Request a TRM product lifecycle in Enterprise Architecture Workspace

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title: Request a TRM product lifecycle in Enterprise Architecture Workspace
description: Submit a request to add one or more lifecycle records to an existing TRM product.
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# Request a TRM product lifecycle in Enterprise Architecture Workspace

Submit a request to add one or more lifecycle records to an existing TRM product.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apm.apm\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspace** > **Enterprise Architecture Workspace**.

2.  Open the Technology Portfolio page by selecting the Technology Portfolio icon \(\[Omitted image "technology-portfolio-icon.png"\] Alt text:\).

3.  In the **TRM catalog** tab, select the more actions icon \[Omitted image "trm-more-actions-icon.png"\] Alt text: next to **Request TRM product**, then select **Request TRM product lifecycles**.

4.  In the **TRM product** field, select the existing product to add lifecycles to.

5.  In the **TRM product lifecycles** section, select **Add version and edition** for a software product or **Add model** for a hardware product, then fill in the lifecycle fields.

    **Note:**

    -   For software products: You can add up to 5 version and edition combinations, with a maximum of 10 phases per combination.
    -   For hardware products: You can add up to 5 hardware models, with a maximum of 10 phases per hardware model.
    1.  For a software product, enter the **Version**, **Edition**, **TRM phase**, **Phase start date**, and **Phase end date**.

    2.  For a hardware product, select the **Hardware model**, then fill in the **TRM phase**, **Phase start date**, and the **Phase end date**.

        The **Model number** and **Barcode** fields are populated automatically when you select a hardware model.

    3.  To add more phases to the same version or hardware model, select the add TRM lifecycle phase icon \(\[Omitted image "bubble-chart-zoom-in.png"\] Alt text:\).

    4.  To add another version and edition group or hardware model group, select **Add version and edition** for software product or select **Add model** for hardware model.

    For a description of the field values, see [Request TRM product lifecycle form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-create-trm-prod-lifecycle-req-form.md).

6.  Select **Submit**.


## Result

A confirmation message appears with the request number. The request is routed to an Enterprise Architect for approval. After approval, the lifecycle records are created and linked to the selected product.

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