Consolidation of tickets from third-party applications into BMC Helix ITSM
When organizations use services from multiple third-party applications, tracking incidents across multiple ticket management systems can be a challenge. BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker facilitates the consolidation of third-party application tickets into BMC Helix ITSM.
You can leverage the ticket consolidation functionality for the following third-party applications:
- Salesforce Service Cloud
- Jira Service Management (formerly known as Jira Service Desk)
- BMC Helix Remedyforce
- Multiple instances of BMC Helix ITSM
Benefits of ticket consolidation
The major benefit that you get by using this functionality is to use BMC Helix ITSM as a central repository of tickets. Avoiding the need to navigate to different applications, you can control all your tickets from BMC Helix ITSM.
Additionally, ticket consolidation provides the following benefits:
- When a ticket is created in a third-party application; for example, in Salesforce Service Cloud, a corresponding ticket is created in BMC Helix ITSM.
- Notifications for status updates are sent so that status changes in incidents are synchronized between BMC Helix ITSM and third-party applications.
- Notes in the BMC Helix ITSM incident and the third-party application ticket are updated.
- Ticket data between the third-party application and BMC Helix ITSM is also synchronized.
- The BMC Helix ITSM console displays the third-party application ticket ID as a link that opens the ticket in the third-party application.
Components used to create third-party application tickets
BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker supports BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit, BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by MuleSoft, and BMC Helix Integration Service as the underlying integration technologies. These technologies contain different components that you can configure for an integration, as shown in the following images:
Learn about BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit and its components in
BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit overview.
Learn about BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by MuleSoft and its components in
BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by MuleSoft overview.
Learn about BMC Helix Integration Service and its components in
BMC Helix Integration Service overview.
How tickets are consolidated into BMC Helix ITSM from a third-party application by using BMC Helix iPaaS
The following image shows an example of how BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker uses BMC Helix iPaaS to consolidate incidents from a third-party application into BMC Helix ITSM:
How tickets are consolidated into BMC Helix ITSM from a third-party application by using BMC Helix Integration Service
The following image shows an example of how BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker uses BMC Helix Integration Service to consolidate incidents from a third-party application into BMC Helix ITSM:
How status and activity notes are updated in BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker
The following table lists the events that update the status and activity notes:
Event type | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
Addition of a comment | A service desk agent adds a comment to the ITSM incident in BMC Helix ITSM and clicks Share with vendor. | The comment is added to the third-party application ticket. |
A Case Comment is added to a Salesforce Service Cloud ticket. | BMC Helix ITSM displays the comment as an activity note for the corresponding incident. | |
Addition of an attachment | A service desk agent adds an attachment to an activity note inBMC Helix ITSM. | BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker adds the attachment to the case in Salesforce Service Cloud. The text from the activity note is added to Case Comment. |
An attachment is added to a case in Salesforce Service Cloud. | BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker creates an activity note and adds the attachment to the corresponding incident in BMC Helix ITSM. Important: There is no limitation for sharing attachments between BMC Helix ITSM and Salesforce Service Cloud for any supported version of BMC Helix ITSM. However, the attachment shows in the activity feed in BMC Helix ITSM only in version 18.08. The Mid Tier can be used to view the attachments for any supported version. | |
Updates to a field | A field is updated in BMC Helix ITSM. | BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker adds a comment in the corresponding third-party application ticket mentioning the field name with its new and existing values. Important: BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker adds a comment only for those fields that are mapped when you specify the technology provider and field mapping during the third-party application data configuration. |
Any updates to a field in a third-party application ticket. | The updates are reflected in the corresponding BMC Helix ITSM incident field. Important: This behavior applies only to those fields that are mapped when you specify technology provider and field mapping during the third-party application data configuration. | |
Updates to a ticket status | A third-party application ticket is closed. | The corresponding BMC Helix ITSM incident is marked as Resolved, based on the option that you select when you specify technology provider and field mapping during the third-party application data configuration. |
Status of a third-party application ticket is changed. | The change is reflected as an activity note in the corresponding BMC Helix ITSM incident. | |
A BMC Helix ITSM incident is canceled, closed, or resolved. | The corresponding third-party application ticket is closed. |
Activity notes also display the third-party application ticket numbers and the author of the note.
The following table lists the different formats in which an activity note can be displayed:
From where a ticket is created | Format of the activity note |
|---|---|
From a third-party application to BMC Helix ITSM |
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From BMC Helix ITSM to a third-party application |
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Supported integrations
The following table lists available ticket consolidation integrations between BMC Helix ITSM and third-party applications:
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| Integration technology | Third-party application | Reference |
|---|---|---|
BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit | Salesforce Service Cloud | Synchronizing incidents with Service Cloud cases via BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit |
BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by MuleSoft | Salesforce Service Cloud | Synchronizing incidents with Service Cloud cases via BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by MuleSoft |
BMC Helix Integration Service | BMC Helix Remedyforce | Synchronizing incidents with BMC Helix Remedyforce tickets via BMC Helix Integration Service |
| Salesforce Service Cloud | Synchronizing incidents with Service Cloud cases via BMC Helix Integration Service | |
Third-party (vendor) BMC Helix ITSM | Synchronizing incidents with vendor BMC Helix ITSM incidents via BMC Helix Integration Service |
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