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# OpenSlice Service Catalogs

OpenSlice offers complete management of Service Catalogs.

## Intended Audience: Service Designers, OpenSlice administrators, Users

OpenSlice offers complete management of Service Catalogs which offer to end users:

- Service categories: Lists the available services, including their specifications and performance metrics.
- Service Bundles: Combines multiple services into a single offering to provide added value to customers.

Service Catalogs contain Service Specifications (organized in Service Categories) exposed to users for Service Orders.

## UI management

In the UI this looks like the following. Service catalogs and categories exposed in Service marketplace.

In the menu the administrator can manage the Service Catalogs and Categories.

## API exposed

When installing OpenSlice the API endpoints can be browsed at:

    [YOURDOMAIN]/tmf-api/swagger-ui/index.html?urls.primaryName=tmf-api-633-ServiceCatalogManagement-v4.0.0

    endpoint examples:

    /serviceCatalogManagement/v4/serviceCatalog List or find ServiceCatalog objects
    /serviceCatalogManagement/v4/serviceCategory List or find ServiceCategory objects

## Example Use Case

Scenario: A service provider wants to offer a new managed XXXX service to enterprise customers.

- Service Definition: Service Template thus create a template for the XXXX service, including specifications for bandwidth, network features, and performance metrics.
- Service Catalog Integration: Add to Service Catalog the XXXX service with all relevant details.
- Service Delivery/Order: Provision Service by Using the orchestration system to provision and configure the XXXX service based on customer orders.

## Probe further

- Read the model of Service Catalogs in TMF TMF633 Service Catalog API User Guide v4.0.0
- Check a demo of the API here
- Check a demo of the Catalog and Categories here