Problem Good to Know
- Search for one or more Problems that meet a specific criteria by running a Quick Search or Saved Search.
- Create a new Problem by clicking CSM Desktop Client toolbar, by clicking from the CSM Desktop Client menu bar, or by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+P. on the
- You can create a Problem from multiple Incidents, then attach additional Incidents when appropriate.
- By default, Problem uses the Corporate Priority Matrix.
- The OOTB system implements several Actions/One-Step Actions to make logging Problems more efficient. For more information about
Actions and
One-Step Actions, refer to the
Actions/One-Step Actions documentation.
A full list of One-Step Actions is beyond the scope of this document. Export a schema document from CSM Administrator (Create a Blueprint>Tools>Export Schema) to view a full list of One-Step Actions associated with a particular type of Business Object (example: Major).
- CSM provides several OOTB Automation Processes to automate Problem Management. For more information, refer to the Automation Process documentation.
- If enabled (via Automation Process), e-mail notifications are:
- Automatically created and sent to User owners to notify them of ownership.
- Automatically created and sent to Team owners to notify them of ownership.
- When on a record, you can send an e-mail directly to the current Customer (Requestor) by clicking Notify Impacted Customers of Update link in the Actions section. If sent using the File menu, the e-mail is blank. If sent using the Notify Impacted Customers of Update link, an e-mail template is used to auto-populate the e-mail with information from the current Incident (example: Change ID, Customer's name, logging date/time details, etc.). , or by clicking the
- Journals track what occurs during the record's lifecycle (example: Notes to track progress or comments, and History to track important field changes, e-mail correspondence, etc.). View or add Journals by clicking the Journal tab in the record's Arrangement.
- Attachments supplement records by providing additional details in the form of linked/imported files (.pdf, .doc, etc.), images, web pages, and Document Repositories. View and manage Attachments using the Attachment button and Attachments bar.
- The Default Form at the top of the Problem form shows important
at-a-glance information:
- Problem number and priority, along with the priority. Red indicates a priority 1, orange indicates a priority 2, and green indicates a priority 3-5.
- The current status of the Problem as it moves through its
workflow. The next status is displayed as a link directly beneath the current
status. Click the status link to move the Problem to the next status.
Typically, workflow statuses should be enforced; however, some records do allow Users (with security rights) to bypass statuses (example: Problems can be manually closed without being formally resolved, if needed). To bypass a status, click Select Other Status in the Actions section.
- Resolve Within
- Solution Type
- Assigned To
- Press TAB to move to the next field on the form.
- Fields:
- The Description field is a Rich Text field. To format the text or embed an image, click the Zoom button .
- Submit a Workaround to your Knowledge Base or submit a Known
Error to the Portal using their respective buttons in the Workaround and Known
Error phase.
A full list of Fields is beyond the scope of this document. Export a schema document from CSM Administrator (Create a Blueprint>Tools>Export Schema) to view a full list of fields associated with a particular type of Business Object (example: Major).
- Saving:
Date, time, and user name information is recorded the first time the form is saved, and each time the form is modified.
- Clicking Savetriggers an audit of certain Problem information, such as Status, Priority, Owned By, Diagnosis, and Workaround. If a change is detected in one of those Fields, a Journal-History record is created to track the change. View the changes in the Problem Journals tab (Arrangement section).