Configuring Incident Management Module

Configuring Incident Management Module

 

You can configure values for the various components of the Incident Management module for a Tenant. Based on the configuration, the values or fields are displayed for an Incident raised for a Tenant.a

To configure Incident Management module:

  1. Select Admin > Basic > Infrastructure > Tenant. The TENANT page is displayed. 


    Figure: TENANT: List page

2. On the TENANT page under the LIST section, select the Tenant Name for which you want to configure the Incident Management module.


Figure: TENANT page

 

Note:

On the above TENANT page, Department Code, Display Name, and Description about the selected Tenant is displayed. If the Active check box is selected, it indicates that the selected Tenant is an active Tenant. The various modules configured, not configured, and disabled for the Tenant are displayed on the page by the different color check marks:

  • Orange indicates not configured module.

  • Green indicates configured module.

  • Grey indicates disabled module.

 

3. Click CONFIGURE DETAILS on the ACTIONS panel and select INCIDENT MANAGEMENT under MODULES section. The details about the Incident Management module are displayed under the DETAILS section. For more information about the fields on the DETAILS section, see Field Description.

4. Type in the required details and make appropriate selections, and then click SUBMIT. The TENANT page contains the following sections:


Figure: TENANT page: Configuring Incident Management module - Theme Settings

Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the THEME SETTINGS section of TENANT page:

Field

Description

Field

Description

THEME SETTINGS

Theme

Select the theme that you want to apply for the Tenant. Only the themes configured on the THEME CONFIGURATION page are displayed in the Theme drop-down list.

Allow Users to Select Theme

If selected, the users can select the Theme on the MY PROFILE pop-up page that they want to apply for the Tenant. For more information about selecting a Theme on the MY PROFILE pop-up page, see Viewing and Updating Your Profile Details.


Figure: TENANT page: Configuring Incident Management module - General

Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the General section of TENANT page:

Field

Description

Field

Description

DETAILS

General

INCIDENT CLOSURE

  • Incident Closing Mode: Select the mode in which the Incident can be closed after resolving the Incident.

Note: When you select the Incident Closing Mode as Auto, you need to provide a value for this field (Auto Closing Days). Also, the application will not consider the weekends (Saturday and Sunday) for Auto closure.

Assign User Reopened incidents to Workgroup

Select the check box to assign the re-opened Incidents to the Workgroup to which it was assigned before resolving the Incident.

Enable Auto-Completion for Logging Incidents

Select this check box to enable the auto-complete assistance option while logging Incidents.

Incident Classification Model

Select a Classification model, Default or Enhanced. If you select Enhanced, you need to also specify Classification Source and Classification Display Mode.

Enable Pending Status Change on End User Update

If selected, when the End User updates an Incident in Pending status, the status of the Incident changes to the previous status of the Incident for all Pending Reasons or for the selected Pending Reasons.

Delete Attachments

Allows you to configure the following options:

  • Enable for Analyst: If selected, the Analysts can delete attachments from the Incident.

  • Enable for End User: If selected, the End Users can delete attachments from the Incident.

Enable Auto-Assignment of Incidents

Select this check box to auto-assign Incidents to Analysts with least number of assigned Incidents.

TREE VIEW POP-UP

Allows you to configure the following options:

  • Enable Category Parent Node selection: Select this option to enable selection of both Parent and Child Category nodes on NEW INCIDENT and NEW INCIDENT FOR USER pages.

  • Enable Classification Parent Node Selection: Select this option to enable selection of both Parent and Child Classification nodes on NEW INCIDENT and NEW INCIDENT FOR USER pages.

  • Disable Category Selection: If selected, the End Users do not need to select the Category while logging Incidents.

  • Disable Classification Selection: If selected, the End Users do not need to select the Classification while logging Incidents.

E-MAIL NOTIFICATION

Select this option to send notification when the selected status is updated. Administrators can also choose the recipients to send notification. If All Incident Update Mails is selected, this is a read-only option.

Notification For All Status Updates

If selected, e-mails are sent to the Caller and Workgroup Analysts for every update of the Incident.

Notification For Selected Status Updates

If selected, e-mails are sent to the Caller and Workgroup Analysts for status change of Incident as per the following table.

  • Status: Select the check box corresponding to the status that you want to configure to send notifications.

  • Caller: Select the check box to send the notification to the caller.

  • Workgroup/Analyst:  Select the check box to send the notification to the Workgroup or Analyst.

