In UIM, a service represents the way that a product is realized and delivered to a customer. For example, a DSL Gold product is delivered as a DSL Gold service, enabled by appropriate resources.
You define Service specifications to record basic information about the service. You define Service Configuration specifications to record versionable sets of facts about the service. As these facts evolve over time, you can create new configuration versions. See "About Configurations" for more information.
Network-oriented services are a specialization that support multipoint and point-to-point packet connectivity. These services are part of a larger network-oriented service arrangement that includes other entities, such as networks and service locations.
For network-oriented services that support multipoint connectivity, you determine whether the service is the network service (the parent of the service arrangement) or a member service. The Network Oriented Service Type data element in the Service Specification editor includes Network and Member values for this purpose. If no value is set, the service can be a point-to-point network-oriented service or a service that is not involved with packet connectivity.
See UIM Concepts for more information about network-oriented services.
When working with Service specifications, see "Service Specification Editor" for reference information about the tabs you use to define a Service specification.
Working with Service Configuration Specifications
You use the Service Specification editor to define Service specifications. When working with the Service Specification editor, see the following topics:
Use the Service Properties tab to set and view the Network Oriented Service Type value.
| Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Network Oriented Service Type | Displays the name of the Service Configuration specification.
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Use the Service Configurations tab to select, add, and remove a service configuration.
| Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Service Configuration | Displays the name of the Service Configuration specification. |
| Cartridge | Displays the name of the cartridge project into which the Service Configuration specification is built. |
| Select | Click to select and add an existing service configuration to the Service specification. |
| Open | Click to open the selected service configuration in the Service Configuration Specification editor. |
| Remove | Click to remove the selected service configuration from the Service specification. |
| Add | Click to create a new service configuration and add it to the Service specification. See "Adding Existing Configurations to a Service Specification" for more information. |
Use the Related Specifications tab to define and review specification relationships. Only relationships with the entity types listed in this tab are meaningful by default in UIM. If you add specifications to the Others section, you must define custom rulesets that trigger actions or behavior based on those relationships.
| Section | Use |
|---|---|
| Inventory Groups | Lists the specifications of inventory groups to which services based on this specification can belong. |
| Others | Lists specifications of entities that have a customized relationship with entities based on this specification. |