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title: Life cycle of product entities
description: The product life-cycle value pairs represent the overall life cycle of a product model, a specific version, or a product configuration. The life-cycle values for the product life-cycle process are visible only in Product \(Models\) tables.
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# Life cycle of product entities

The product life-cycle value pairs represent the overall life cycle of a product model, a specific version, or a product configuration. The life-cycle values for the product life-cycle process are visible only in Product \(Models\) tables.

## Life-cycle value pairs for products

For definitions of the values in the diagram, see [Definitions of life-cycle values for product entities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-lifecycle-df-product.md).

\[Omitted image "csdm-lifecycle-vp-product.png"\] Alt text: Relationships between CSDM stages and life cycle values.

**Note:** The \[life\_cycle\_control\] table uses the type of CI \(tangible/physical, document and contract, location and so on\) to determine which *life cycle stage status* values are available for each *life cycle stage*.

For additional details on products, see [Products and product models](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/foundation-domain.md).

For additional information on how you can benefit from implementing life-cycle value pairs for CMDB entities, see the ['Map existing status values to CSDM life-cycle value pairs' section in the 'Foundation domain' topic](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/foundation-domain.md).

-   **[Definitions of life-cycle values for product entities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-lifecycle-df-product.md)**  
The product life-cycle value pairs represent the overall life cycle of a product model, a specific version, or a product configuration. The life-cycle values for the product life-cycle process are visible only in Product \(Models\) tables.

**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)

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[Definitions of life-cycle values for product entities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-lifecycle-df-product.md)