, all the related tables of the CI are removed and the Life Cycle Stage, Life Cycle Stage Status of this CI changes.
Procedure
Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
Select the list icon (
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List icon.\), and then go to **Inventory**.
List icon.\), and then go to **Inventory**.
Open the inventory list and select an inventory CI record that you want to decommission.
Select the more options icon (
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More Options icon.\) and then select **Decommission**.
More Options icon.\) and then select **Decommission**.
All the related tables are removed. Also, the **Life Cycle Stage** field is set to **End of Life** and the **Life Cycle Stage Status** field is set to **Retired** if the **Asset** is not used by the CI. Otherwise, the **Life Cycle Stage** field is set to **Inventory** and the **Life Cycle Stage Status** field is set to **Available**.
**Note:** Decommission fails if the selected CI has any child CIs as follows.
|Inventory name|Relationship that fails decommission|
|--------------|------------------------------------|
|Network site|Site, equipment, or equipment holder|
|Interface card|Interface used by any physical or logical connection|
|Network interface|Interface linked with physical or logical connection|
|Physical/Logical connection|Any connection that is used by another connection as a connection element.|
|Equipment holder|Rack linked with an equipment or shelf, a shelf linked to an equipment, slot, or subslot linked to a card.|
|Equipment|Physical or logical interface linked to a connection or to a physical interface that has a logical connection.|
Parent Topic:Manually creating and reviewing your network asset instances