--- title: How life-cycle values for Asset, CI, and IBI are synchronized description: Your organization gains significant value from your ServiceNow AI Platform applications when you take advantage of the option to directly map legacy status values to CSDM life cycle stage and life cycle stage status values and auto-synchronize the values going forward. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/cmdb-asset-CI-IBI-sync-options.html release: australia product: Common Service Data Model \(CSDM\) classification: common-service-data-model-csdm topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-05-11" reading_time_minutes: 5 breadcrumb: [Reference, CSDM, Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities] --- # How life-cycle values for Asset, CI, and IBI are synchronized Your organization gains significant value from your ServiceNow AI Platform applications when you take advantage of the option to directly map legacy status values to CSDM **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values and auto-synchronize the values going forward. ## How Asset, CI, and IBI life-cycle values are synced Any item that is provided as a service or sold to your customer is tracked as an Install Base Item \(IBI\). The Model category table associates Asset, CI, and IBI for the item. - **Synchronization between asset and IBI** When the model category is configured as a product instance, the system synchronizes the life cycle values between asset and IBI using the CSDM **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** life-cycle value pairs. - **Synchronization between asset and CI** When the **csdm.lifecycle.migration.activated** system property is set to true on your instance, synchronization between the asset and CI tables depends on the **csdm.lifecycle.sync.between.ci.and.asset.activated** system property setting: - When the **csdm.lifecycle.sync.between.ci.and.asset.activated** property is set to false \(default\), synchronization occurs through the legacy **status** and **substatus** values. - When the **csdm.lifecycle.sync.between.ci.and.asset.activated** property is set to true, the system syncs the CSDM **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values directly. This option provides significant benefits to your organization. **Important:** The property is set to true when you select **Enable life cycle sync** on the Life cycle mappings list view. ## Life-cycle synchronization when the system property is set to false \(the default setting\) \[Omitted image "csdm-lifecycle-sync-default.png"\] Alt text: Sync when the system property is false. When the **csdm.lifecycle.migration.activated** system property is set to true and the **csdm.lifecycle.sync.between.ci.and.asset.activated** system property is set to false: - **Synchronization of updates from asset to IBI and CI** Updates made to the **status** or **substatus** value of an asset are synced with the associated IBI and CI. For example, when the **State** value of the asset is updated to **In use**, synchronization happens as follows: - The **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of the asset are set to **Operational** and **In use**, these values are then synced with **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of IBI asset. - The **status** and **substatus** values of the CI change to **Installed** and **In use**. - **Synchronization of updates from IBI to asset and CI** Updates made to the **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of an IBI asset are synced with the legacy **status** and **substatus** values of the asset through the CSDM values. The **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are then synced with the associated CI. For example, when the **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of an IBI asset are updated to **Defective** and **In Stock**, synchronization happens as follows. 1. The **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of the asset change to **In Stock** and **Defective**. These values are synced with the **status** and **substatus** values of the asset. 2. The **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are then synced with the associated CI. - **Synchronization of updates from CI to asset and IBI** Updates made to the **status** and **substatus** values of a CI are synced with the associated asset. The **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are then synced with the **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of the IBI asset through the CSDM values. For example, when the **status** and **substatus** values of a CI are updated to **Retired** and **Donated**, the corresponding values of the asset change. The changes from the asset are synced with the IBI asset and the **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values change to **End of Life** and **Retired**. ## Life-cycle synchronization when the system property is set to true \[Omitted image "csdm-lifecycle-sync-activated.png"\] Alt text: Sync when the system property is true or you select Enable life cycle sync on the Life cycle mappings list view. When the **csdm.lifecycle.migration.activated** system property is set to true and the **csdm.lifecycle.sync.between.ci.and.asset.activated** system property is set to true \(or you select the select **Enable life cycle sync** on the Life cycle mapping table list page, as described in [Enabling life-cycle synchronization from legacy to asset](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-life-cycle-standard-values.md)\): - **Synchronization of updates from asset to CI and IBI** Updates made to the legacy **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are synced between the asset and CI as follows: - The **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of the asset are updated with values mapped to the legacy **status** and **substatus** values of the asset. - The **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are then directly synced with the **status** and **substatus** values of the associated CI. - The **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of the asset are then directly synced with the associated CI. However, synchronization of updates from asset to IBI is only through the CSDM life-cycle value pairs. - **Synchronization of updates from IBI to asset and CI** Updates made to the **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of the IBI are synced as follows: - The legacy **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are synced with the CSDM life-cycle value pairs. - The **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are synced with the **status** and **substatus** values of the associated CI. - The life-cycle value pairs of the asset are directly synced with the associated CI. - **Synchronization of updates from CI to asset and IBI** Updates made to the **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of a CI are synced as follows: - The **life cycle stage** and **life cycle stage status** values of the CI are directly synced with the associated asset. - The **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are then updated with the values mapped to the CSDM values. - The **status** and **substatus** values of the asset are then synced with the associated CI. - The **status** and **substatus** values of IBI are synced with the asset through the CSDM life-cycle value pairs. **Parent Topic:**[CSDM reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-content-frame-reference.md) **Related topics** [Asset status values aligned to CSDM life cycle values](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-lifecycle-map-csdm-to-asset.md) [Asset and CI management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-asset-management/c_ManagingAssets.md)