Adding catalog profile details to a service
An BMC Digital Workplace Catalog administrator must add catalog profile details to a service to make the service available for publishing.
Before you begin
Before adding details to a service, ensure that you have the necessary service category. For more information about creating categories, see Adding and updating service categories.
To add catalog profile details to a service
- In BMC Digital Workplace Catalog, go to Services > Services, and search for a service that you want to update.
Select Actions > Open.
The Service Options pane is displayed.Click Edit next to the Catalog Profile.
Complete the required details described in the following table:
Field Required? Guideline for use Service Logo Required (for all templates, except built-in IT Request) Upload a square image. Several image file formats are supported (refer to the application tool tip). The image will be converted to a PNG file for use in the catalog preview.
Best practice
We recommend that the image be 512 x 512 pixels.Service Excerpt Specify up to 105 characters to be displayed on the service tile. Longer excerpts will be shortened to include the last complete word before the 105th character mark, including spaces. Service Description There is always one description field in every service template.
Upload Media Optional (fields vary depending on the specific template used) Attach media to be displayed in the preview carousel.
Upload up to five images (892 x 280 pixels or scaled proportionately) in any of the file formats specified in the application tool tip. The image will be converted to .png format for storage and viewing in the catalog profile preview.
Include up to two YouTube video URLs in the format:
https://youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}Short links that begin with
youtu.beare not supported.Categories Assign Categories and Subcategories up to three levels deep. The categories shown may be a short list of visible categories selected in the template. Tags Enter free-form Tags that will help the user find the service using the search filters.
Best practice: Use a consistent tagging scheme for your organization.File resources and links Attach any files or add URLs that can help the user work with the service. Fulfillment Select Internal Workflow (default) or External Link. The external method directs the user to a specific website URL where users will complete the fulfillment outside of the system. The external method is designed for use with third-party systems like airline and hotel reservations, event registration, and legacy information systems.
Services fulfilled via an External URL do not appear in BMC Digital Workplace Catalog reports. However, the click-through to the external URL is tracked.
- Click Save.
Important
BMC Digital Workplace Catalog enables you to add service profile details in multiple languages. You can publish service profile details and the translations for the end users in different locales. For more information, see Localizing catalog items.
The following illustration shows a completed form with service catalog profile details.
Comments
The Service Excerpt appears to be 150 chars on the Service Tile. Is this doc correct? I get to 150 on my system counting chars and spaces or 122 with just chars. Can you confirm? Thanks!
Hello Josh Hicks, thanks for reaching out to the BMC documentation team.
You can add as many characters as you want in the Service Excerpt field of the DWP-C admin console, but end users see only the shortened version with up to 105 characters.
Regards,
Olha
My Service Cards are showing 150 characters with spaces and 129 characters with no spaces, and not making a hover. All of the words from the Service Excerpt show up on the card with 150 characters and spaces. It does not shorten at all beyond 105 characters. I am asking if your number got mixed up 105 / 150 ??? :-) or did we get the "Special" version of DWP that allows 150 chars in a Service Card before it shortens or creates a Hover?
Thanks Again!
I have forwarded your question to the development team and will get back as soon as I receive an answer.
Olha
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