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PC Refresh

The IT content pack provides a service to refresh the employees' primary device. End user have the choice of ordering a refurbished device, which is available sooner than a new device. 

Content pack title

PC Refresh

Fulfilment

Work Order

Work order template

Computer Refresh

BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog item

PC Refresh

Involves approval? - Yes or No

Yes

Related topics

Leveraging-the-out-of-the-box-IT-services

Out-of-the-box-IT-services


Service request activity flow

The following sequence occurs when an employee initiates a service request:

PC refresh.png


Important capability of the service

The PC Refresh service includes the following advanced capability:

Internal tags for hiding non-essential questions such as template names and IDs from agents in BMC Helix ITSM notes

Internal tags are labels that you add to questions. In the PC Refresh service, the hidden tag is added to questions whose answers should not be included in the BMC Helix ITSM notes that are displayed for the agents. Hidden questions, such as the Incident template name, the affected CI Reconciliation ID, and other backend questions, must be added the hidden tag. 

The following image shows how the tag is added in the Question Designer and the workflow qualification to exclude questions with the hidden tag: 

IT pack_PC refresh_hidden questions.png


 

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