Associating Asset Types with Lifecycle Model
Pre-requisites:
To associate asset types to an organization-specific lifecycle model, you must have the Manage Lifecycle Models permission for the organization.
By default, users in the CentraSite Administrator or Organization Administrator role have this permission, although an administrator can grant this permission to other roles.
When a lifecycle model is assigned to an asset type and the lifecycle model is activated (that is, set to the state Productive), all existing assets of this type in the user's organization are assigned to the first state of the lifecycle model. Also, each subsequently created asset of the given asset type in the user's organization is automatically associated with the lifecycle model and is initially set to the first state of the lifecycle model.
An asset type can only be associated with one lifecycle model within an organization. If a lifecycle model includes an asset type that is already associated with another lifecycle model in the same organization, an error message is displayed when you try to activate the lifecycle model.
If you need to add another asset type to a lifecycle model that is already in the Productive state, you must create a new version of the lifecycle model and add the asset type to the new version.
You can associate asset types to a lifecycle model using the Lifecycle Model details page.
To associate a lifecycle model to an asset
1. In the CentraSite Business UI activity bar, click Design Time.
2. Select the lifecycle model for which you want to associate asset types.
This opens the Lifecycle Model details page.
3. In the area labeled Basic Information, locate the Applicable Types list.
4. Click the chevron next to the Applicable Types list.
A list of available asset types that can be associated with the lifecycle model is displayed.
5. To define that a particular asset type must be associated with the lifecycle model, select the asset type from the Applicable Types list.
Note:
If you apply a lifecycle model to the Service asset type that has Virtual types associated with it, the model automatically applies to the asset instances of the Virtual types when both of the following conditions are met:
Virtual type's
Inherit Base Type LCM option is selected.
Virtual type does not have a lifecycle model assigned to it.