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Create Services and define them with descriptions, SLAs, and other service specifications stored in the Knowledge Base.

Just follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Service Portfolio → Service Pipeline or CMDB → Services menu.
  2. Click New to open the form.
  3. Fill in the form fields.
  4. Click Save.

Form Description

Field

Description

Number

Automatically assigned to a service.

Name

Name of a service.

Service Type

Describes the type of a delivered service.

Select one of the following values in a drop-down list to fill in the field:

  • Business - IT service is provided on a business level;

  • Operational - one of the company's departments delivers an IT service;

  • Underpinning - an IT service is provided by the third party;

  • Request - sub-service within a Business service in accordance with the specific Typical Request.

Master ServiceAssign a Master Service choosing it from the list of the service items with the IT service type value.

State

Select one of the There are three possible values:

  • New - a service has been created.
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When creating a service, the New state is assigned to it automatically.

  • Active - a service is provided for business and can be seen by the end-users. Now you can find it in the Service Catalogue menu.

Info

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.

  • Inactive - a service is not provided for business and can't be seen by the end-users. It is stored in the Service Pipeline menu.

Operational State

Determines an IT service availability with the following possible statuses:

  • Available - a proper level of service delivery is provided;

  • Degraded - the quality of service delivery does not correspond to the engaged requirements (this can be done intentionally);

  • Unavailable - a service is entirely unavailable;

  • Maintenance - a service is not available due to the maintenance activities.

Business Criticality

Specifies an IT service cruciality to a business with one of two values:

  • High - has a significant impact on business;

  • Low - has a little effect on business.

Service Specification

Defines internal and external articles described in the Knowledge Base, e.g., SLA records, Service Descriptions, and other articles related to the IT service. 

Owned by

Assign a responsible person from the Users list as a service owner.

DescriptionContains all the necessary information details.

Updated at

Shows the date and time of the last change. 

Updated byShows the last user changed a service.


Set a Service to Active State
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To make a service visible to the end-users, set its state to Active:

Note

Role required: service_catalogue_manager.

  1. Navigate to the Service Portfolio → Service Pipeline menu.
  2. Enter the service form.
  3. Select the Active option in the State field.
  4. Click Save.

The service is now available in the Service Portfolio → Service Catalogue menu.

Set a Service to Inactive State

To make your service invisible to end-users, set its state to Inactive:

  1. Navigate to the Service Portfolio → Service Catalogue menu.
  2. Enter the service form.
  3. Select the Inactive option in the State field.
  4. 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.


Info
To view the list of all the services, go to CMDB → Services menu.





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