Configuring screens

The different views under the Screen Configuration menu enable you to customize the layout of the ticket profiles. You can specify the fields that are required during ticket creation. You can also specify the property of all fields, and place the fields in the appropriate sections of a ticket profile. You can add custom fields to any section or subsection you want. For example, in the Incident view, the default Record section consists of Affected Service, Affected Asset, Record Summary, and Categorization subsections. You can move fields within these subsections or to another section of the Incident view, such as the Assignment section. You can move widgets from a section to another section. You can also remove a widget, and replace some/all of its member fields as individual fields. You can also configure the title bar of the ticket profiles to add fields and widgets that best suit your business needs.

To configure the layout of a ticket profile

You can add and move fields and widgets among sections and subsections in a ticket profile. However, you cannot add a single field or widget to more than one section or subsection. For more information, see Smart IT screens, panels, and fields.

1. On the Dashboard, select the Configuration > Screen Configuration.
2. Go to the Incident View and select Record > Affected Asset.
3. Click X to remove the field or the widget from the Affected Asset section.
4. Click Save.
5. Go to the Incident View and select Record > Record Summary.
6. In the Available Fields section, select the field or the widget that was removed from the Affected Asset section and add it under the Seleced Fields area.

7. Click Save.

   Note

   Smart IT does not support printing the customized ticket profile.

To update the property of fields

As an administrator, you can customize the properties of the out-of-the-box (OOTB) and custom fields to make them behave in way that you can define by using expressions for Incident, Change Requests, Work Order, and Task tickets. You can define expressions only on Universal Client (UC), and the result is implemented on both UC and mobile devices. If you do not want to add expressions, you can select Always from the menu to apply a set property always on the selected field or widget. To make a field read-only, you can select the Read Only option.

For example, to make the Company field always required, you must select Always for the Required property. If you want to make the property conditional, then you must specify expressions. To do so, you must follow these steps:

1. On the Dashboard, select Configuration > Screen Configuration.
2. Navigate to the ticket view and select the section in which the field is available.
3. Double-click a field (OOTB or custom field). 
   Options to define the field property are displayed.
4. Select the check box for a property; for example, Required and then select Meet a Condition.
5. Build an expression.
6. Click Save. 
   

To add expression to the fields

You can build expressions to dynamically change the following field properties:

For more information, see Configuration details of expression.

To associate actions to the fields

You can add URL and Provider actions to the fields of Incident, Change, Work Order and Task tickets. For more information, see Configuring actions in Smart IT and Configuring provider actions in Smart IT.

To configure widgets

A widget is a set of member fields that are closely related to each other. You can disassociate an existing widget, and add fields of the widget separately. You must first remove the widget from the Selected Fields. When the widget is removed, the fields in the widget can be added separetely to the ticket profile. You cannot add a widget after removing the widget and adding the member fields. A widget appears disabled if it is removed.

Scenario

The Priority widget is available in the Incident, Change, Work Order and Task view. The widget has Priority, Impact and Urgency fields. To break this widget, follow these steps:

1. In the Header section, click the x to remove the Priority widget.
   In the Available Fields section, the Priority, Impact and Urgency fields are now available for selection.
2. You can select any or all these fields and add them as individual fields.

3. Click Save.

Configuring Google Map widget

You can configure the Google Map widget from Configuration > