Configuring Self Service tiles

You can configure and reorder the tiles that are displayed in Self Service. BMC Remedyforce provides out-of-the-box tiles for tasks such as submitting a ticket, requesting a service, and contacting the service desk. However, you can also create tiles to provide access to your custom Visualforce pages or other web-based applications.

For example, to enable clients to reset passwords, you can create a custom tile that links to your web-based application. Also, if you support travel-related activities for multiple vendors, you can create a Travel tile and provide links to the websites of all the vendors.

You can create ten custom tiles, and for each tile, you can define up to ten links. To display custom tiles in Self Service, you must define at least one link for a tile.

When you install BMC Remedyforce Winter 17 (20.17.01), you get Self Service 3.0 in the Remedyforce Self Service tab. However, if you upgrade to BMC Remedyforce Winter 17, you get Self Service 2.0 in the Remedyforce Self Service tab and the option to upgrade to Self Service 3.0.

Considerations

Consider the following points when configuring or reordering custom tiles:

• The View My Activity tile location in Self Service is fixed even if you can reorder the tile on the Tile Visibility and Order page.
• The following tiles are not supported in Self Service 3.0: Post to Chatter, Search your organization's Intranet, and Contact Us.
• You can create custom tiles and reorganize them with supported tiles. 

The following topics are provided:

To create custom tiles

You can create custom tiles to enable Self Service clients to easily access your custom Visualforce pages or other web-based applications. You can create up to ten custom tiles.

1. Click the Remedyforce Administration tab.
2. On the Home page, click the Configure Self Service arrow, and select Tile Visibility and Order.
3. In the Self Service Tiles section, click Add New Custom Tile icon.
4. (Optional) To hide the custom tile in Self Service, in the Visible column, clear the check box. By default, the check box is selected and the custom tile is displayed in Self Service.
5. If the check box is selected in the Visible column, perform the following actions to add links for the custom tile:
   1. In the Custom Tile Links area, click .
   2. Enter the name and URL of the custom link.
   3. (Optional) In the Description field, enter the text that must be displayed as a tooltip in Self Service.
   4. To add more links, repeat step a to step c.

   5. To configure the display sequence of the links, select a link and click or

      Note

      To display a custom tile in Self Service, you must define at least one link for the tile. You can define up to ten links for each custom tile.

6. (Optional) In the Order # column, change the order number for showing the custom tile in Self Service.
   By default, the next order number in the sequence is assigned to the custom tile. For example, if the last order number assigned to the existing tiles is 8 and you add a custom tile, the order number that is assigned by default to the new tile is 9.

   Note

   The order number for each tile must be unique. If you select an order number that is already assigned to another tile, the order number for that tile and the subsequent tiles in that sequence is increased by one. For example, if you have assigned order numbers 1 to 5 for your existing tiles, and you change the order number for the new custom tile to 4, the order number for the last two tiles in the existing sequence changes to 5 and 6.

7. Click Save.

To create links for custom tiles

To display a custom tile in Self Service, you must add at least one link for the tile. You can create up to ten links for each custom tile. You can add links while you are creating a custom tile or add more links later for an existing custom tile.

1. Click the Remedyforce Administration tab.
2. On the Home page, click the Configure Self Service arrow, and select Tile Visibility and Order.
3. Select the custom tile for which you want to add a link.
4. In the Custom Tile Links area, click .
5. Enter the name and URL of the custom link.
6. (Optional) In the Description field, enter the text that you want to display as a tooltip in Self Service.

7. To add more links, repeat step 4 to step 6.

   To display a custom tile in Self Service, you must add at least one link for the tile.

8. To configure the display order of the links, select a link and click  or  .
9. Click Save.

To configure visibility and display order of tiles

You can configure the out-of-the-box and custom tiles that are displayed in Self Service and the order in which these tiles are displayed. Tile visibility also depends on feature enablement and user license. For example, the Post to Chatter and Manage Approvals tiles are not visible to users with a Customer Portal Manager license.

1. Click the Remedyforce Administration tab.
2. On the Home page, click the Configure Self Service tile, and from the menu, select Tile Visibility and Order.

3. To display a tile in Self Service, in the Visible column, select the check boxes for the required tiles.

   Note

   The Common Tickets and View My CIs and Assets tiles are visible only in Self Service on Salesforce1 Mobile App (Self Service mobile app). For information about the other tiles that are supported for the Self Service mobile app, see Configuring settings for Self Service on Salesforce1 Mobile App.

4. In the Order # column, select the display order number.
   Provide an order number to all the tiles for which you are selecting the check box in the Visible column. Do not miss or repeat an order number. For example, do not select order number 4 for two tiles.

5. In the Direct Link column, click .
   You can embed the direct links on your intranet or send it by using an email message. For more information about using the direct links, see Providing direct links for Self Service components.

   Note

   You can embed direct links only for out-of-the-box Self Service tiles.

6. Click .

7. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK.

To delete custom tiles

You can delete custom tiles that are no longer required. When you delete a custom tile, the links associated with that tile are also deleted.

1. Click the Remedyforce Administration tab.
2. On the Home page, click the Configure Self Service tile, and from the menu, select Tile Visibility and Order.
3. From the list of tiles, select the custom tile that you want to delete.
4. To delete the selected tile, click .
5. To save your changes, and click .