Setting the service request status

As a catalog administrator, you can insert the Set Service Request Status element into fulfillment process workflows to update the status shown on a requesting user's activity timeline. Insert this element at various points inside a workflow to provide a running status of the user's request.

Input parameters of the Set Service Request Status element

The Set Service Request Status element receives the following parameters:

Element image	Parameter	Required	Example	Comment
	Request Id	Required	SERVICE REQUEST ID	Create a variable to use as the service broker context, and expand to assign the Service Request Id parameter.
	Status	Required	"COMPLETED"	Insert one of the allowed values from the table of Accepted status enumeration values listed in the next section. Enclose the value in double quotes.
	Sub Status	Not used		Leave blank.
	Status Reason	Optional	"Custom message string"	The approver can enter the text to display for the status of this service request when the end user clicks the information (i) icon on the approval.

Accepted status enumeration values

The following table shows the status enumeration values that you can use in workflows, as well as the status shown to the user.

* If the status is set to NEW (Initiated), the request will not appear in the user's timeline.

Setting the request status in a workflow

You can use the Set Service Request Status to inform the user of the progress of a process until the request is completed. The following example shows a workflow that sets the service request status before calling the request approval process, and then sets a custom message based on the result of the approval request.

When using multiple elements of the same type in a single workflow, each must be given a unique label. In this example, the Set Service Request Status elements are numbered to be unique.

Where to go from here

For instructions to build the workflow in the illustration, see Using Set Service Request Status in a workflow.