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 In SimpleOne, there are three ways to create an incident: 

Via the agent interface
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To create an incident, complete the steps below:

  1. Navigate to Incident Management → New.
  2. Fill in the fields.
  3. Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.

New incident form fields

FieldMandatoryDescription
NumberYIncident number. This field has the INCXXXXXXX format and is populated automatically.
CallerYThe Specify the originator of the incident.
CompanyNSpecify a the company to which the incident is related.
Contact TypeY

The Select the source from which the request is received. Available options:

  • Phone
  • Email
  • Self-service
ServiceYThe Specify the service affected by the incident.
Related CIsNThe Specify the related configuration items affected by affected by the incident.
Assignment GroupY

Specify the group assigned to work on the incident.

Note

When an incident is assigned to a group, the Assigned User field becomes non-mandatory. The same goes for other task objects, like change requests or service requests.

There is a dependency between the Assigned User and Assignment Group fields. To learn more, refer to Restrictions for assignment. 

Assigned UserY

Specify the person assigned to work on the incident.

Note

When an incident is assigned to a user, the Assignment Group field becomes non-mandatory. The same goes for other task objects, like change requests or service requests.

There is a dependency between the Assigned User and Assignment Group fields. To learn more, refer to Restrictions for assignment. 

SubjectYType Add a brief description of the incident.
DescriptionNType Add a detailed description of the incident.
Steps to ReproduceNSpecify the steps to reproduce the incident.
Followers ListNContains a list of users subscribed to receive notifications about this incident. This field is populated automatically.
ScreenshotNUpload screenshots supporting the incident, if any. 
StateN

Specify the work state and progress of the incident. Available options:

  • Registered
  • Assigned
  • In Progress

See the Incident processing article to learn more.

Impact  

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Y

Measure the impact caused by the incident on the business processes. Available options:

  1. Low
  2. Medium
  3. High
  4. Very High
UrgencyY

Specify the urgency of the request. Typically, it is evaluated based on the time remaining until the incident impacts the business. Available options:

  1. Low
  2. Medium
  3. High
  4. Very High
PriorityY

Identifies the importance of the incident. This field is populated automatically based on the value of the Impact and Urgency fields. Available options:

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High
  4. Critical

See the Priority Management article to learn more.

Attention RequiredNSelect this checkbox to notify the line manager of the assigned group/assigned user.
Major IncidentNSelect this checkbox to create a major incident.
Infrastructure IncidentNSelect this checkbox to create an infrastructure incident.

Create an infrastructure incident

An infrastructure incident is an incident created by service agents of the 1st or the 2nd level levels or by the integrated monitoring system.

Note

An end-user cannot create an infrastructure incident. 

To create an infrastructural incident, complete the steps described above, but select the checkbox Infrastructure Incident.

When Infrastructure Incident is selected, the choice list in the Contact Type field is changed:

  • Monitoring
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
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In practice, incidents with Contact Type set to Monitoring are created by an integrated monitoring system automatically.

Create a major incident

A major incident is an incident of the highest impact and highest urgency. It affects a large number of users, depriving them of vital business functions. Major incidents have a separate procedure with shorter time scales. Generally, major incidents require a large number of people of various hierarchy levels of the hierarchy to be involved.

To create a major incident, complete the steps described above, but select the checkbox Major Incident.

After creating it, a new tab, Chronology, will be displayed after the next to the Related Records tab.

Note

When the checkbox Major Incident is selected, the Impact field value changes to Very High.


Via the Self-Service Portal
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To create an incident, complete the steps below:

  1. Navigate to your Portal main page.
  2. Click Create Incident and fill in the fields.
  3. Click Save. 

New incident form fields

FieldMandatoryDescription
UrgencyY

Specify the urgency of the request. Typically, it is evaluated based on the time remaining until the incident impacts the business. Available options:

  1. Low
  2. Medium
  3. High
  4. Very High
SubjectYType Add a brief description of the incident.
DescriptionNType Add a detailed description of the incident.

You can track the work process on the My Tickets page. To open the record of the incident, complete the following steps: 

  1. In the header, navigate to Cabinet → My Tickets.

  2. Click My Incidents on the left.
  3. Check the state of the created incident.

Also, you can see more information about the incident by clicking the number. 

Convert a user query into an incident
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Role required: incident_manager.

A user query is a higher-level entity than an incident. It can be converted into a request of another type, including type "incident." The conversion is available only through the agent interface.

  1. Navigate to User Queries → All User Queries.
  2. Open the user query you need to convert.
  3. Click the Incident button in the top-right corner of the form.

Info

The Incident button might be absent if the incident has already created from this user query. In this case, the incident and the user query are linked to each other:

  • The reference to the incident is displayed in the Related Ticket field of the user query.
  • The reference to the inquiry user query is displayed in the Related Records tab of the incident.



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