Working with Incidents

•About Incidents

•Reporting a New Incident

•Finding Possible Solutions to an Issue

•Tracking an Incident

•Updating an Incident

•Closing an Incident

About Incidents

You can report an issue (also called an incident) using the Report an Issue using Template dashboard on the Self-Service Portal. See About the Self-Service Portal for procedures on using this feature.

After you report an issue, it is assigned to or accepted by a Service Desk Analyst who takes the necessary steps to resolve it. The application emails you the status at key points in the resolution process, and you can also track progress as described in Tracking an Incident.

Reporting a New Incident

Follow these steps to report an incident (also called an issue):

1.Log into the Self-Service Portal.

2.On the Self-Service Portal, click Report an Issue at the bottom of the Report an Issue using Template pane. The application displays the My Items workspace with a blank issue template.

Report an Issue link

Blank Issue Template

3.Enter information in the following fields:

Field	Description
Template	The relevant template. Select from the list or select None if you do not see a template that matches your issue.
Incident ID	The application automatically generates this number. Use this number to track your issue throughout the application.
Status	The application automatically sets the status to logged.
Summary	A brief summary of the issue. To look for a possible solution, click the search icon. See Finding Possible Solutions to an Issue.
Description	A detailed description of the issue, what steps have been taken to resolve it, and customer contacts.
Urgency	An incident urgency level. Select from the list: High, Medium, or Low. The Service Desk uses the urgency level that you specify, along with other criteria, to assign an overall priority to your issue.

4.Click Save Incident. The application displays the Incident creation completed dialog box.

5.Click Return to My Items List to go to the My Items workspace, showing all of the records created by or assigned to you, including the issue that you just created.

You can access and track the issue in the Self-Service Portal from the My Items workspace as described in Tracking an Incident.

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