Configuring Analysts

An Analyst is the Single Point of Contact between End Users and the IT Service Management of the organization. The Analyst is the first contact in an organization for any and all IT questions.

Here are the prerequisites for setting up an Analyst:

  • Create a User
  • Assign access to an Analyst

For more information about prerequisites, refer the Adding Users.

To configure Analysts:

  1. Select Admin> Basic > Infrastructure > Analyst.
  2. On the ANALYST page, select the Tenant, select the appropriate option from the Configure drop-down list, and type in the details in the CONFIGURE BY ANALYST/CONFIGURE BY WORKGROUP section. For information about the fields on the ANALYST page, see Field Description.
  3. Click SUBMIT. A new Analyst is configured.


    Figure:  ANALYST page - Configure By Analyst


    Figure: ANALYST page - Configure By Workgroup

Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the ANALYST page:

Field

Description

DETAILS

Configure

  • Select By Workgroup to configure Analysts by Workgroup.
  • Select By Analyst to configure Analysts by Analyst name.

CONFIGURE BY WORKGROUP

Workgroup

Select a Workgroup to which you want to associate the Analyst from the list. This option is available if you selected By Workgroup value in the Configure list.

Edition

Specifies the Symphony SummitAI licensing model.

Attribute

Specifies the attribute as one of the following options:

  • Named Analyst - The license is tied to a specific Analyst's Id/email and can not be transferred to any other Analyst.
  • Concurrent Analyst - The license is not tied to a specific Analyst's Id/email and can not be transferred to any other Analyst.

Analyst

Type in the name of the Analyst you want to configure. You can also use the Search icon to search for an analyst.

CONFIGURE BY ANALYST

Edition

Specifies the Symphony SummitAI licensing model.

Attribute

Specifies the attribute as one of the following options:

  • Named Analyst - The license is tied to a specific Analyst's Id/email and can not be transferred to any other Analyst.
  • Concurrent Analyst - The license is not tied to a specific Analyst's Id/email and can not be transferred to any other Analyst.

Select the Analyst

Type in the name of the Analyst you want to configure. You can also use the Search icon to search for analysts.

Allow this Analyst to edit all Incidents

Select the check box to allow the selected Analyst to edit all Incidents irrespective of the configured Workgroup access of the Analyst. In addition to this, enable the View Other Workgroup Incidents check box on the TENANT page to view and edit Incidents of other Workgroups for which they do not have Analyst access using Global Search (see: Configuring Incident Management Module).

Allow the Analyst to edit all Service Requests

Select the check box to allow the selected Analyst to edit all Service Requests irrespective of the configured Workgroup access of the Analyst. In addition to this, enable the View Other Workgroup SRs check box on the TENANT page to view and edit Service Requests of other Workgroups for which they do not have Analyst access using Global Search (see: Configuring Service Request Management Module).