Changing the service request owner

By default, a service request is assigned to the user who creates it. After saving the record, you can change the service request owner from the Assignment Details section of the form, the list view, or by using the Suggested Owners option in the Agent Tools menu on the form.

• • To change owner of a single service request
  • To change owners of multiple service requests
  • To assign an incident or a service request to a suggested owner
  • Related topics

To change owner of a single service request

You can change the owner of a single service request.

1. Click the Remedyforce Console tab.
2. From the View menu, select Service Requests.

3. From the list of service requests, select the record that you want to assign to another user or queue.
   Based on the setting configured by the system administrator, either the Owner field or Queue and Staff fields are displayed in the Assignment Details section.

   Note

   You can also select a record in the list view, and click Change Owner. For more information about using this option, see To change owners of multiple service requests.

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5. Click Save.

To change owners of multiple service requests

You can assign multiple service requests to a staff member or a queue.

1. Click the Remedyforce Console tab.
2. From the View menu, select Incidents/Service Requests.
3. From the list of service requests, select check boxes for the service requests that you want to assign to another user or queue.
4. Click Change Owner.
5. In the Change Owner window, select the queue or staff member to whom you want to assign the record.
   

To assign an incident or a service request to a suggested owner

System administrators configure suggested owners based on required criteria. You can assign a record to a user, queue, or to a member of the selected queue.

1. Click the Remedyforce Console tab.
2. From the View menu, select Service Requests.
3. From the list of service requests, select the record that you want to assign to a suggested owner.
4. From the Agent Tools menu, select Suggested Owners.
   By default, suggested staff members are displayed. If there are no suggested staff members, suggested queues are displayed.
5. In the Suggested Owners window, select the required suggested staff member.
6. Perform one of the following actions, and click Save:
   • To assign the record to a queue, select the Staff option, and click the appropriate staff member.
   • To assign the record to a queue, select the Queue option and then select the appropriate queue.
   • To assign the record to a staff member who belongs to a queue, select the Queue option. From the Queue Members column, click the View icon () and then from the list of queue members, click the appropriate staff member.
7. Click Save.

Related topics

Enabling-assignment-of-records-to-both-queues-and-staff-members 

Configuring-suggested-owners