In SimpleOne, each service documentation has a set of a specification which, in turn, are divided into external and internal ones. The Knowledge Base contains these service specifications as Content Items.
General Guide
To create a Content Item, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Knowledge Base → Content Items.
- Click New and fill in the fields.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Create a Service Description
This is a service description, informative, and related to the company infrastructure.
To create a Service Description, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Knowledge Base → Content Items.
- Click New to open the form.
- Fill in the form and specify the following fields:
- Content DB – select the Service Catalog option.
- Content Type – select the Article option.
- Content Item Class – select the Service Description option.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Create a Service SLA
This specification is for SLM-relevant parts related to this service (indicators, etc.). It describes various aspects of service quality, like maximum requests handling time, and others.
- Navigate to Knowledge Base → Content Items.
- Click New to open the form.
- Fill in the form and specify the following fields:
- Content DB – select the Service Catalog option.
- Content Type – select the Article option.
- Content Item Class – select the SLA, OLA, or UC option.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Publish a Content Item
You can publish Content Items to make them available for various purposes.
To publish it, follow the steps below:
- Enter the Content Item record you need.
- .
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Form Description
Field | Mandatory | Description |
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Number | Y | This field is populated automatically and contains an item unique identifier generated automatically. |
Name | Y | Name of the content item. |
Content DB | Y | A database as a content item storage. |
Content Category | N | The category of the content item. |
Content Item Class | Y | Specify your content item with one of the following options: - SLA
- OLA
- UC
- Service Description
- Contact
- Escalation Rule
- etc.
|
Service | N | Select a Service from the list. |
State | Y | The field specifies the actual state of your content item with one of the following options: - Draft – the article is being written and not displayed anywhere except the agent interface.
- Published – the article is published and can be displayed on a Service Portal if needed.
- Retired – the article is no longer actual and not displayed anywhere except the agent interface.
|
Published at | Y | The time the content item was published. This field is populated automatically. |
Created by | Y | The user who created the content item. This field is populated automatically. |
Udated by | Y | The user who changed the content item. This field is populated automatically. |
Body | Y | Describe your content item using this text field. |
Metainfo | N | Fill in the field with the metadata. |
Object Category | N | Automatically filled with the Internal or External option according to the Content Item Class selected. |
Owned by | N | Automatically filled with the service owner name according to the service selected. |