List of providers

This topic provides information about the providers that are available for integration with BMC Digital Workplace and Remedy with Smart IT (Smart IT).

To modify the provider settings, see Making configuration changes to integrated applications.

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Configuring after installation of BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT

Video demonstration

The following video (3:14) explores different providers available within BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT, how to enable providers, and see a list of all active and inactive providers.

Note

The video shows an older version of BMC Digital Workplace . The previous product name was MyIT. Although there might be minor changes in the user interface, the overall functionality remains the same.

Providers in BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT

The following table lists the providers available in BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT:

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Provider's name	Used by	Integration with	Functionality provided	Notes
CLM cloud services pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management	Access BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management data and operations.	Not applicable
Exchange pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	Microsoft Exchange server	Allows assets and rooms to be reserved. Displays the availability status on the profile page of the Universal Client.	To configure, enter the following information: Login Use any Exchange user that has access to viewing other user and room schedules and that can schedule rooms. Password URL Use the URL to access the Microsoft Exchange web service, which uses the format of https://mail.domain.extension/EWS/Exchange.asmx.
HR Case - Knowledge pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	BMC Remedy HR Case Management	Upload HR knowledge articles to BMC Digital Workplace from the BMC Remedy HR Case Management application.	Not applicable
HRCM - service catalog pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	BMC Remedy HR Case Management	Create cases using the HR solutions from the BMC Remedy HR Case Management application.	Note: For eForms to work in BMC Digital Workplace , you must specify the BMC HR Case Management midtier URL in the Midtier URL field, update the settings and reload the providers.
HR Case - User Details pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	BMC Remedy HR Case Management	Synchronize user information from the BMC Remedy HR Case Management to MyIT.	Important: Enable this provider only if the BMC Digital Workplace server is not integrated with BMC Remedy ITSM.
LDAP pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	LDAP	LDAP authentication. Activate the broadcasts and notifications with uploaded groups of the users.	Note: If you enable the LDAP provider, make sure that the Group provider is disabled.
Group pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	BMC Remedy AR server	Activate the broadcasts and notifications with uploaded Remedy AR groups of the users.	Note: If you enable the Group provider, make sure that the LDAP provider is disabled.
RKM pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	BMC Knowledge Management	Search for knowledge articles in the BMC Knowledge Management database.	To retrieve knowledge articles, you must also enable the ITSM Knowledge pluggable provider. To configure, enter the following information: RKM templates To use a custom template along with the predefined templates, add the template (for example, RKM:CustomTemplate template) to the RKM templates setting. rkm.searchResultOption This setting affects the Similar articles section displayed to the right of the knowledge article. For similar articles, the search term is the original article title. The following options are available: words - The preview excerpt shows the words surrounding the search term (words in the original article title). This option is equivalent to the Words Around Hits option in BMC Knowledge Management. excerpt - The preview excerpt is from the start of the article. This option is equivalent to the Excerpt option in BMC Knowledge Management. For more information about the search result options, see the following document on BMC Communities: https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-32647
System management pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT	None	Maintenance of the BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT server.	Not applicable
SRM pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace	BMC Service Request Management	Create inicidents using the service request definitions (SRDs) from the BMC Service Request Management application.	Most of the provider settings are predefined. You can update the following settings as needed: Mid Tier URL — This field refers to BMC Remedy Mid Tier for BMC Service Request Management. skip.fulfillment — If some of your service requests do not use fulfillment, leave this value as true. If this is set to false, BMC Digital Workplace requires fulfillment to be set by all service requests from BMC Service Request Management. Open AIF in new window — If set to true, service requests of the type AIF open in a new window or tab. If set to false, these requests open in an iframe. obo.enabled.for.all — This flag is used by the On Behalf Of feature. If this flag is set to false, the rules set in BMC Service Request Management for On Behalf Of requests are used. In addition, BMC Digital Workplace users can search for the Requested for employee by either first or last name, but not by full name. If this flag is set to true, any employee can create a request on behalf of any other employee. Because a different search is performed for the Requested for, users can search by full name, in addition to first name, last name, or email address. If your organization has over 50,000 employees, setting this flag to true can improve performance. BMC Digital Workplace useExternalIcon — This flag works only for SRDs that do not have icons specified in BMC Digital Workplace . If set to true, the icons for SRDs are taken from BMC Service Request Management. If set to false, the default icons are used.
User Details pluggable provider	BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT	BMC Remedy IT Service Management	Select this provider to synchronize user information from the BMC Remedy IT Service Management to BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT.	Important: If you have installed BMC Digital Workplace with only BMC HR Case Management, enable HR Case - User Details pluggable provider. For all other installation scenarios, enable User Details pluggable provider.

Note

Ensure that HR Case - User Details pluggable provider and User Details pluggable provider are not simultaneously enabled. If you have installed BMC Digital Workplace with only BMC HR Case Management, enable the HR Case - User Details pluggable provider. For all other installation scenarios, enable the User Details pluggable provider.

List of providers

Video demonstration

Providers in BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT

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