Minimum Symptom Length

Specify the minimum number of characters that should be provided for the Symptom field. The default minimum length is 10 characters.

Description Length

Specify the minimum and maximum number of characters that should be provided for the Description field. The default minimum length is 20 characters and the default maximum length is not limited.

Do Not Allow Images in Description

If selected, no Images are allowed to be attached in the Description field.

Configure Likert Scale Question Type

If selected, the Likert Scale is displayed in the Question Type drop-down list of the FEEDBACK QUESTION page under FEEDBACK CONFIGURATION.

ADVANCED REMOTE DESKTOP SHARING URL

Enable Advanced Remote Desktop Sharing

If selected, Advanced Remote Desktop Sharing (Paid Version) is enabled in the SummitAI application.

Advanced Remote Desktop Sharing URL 

Type in the Remote Desktop Sharing URL.

URL Display Name

Type in the Display name for the URL.

User Name

Type in the User Name.

Password

Type in the Password.

Confirm Password

Re-type the Password.


Figure: TENANT page: Configuring Incident Management module - For End Users

Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the For End Users section of TENANT page:

Field

Description

Field

Description

DETAILS

For End Users

Enable Last 5 Incidents Pop-up

Select the check box to display lst five incidents logged by the End User on the NEW INCIDENT page.

Enable Chat Expiration

Select the check box to allow the End User to send the chat request for a specified duration. The chat request expires after the specified duration.

Expiration Timeout(In Mins): Specify the duration of the chat request in minutes. After the specified time chat request becomes invalid.

Enable Manual Incident Cancellation Icon

Select this check box to allow manual cancellation of Incidents.

CONVERT INCIDENT TO SERVICE REQUEST OPTIONS

This section allows to configure the Incident status once the Service Request is created from it.

  • Manually Resolve Incident: If this option is selected, when a Service Request created from the Incident, Analyst needs to resolve the Incident manually after resolving the Service Request.

  • Auto-Cancel Incident: Select this option to cancel the Incident immediately when the Service Request is created from it.

  • Auto-Resolve Incident: If this option is selected, when a Service Request created from the Incident, the Incident is resolved automatically once the Service Request is resolved.

Rule Name

This field is enabled when Auto Resolve Incident check box is selected. If a Rule exists for the Tenant, the template is used to resolve the Incident.

Provide Additional Incident Log Information

If selected, the End Users can view additional information (Priority, Service Window, and Resolution Deadline) in the confirmation pop-up after the Incident is logged.

Enable Reminder to Callers for Pending Reasons

Select the Pending Reason in the drop-down list to send an e-mail reminder to the Callers. The Pending Reasons available in the drop-down list is configured in the PENDING REASON page (see: Configuring Pending Reasons).

The Callers will be notified when the Incident is in Pending status for the selected Pending Reasons and the configured Alert Interval is exceeded. For more information about configuring the Alert Interval, see SUMMITAI General page.

Display Minimized Knowledge Base Pop-up

If selected, Knowledge Base pop-up is displayed on the NEW INCIDENT Page.

Enable Follow-up for Incidents

If selected, the Incident Follow-up check box is displayed on the NEW INCIDENT page.

Note: Ensure that the Incident Follow-up field is configured from the LOG INCIDENT PAGE (see: Configuring Log Incident Page)

LOG INCIDENT ON BEHALF OF CUSTOMER/SUB CUSTOMERS

All Customers

If this check box and the Customer field check box on the LOG INCIDENT PAGE (Incident >Configuration >Incident Masters >Log Incident Page) are selected, all the Customers of the selected Tenant are displayed in the Customer drop-down list on the NEW INCIDENT page (Incident > User > New Incident).


Figure: LOG INCIDENT PAGE


Figure: New Incident page

Note: On the LOG NEW INCIDENT page, Customer followed by Caller fields should be configured. The Callers are displayed based on the selected Customer in the Customer field. The Customer and Caller fields should be made mandatory.

Example:

  •  

    • User 1 belongs to Customer A and User 2 belongs to Customer B.

    • If the user selects Customer A in the Customer drop-down field, the user can find only User 1 in the Caller field.

Customer and Sub Customers

If this check box and the Customer field check box on the LOG INCIDENT PAGE (Incident >Configuration >Incident Masters >Log Incident Page) are selected, the Customers/Sub Customers to which the user belongs reflect in the Customer drop-down list on the NEW INCIDENT page (Incident > User > New Incident).

