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Telecom Assets: Application Overview

Use the Telecom Assets 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, and track how telecom equipment fits within your larger equipment systems.

Note: The features of the Telecom Assets application are a subset of the features available with the Assets application and Enterprise Assets application. The Telecom Assets application is designed for users upgrading from Archibus 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 Assets and Enterprise Assets.

For information on updating a Client/Server Telecom Inventory for use with the Telecom Console, see Migrating Telecom Data Developed in Client/Server to Web Central

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
   • Telecom Console: Overview
2. Develop background data about your facility, including background data for equipment systems.
3. Develop the telecom-specific background data.
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 in the database, or edit items created from CAD.
   • 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 Telecom Area Equipment
   • Edit a Telecom Asset
   • For information on working with the Telecom Console, see:
     • Telecom Console: Overview
     • Use the Telecom Console's Filter
     • Work with Floor Plans
     • Query an Asset on the Floor Plan

5. Connect your telecom assets.
   • Connect Telecom Assets Using the Floor Plan
   • Connect Telecom Assets from the Grid
6. As needed for troubleshooting, moves, and new hires, look up connections using the Telecom Console's trace and highlight features.
   • View Telecom Connections on a Floor Plan
   • List Telecom Connections on Forms
   • Highlight Rooms with Connected Telecom Devices
7. Maintain your telecom connections. As needed, add to the telecom inventory and update your connections.
8. If you wish to associate employees with your telecom inventory, use the Equipment Assets Console to make employee assignments.
9. Optional: Document your telecom equipment within your larger equipment systems using the Equipment Systems Console.
10. 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
11. Document the software used in your equipment inventory. See Software: Process Overview.
12. 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.
13. Review and analyze your equipment data using Equipment reports.