Governing TRM product fields

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The TLM Technology Lifecycle [sn_apm_tpm_technology_lifecycle] table includes fields that link a discovered technology to the TRM product and product lifecycle that govern its obsolescence status.

This functionality requires Enterprise Architecture Workspace version 10.0.0 or later and TPM plugin (sn_apm_tpm) version 1.12.0 or later.

Governing TRM product fields

The TLM Technology Lifecycle [sn_apm_tpm_technology_lifecycle] record includes the following fields. The system populates these fields only for software; for hardware, these fields remain unpopulated.

Field	Description
Governing TRM Product	Reference to the TRM product that governs the obsolescence status of this discovered technology. Cleared if no matching TRM product is found.
Governing TRM Product Lifecycle	Reference to the specific TRM product lifecycle (version, or version and edition) that matches this discovered technology. Cleared if no TRM product lifecycle matches, even when a Governing TRM Product is populated.

Field population by reason

The scheduled job Populate TRM technical debts in the EA Workspace populates or clears these fields each time it runs, based on whether the discovered technology matches a TRM standard.

Reason	Governing TRM Product	Governing TRM Product Lifecycle
Software product has no TRM product defined	Cleared	Cleared
TRM product exists but is not production approved	Populated	Cleared
TRM product is approved but no matching lifecycle version is found	Populated	Cleared
Matching lifecycle exists but is not production approved	Populated	Populated
Lifecycle matches and is production approved (no technical debt is created)	Populated	Populated

Note: On later job runs, if the discovered technology's underlying TRM product or lifecycle changes, these fields update to reflect the new match. If a previously matched TRM product is removed, both fields clear. If only the lifecycle match is lost while the TRM product match remains, only Governing TRM Product Lifecycle clears.

Parent Topic:Enterprise Architecture Workspace reference

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title: Governing TRM product fields
description: The TLM Technology Lifecycle \[sn\_apm\_tpm\_technology\_lifecycle\] table includes fields that link a discovered technology to the TRM product and product lifecycle that govern its obsolescence status.
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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keywords: [governing TRM product, TPM technology lifecycle, TRM product lifecycle, obsolescence status]
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# Governing TRM product fields

The TLM Technology Lifecycle \[sn\_apm\_tpm\_technology\_lifecycle\] table includes fields that link a discovered technology to the TRM product and product lifecycle that govern its obsolescence status.

This functionality requires Enterprise Architecture Workspace version 10.0.0 or later and TPM plugin \(sn\_apm\_tpm\) version 1.12.0 or later.

## Governing TRM product fields

The TLM Technology Lifecycle \[sn\_apm\_tpm\_technology\_lifecycle\] record includes the following fields. The system populates these fields only for software; for hardware, these fields remain unpopulated.

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Governing TRM Product|Reference to the TRM product that governs the obsolescence status of this discovered technology. Cleared if no matching TRM product is found.|
|Governing TRM Product Lifecycle|Reference to the specific TRM product lifecycle \(version, or version and edition\) that matches this discovered technology. Cleared if no TRM product lifecycle matches, even when a **Governing TRM Product** is populated.|

## Field population by reason

The scheduled job **Populate TRM technical debts in the EA Workspace** populates or clears these fields each time it runs, based on whether the discovered technology matches a TRM standard.

|Reason|Governing TRM Product|Governing TRM Product Lifecycle|
|------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|Software product has no TRM product defined|Cleared|Cleared|
|TRM product exists but is not production approved|Populated|Cleared|
|TRM product is approved but no matching lifecycle version is found|Populated|Cleared|
|Matching lifecycle exists but is not production approved|Populated|Populated|
|Lifecycle matches and is production approved \(no technical debt is created\)|Populated|Populated|

**Note:** On later job runs, if the discovered technology's underlying TRM product or lifecycle changes, these fields update to reflect the new match. If a previously matched TRM product is removed, both fields clear. If only the lifecycle match is lost while the TRM product match remains, only **Governing TRM Product Lifecycle** clears.

**Parent Topic:**[Enterprise Architecture Workspace reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-reference.md)

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