Create Services and define them with descriptions, SLAs, and other service specifications stored in the Knowledge Base.
Just follow the steps below:
- Navigate to the Service Portfolio → Service Pipeline or CMDB → Services menu.
- Click New and fill in the fields.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Form Description
Field | Mandatory | Description |
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Number | Y | Automatically assigned to a service. |
Name | Y | A service name. |
Service Type | Y | Describe the type of a delivered service. Select one of the following values in a drop-down list to fill in the field:
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Master Service | N | Assign a Master Service choosing it from the list of the service items with the IT service type value. The Master Service is the highest item in the service hierarchy. |
Service Specification | N | Define internal and external articles described in the Knowledge Base, e.g., SLA records, Service Descriptions, and other articles related to the IT service. |
Location | N | Define the service location selecting it from the Location list. |
Description | N | Specify all the necessary information details. |
Owned by | Y | Assign a responsible person from the Users list as a service owner. |
State | Y | This field is populated automatically. There are three possible values:
When creating a service, the New state is assigned to it automatically.
To assign a service with the Active state, you must specify both a Service Description and an SLA Content Item Classes in the Service Specification field. To change these conditions, configure the related business rule for the Service (sys_cmdb_ci_service) table.
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Operational State | Y | Determines an IT service availability with the following possible statuses:
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Business Criticality | Y | Specifies an IT service cruciality to a business with one of two values:
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Set a Service to Active State
To make a service visible to the end-users, set its state to Active:
Role required: service_catalogue_manager.
- Navigate to the Service Portfolio → Service Pipeline menu.
- Enter the service form.
- Select the Active option in the State field.
- Specify a Service Description and an SLA Content Item Classes in the Service Specification field if they have not been specified yet.
- Click Save.
The service is now available in the Service Portfolio → Service Catalog menu.
Set a Service to Inactive State
To make your service invisible to end-users, set its state to Inactive:
- Navigate to the Service Portfolio → Service Catalog menu.
- Open the service record.
- Select the Inactive option in the State field.
- Click Save.
The service is now inactive and can't be seen by the end-users. It is available in the Service Portfolio → Service Pipeline menu.
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