This chapter provides basic information about creating a network groom project. See "Grooming Scenarios" for detailed information about different scenarios involved in the network grooming process.
To create a facility groom:
On the navigation bar, select Inventory Management, and then click Network Grooming.
Click the Add New link.
The Groom Request Types window is displayed.
Select Facility.
Click OK.
The New Groom Facility window is displayed.
In the Project Information section, complete the Groom Name, Description, Target Due Date, and Organization fields.
Select the Facility option and click Search.
The Connection Hierarchy window is displayed.
Specify the search criteria and click Search.
Select the Far End or Near End option for the type of groom you want to perform.
Select the facility from the list.
Click Add.
The status of the facility changes to Pending Groom.
Note:
You can select multiple facilities from multiple source locations. Continue selecting facilities and clicking Add. You can add more facilities later when in the Network Groom Maintenance window by selecting Add Facility from the Options menu.Click OK.
In the Network Groom Maintenance window, select the Facility option.
Click Search.
The Connection Hierarchy Search window is displayed.
Specify the search criteria and click Search.
On the facility in the list view, select the connections you do not want included in the groom, and then click the Delete button at the bottom of the window.
On the facility in the list view, select all the connections you want included in the groom.
Note:
The connections that are not selected during the groom are disconnected. To exclude connections from the groom and leave them connected, delete them from the list.On the facility in the hierarchical view, right-click the connection and select Groom To.
You have now finished all the design changes. You must validate the project to verify that the assignments are valid. Validation takes place within the Groom To action, but because all network grooming projects are self-contained workspaces and may be built and worked over a long time frame, the inventory could have changed since the data was initially loaded into the workspace.
From the Options menu, select Validate.
From the File menu, select Save.
Close the Network Groom Maintenance window and return to the Network Groom Search window.
If your project is not already listed, click Modify Search.
Specify the name of the groom in the Groom Name field and click Search.
The network groom is displayed in the Network Groom Search window.
To process the design changes completed within the Network Grooming workspace, create an order.
Select the groom project, and from the Options menu, select Create EWO or Create ISR.
This automatically generates the grooming order and pre-populates it with all of the connections contained within the selected grooming projects. The ISR or EWO opens in read-only view because the information is retrieved from the saved groom and adding or removing connections from the order is not allowed. In addition, all network grooming projects associated to an open order are also read-only because modifying the workspace will invalidate the order. To make changes to the grooming workspace, you must supplement-cancel the order to place the project back in Created status.
Depending on the type of order you create, do one of the following:
For an EWO order:
Under Related Pages, click Manage Tasks.
Under Actions, click Assign Tasks.
For an ISR order:
From the Options menu, select Task Generations/Maintenance.
Select a provisioning plan containing the Design Layout Report Date (DLRD) (or similar) task and Due Date (DD) task at a minimum and assign the tasks to the appropriate work queues and click OK.
Complete the task preceding the DLRD (or similar) task.
Double-click the DLRD (or similar) task.
The Service Request Connections window is displayed, listing all of the connections on the order/project.
From the Options menu, select Process Groom.
Note:
You can supplement-cancel grooming orders until this step. After the application has started processing the data from the workspace, you cannot cancel the order. You can process small projects on the client machine. Oracle recommends that you process larger projects within the Background Processor.A confirmation message is displayed.
Click Yes.
The network groom project is processed.
After the groom processing is complete, you must place the connections in Record Issued or DLR Issued status.
From the Options menu, select Group Print.
The Print window is displayed.
Do one of the following:
To issue the connection layout record (CLR) or graphical layout record (GLR), select the Mark as Record Issued check box.
To issue the design layout report (DLR), select the Mark as DLR Issued check box.
Click OK.
Complete the DLRD (or similar) task.
Complete the DD task.
To create an equipment groom:
On the navigation bar, select Inventory Management, and then click Network Grooming.
Click the Add New link.
The Groom Request Types window is displayed.
Select Equipment.
Click OK.
The New Groom Equipment window is displayed.
In the Project Information section, complete the Groom Name, Description, Target Due Date, and Organization fields.
Select the Equipment option.
In the Network Location field, enter a network location and click Search.
Select the equipment from the list by selecting the check box to its left.
Click Add.
Note:
You can select multiple equipment from multiple source locations. Enter another network location to retrieve a list of available equipment at the new location. Continue selecting equipment and clicking Add. You can add more equipment later when in the Network Groom Maintenance window by selecting Add Equipment from the Options menu.Click OK.
In the Network Groom Maintenance window, select the Equipment option and click Search.
The Equipment Inventory Search window is displayed.
In the Network Location field, enter a network location.
Click Search.
On the equipment in the list view, select the connections you do not want included in the groom, and then click Delete at the bottom of the window.
On the equipment in the list view, select all connections you want included in the groom.
Note:
The connections that are not selected during the groom are disconnected. To exclude connections from the groom and leave them connected, delete them from the list.On the equipment in the hierarchical view, right-click the circuit and select Groom To.
You have now finished all the design changes. You must validate the project to verify that the assignments are valid. Validation takes place within the Groom To action, but because all network grooming projects are self-contained workspaces and may be built and worked over a long time frame, the inventory could have changed since the data was initially loaded into the workspace.
From the Options menu, select Validate.
From the File menu, select Save.
Close the Network Groom Maintenance window and return to the Network Groom Search window.
If your project is not already listed, click Modify Search.
Specify the name of the groom in the Groom Name field and click Search.
The network groom is displayed in the Network Groom Search window.
To process the design changes completed within the Network Grooming workspace, create an order.
Select the groom project and, from the Options menu, select Create EWO or Create ISR.
This automatically generates the grooming order and pre-populates it with all of the connections contained within the selected grooming projects. The ISR or EWO opens in read-only view because the information is retrieved from the saved groom and adding or removing connections from the order is not allowed. In addition, all network grooming projects associated to an open order are also read-only because modifying the workspace will invalidate the order. To make changes to the grooming workspace, you must supplement-cancel the order to place the project back in Created status.
Depending on the type of order you create, do one of the following:
For an EWO order:
Under Related Pages, click Manage Tasks.
Under Actions, click Assign Tasks.
For an ISR order:
From the Options menu, select Task Generations/Maintenance.
Select a provisioning plan containing the DLRD (or similar) task and DD task at a minimum and assign the tasks to the appropriate work queues and click OK.
Complete the task preceding the DLRD (or similar) task.
Double-click the DLRD task.
The Service Request Connections window is displayed, listing all of the connections on the order/project.
From the Options menu, select Process Groom.
Note:
You can supplement-cancel grooming orders until this step. After the application has started processing the data from the workspace, you cannot cancel the order. You can process small projects on the client machine. Oracle recommends that you process larger projects within the Background Processor.A confirmation message is displayed.
Click Yes.
The network groom project is processed.
After the groom processing is complete, you must place the connections in Record Issued or DLR Issued status.
From the Options menu, select Group Print.
The Print window is displayed.
Do one of the following:
To issue the connection layout record (CLR) or graphical layout record (GLR), select the Mark as Record Issued check box.
To issue the design layout report (DLR), select the Mark as DLR Issued check box.
Click OK.
Complete the DLRD (or similar) task.
Complete the DD task.