ServiceNow Updated CIS-HAM Exam Questions and Answers by yusha

The capability blueprint is a framework that helps organizations assess their current and desired state of hardware asset management maturity.

The capability blueprint consists of five tiers, each representing a different level of capability and value.

The five tiers are:

Trustworthy data: The foundation of hardware asset management, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.

Practical management: The basic level of hardware asset management, enabling visibility, control, and compliance of hardware assets.

Operational integration: The intermediate level of hardware asset management, enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, and collaboration of hardware asset processes.

Strategic conformance: The advanced level of hardware asset management, achieving best-in-class performance, optimization, and alignment of hardware assets with business goals.

Business transformation: The ultimate level of hardware asset management, enabling innovation, agility, and competitive advantage through hardware asset management.

The tier that focuses on achieving best-in-class is the strategic conformance tier, which aims to optimize the cost, quality, and value of hardware assets, as well as align them with the business strategy and objectives. References:

Hardware Asset Management Capability Blueprint

Hardware Asset Management Maturity Model

Create transform map: A transform map is a set of field mappings that determine how the source data in the import set table is transformed into the target data in the hardware asset table. You can create a transform map by using the Load Data UI page, or by navigating to System Import Sets > Create Transform Map. You need to specify the source table, the target table, and the field mappings between them. You can also define coalesce fields, which are used to prevent duplicate records from being created or updated. For example, you can use the asset tag or the serial number as a coalesce field.

Load data: To load data into the import set table, you need to select a data source, such as a file, a JDBC data source, or a web service. You can use the Load Data UI page, or navigate to System Import Sets > Load Data. You need to specify the source type, the file name or the connection URL, the sheet number and the header row (if using a file), and the import set table name. You can also preview the data before loading it into the table.

Run transform map: To run the transform map, you need to navigate to System Import Sets > Transform Maps, and select the transform map that you created. You can then click on the Run Transform button, which will execute the field mappings and transform the data from the import set table to the hardware asset table. You can also view the transformation history, the transformation statistics, and the transformation log to monitor the progress and the results of the transformation.

During an inventory audit, if you accidentally scan the same asset twice, the Hardware Asset Management (HAM) application will automatically remove the duplicate records and only import the unique scans. This is because the HAM application uses the asset tag or the serial number as a coalesce field, which prevents duplicate records from being created or updated in the hardware asset table. Therefore, you do not need to worry about scanning the same asset twice, as the HAM application will handle the duplicates for you. References:

Audit your inventory, which provides a step-by-step guide on how to perform scheduled or blind audits of asset stockrooms and other locations using the Agent mobile app and the Now Platform.

Hardware Asset States, which describes the different states and substates of hardware assets and how they are used to track the asset lifecycle.

Importing Hardware Assets into ServiceNow, which provides a step-by-step guide on how to import hardware assets into ServiceNow using an excel spreadsheet, an import set table, and a transform map.