Create Service Requests

Role required: request_manager.

Create a service request

To create a service request, complete the following steps:

Navigate to Service Request Management → New.
Fill in the fields.
Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.

As a result, a new service request will be created in the Registered state.

You can copy the record number, title and link via the hamburger menu. To do so, click Generate link.

New Service Request form fields

Field	Mandatory	Description
General tab
State	Y	This field is populated automatically with the Registered state when the request is being created. To learn about the other states, see Process Service Requests.
Impact	Y	Measure the effect that the service request may cause on the business processes. See the Priority Management article to learn more.
Urgency	Y	Specify the urgency of the request. Typically, it is evaluated based on the time remaining until the issue impacts the business. See the Priority Management article to learn more.
Priority	N	Priority is a function of impact and urgency. It identifies the importance of a request. See the Priority Management article to learn more.
Assignment Group	Y	Specify a group responsible to work on the request. When a service request is assigned to a group, the Assigned User field becomes non-mandatory. There is a dependency between the Assigned User and Assignment Group fields. Refer to the Task Auto Assignment article to learn more.
Assigned User	Y	Specify a person responsible to work on the request. When a service request is assigned to a user, the Assignment Group field becomes non-mandatory. There is a dependency between the Assigned User and Assignment Group fields. Refer to the Task Auto Assignment article to learn more.
Subject	Y	Add a brief description of the request. After saving, the field is hidden on the form.
Description	N	Add a detailed description of the request.
Related CIs	N	Specify service-related configuration items affected by this service request.
Caller	Y	Specify the request originator.
Company	N	Specify the company to which the request is related.
Service	Y	Specify the service affected by this service request.
Attention Required	N	Select this checkbox to notify the line manager of the assigned group/assigned user.
Related Records tab
Use this tab to create relationships between service requests and other types of tasks. See Process Service Requests to learn more.

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