Create capacity definition
Create a capacity definition in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. You can use multiple functions in the capacity definition to calculate the capacity of your network assets.
Before you begin
- Make sure that the Capacity Management plugin is installed with the Telecommunications Network Inventory application.
- You create capacity function records.
Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin
About this task
The capacity definition is an asynchronous way to trigger the capacity functions. You can use multiple functions in the capacity definition to calculate the maximum, occupied, and available capacity of your network assets. When you create a capacity definition, it stores the record in the Capacity Definition [sn_cap_mgmt_definition] table.
Procedure
Navigate to All > Capacity Management > Definitions.
Select New.
On the form, fill in the fields.
To learn more about the fields, see Capacity Definition form.
Select Submit.
Result
The capacity definition record is created.
What to do next
You can use the definition for capacity calculation. When you run the capacity definition, it creates the metric and the results aggregate to it. You can navigate to All > Capacity Management > Metrics and open the capacity metric record, which you want to see the details.
Parent Topic:Configuring capacity management
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