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Procedures Definition

Service Desk procedures automate the processing of tickets and ticket requests. All service desk procedures are created and structured in a similar fashion.

Event Procedures

Event procedures run as soon as a specified system events occur.

The following event procedures apply to ticket requests processed using Incoming Email Settings.

  • Ticket Request De-Dup - Compares a ticket request with existing tickets to determine if the ticket request is a duplicate. If a ticket request is a duplicate of existing tickets, the ticket request is canceled.
  • Ticket Request Mapping - Sets the attributes of a ticket request, just before the ticket is created, including the service desk definition used to create the ticket.

Scheduled Procedures

Scheduled procedures run a specified time period after a system event occurs.

  • Goal - Runs after a specified time period, usually to record whether or not a goal was met.
  • Escalation - Runs after a specified time period, usually to escalate a ticket to another level of service.

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