Note

 

This documentation supports the 20.19.02 version of BMC Helix Remedyforce.

To view the latest or an earlier version, select the version from the Product version menu.

Configuring Superbox for Self Service 3.0

You can configure the settings for the Superbox search to specify the order of the tab and how the search results are displayed. The following table lists the configurations that you can make.

To showConfigure
Combined results of service requests and common tickets under the Service Requests tab.Remedyforce Administration > Configure Self Service > Service Request > Display service request definitions and incident templates together
The Self Help Articles tab.Remedyforce Administration > Configure Self Service > Search > Enable display of popular or suggested Remedyforce knowledge articles on the Home tab and Self Service Search tab
The Self Help Articles tab as the first tab.Remedyforce Administration > Configure Self Service > General Self Service Settings > Knowledge articles have precedence over service requests in the layout
Only the selected common tickets in the Common Tickets tab.Remedyforce Administration > Configure Self Service > Common Requests

Records shown in the search result

Only those records are shown in tabs to which the client has an entitlement (account, profile, and permission set). For different tabs, records are shown based on the following conditions:

  • Service Request tab: Shows only those request definitions that are active and set as online.
  • Common Tickets tab: Shows only those templates that are active and selected under common requests.
  • Self Help Articles tab: Shows only those knowledge articles that have the Display in Self Service check box selected and the status as published. All record types as well as custom record types are supported.
  • Broadcasts tab: Shows only those broadcasts in the list that are active, available for the date range, and have the Display in Self Service check box selected.

Displaying rich text description for service requests in search results 

To display the Rich Text Format (RTF) description for service requests in search results, add the Description field of type Text Area (Rich) to the Self Service: Service Request Details fieldset of Request Definition object. Note that fieldset related configurations are not supported in Lightning Experience. To make fieldset related configurations, you must switch to the Classic view.

To add fields to the fieldset

  1. Click the Remedyforce Administration tab.
  2. On the Home page, click the Manage Objects > Create and Edit Objects.
  3. In the Object field, click All Custom Objects.
  4. On the Custom Objects page, search for Request Definition object and click it.
  5. Go to the Field Sets section and click Edit for Self Service: Service Request Detail.
  6. Select and drag the Description field of type Text Area (Rich) from the object palette and drop it to the In the Field Set list. You can also add the Description field for the plain text, but priority is given to the rich text field if it contains a value.
  7. Click Save.


Related topic

Settings for incidents submitted by clients

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Comments

  1. Ben Seba

    Is there any priority given to the Service Request search results for relevancy of the search topic?

    Sep 15, 2020 10:50
    1. Sirisha Dabiru

      Hi Ben Seba,

      We will get back to you on this comment soon.


      Thanks,

      Sirisha

      Sep 18, 2020 02:32
    1. Sirisha Dabiru

      Hi Ben Seba,


      No specific priority given to service request search results.


      Regards,

      Sirisha

      Sep 28, 2020 12:38