Note:

Example:

  •  

    • User 1 belongs to Customer and User 2 belongs to Sub Customer.

    • If the user selects Sub Customer in the Customer drop-down field, the user can find only User 2 in the Caller field.


Figure: TENANT page: Configuring Incident Management module - For Analysts

Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the For Analyst section of TENANT page:

Field

Description

Field

Description

DETAILS

For Analysts

Hide 'Mail to Caller' check box on Incident Details page

Select the check box to hide the Mail to Caller check box.

Disable Vendor Incident Status Check

If the check box is selected, the Analysts do not need to check the status of the Vendor Incidents before resolving the Incident.

Enable First Call Resolution (FCR) Option

Select the check box to display the FCR option for the L2/ L3 team.

Enable Major Incident

Select the check box to allow Analysts to manually indicate an Incident as a Major Incident (see: Major Incidents).

Enable Conference Call

If selected, the analyst will have the option to join the conference call from the Major Incident pop-up page on INCIDENT DETAILS page.

Enable Capture of Closure Category

Select the check box to allow Analysts to select a Closure Category.

Enable Change Caller Icon

Select this check box to allow the Analyst to change the Caller.

Restrict Transfer of Incidents Between Tenants

Select this check box to set a limit for the number of Incidents that can be transferred to a Workgroup by End Users.

View Other Workgroup Incidents

If this check box is selected, Analysts can also view Incidents of other Workgroups for which they do not have Analyst access by selecting the Other Workgroups check box on the Filters pop-up of the INCIDENT LIST page (see: Viewing and Updating My Workgroup Incidents).

Allow Workgroup Owner to Edit Priority

If this check box is selected, the Workgroup Owner can edit the Priority of the Incident if it is disabled by any matrix configuration (see: Viewing and Updating Incident Details).

Enable Bulk Update Icon in List page

Select this check box to enable bulk update of Incidents.

Enable Secondary Analyst

If this check box is selected, Secondary Analysts can be assigned to an Incident (see: Logging Incidents for Users).

Enable Linking of KBs for Resolved Incidents

If this check box is selected, the Analyst has to specify if any KB article was used to resolve the Incident.

Display Expected Time to Resolve (ETR) section on Incident ID Page

If this check box is selected, the Expected Time to Resolve (ETR) section is displayed on the INCIDENT ID page, and the CONFIGURE ETR NOTIFICATION icon is displayed on the ACTIONS panel of the TENANT CONFIGURATION page.

Enable Evaluation

If selected, Incident Evaluation is enabled for the selected Tenant.

Display End User Follow-up Details

If selected, the FOLLOW-UP DETAILS section is displayed under the COMMUNICATION tab of INCIDENT DETAILS page.

Minimum Characters For Private Log

Specify the minimum number of characters that should be provided for the Private Log field. The default minimum length is 10 characters.

Minimum Characters For User Communication

Specify the minimum number of characters that should be provided for the User Communication field. The default minimum length is 10 characters.

Minimum Characters For Solution

Specify the minimum number of characters that should be provided for the Solution field. The default minimum length is 10 characters.

Notify Workgroup Owner(s) for Incident Reassignment

If selected, an e-mail notification is sent to the Workgroup owner of the selected tenant upon updating the existing Analyst on the INCIDENT ID page. If both the existing Workgroup and Analyst are changed, the previous and current Workgroup Owners receive e-mail notifications.

Additionally, in order to notify Workgroup owner(s), the Notify Workgroup Owner for Incident checkbox must be enabled on the WORKGROUP page. For more information, see Configuring Workgroups.

Allow Analyst to Edit Symptom

If selected, the Analysts can edit the Symptom of Incidents for the selected tenant using the SummitAI application.

Allow Analyst to Edit Description

If selected, the Analysts can edit the Description of Incident for the selected tenant using the SummitAI application.

ENABLE TABS ON INCIDENT DETAILS PAGE

Select the check box in this section to enable the respective tab on the Incident Details page.

MANDATORY CONFIGURATION FOR PRIVATE LOG/USER COMMUNICATION

Allows you to configure Private Log and/or User Communication as mandatory for specific actions.
To configure Private Log and/or User Communication:

  • Select Private Log and/or User Communication.

  • Select appropriate option(s) in the Workgroups column.

  • Select the status in the Status column to be configured as mandatory.

  • Click

     to add the configuration.

  • Click SUBMIT to save the configuration.

Workgroup

Displays the Workgroups for which Private Log and/or User Communication is configured as mandatory.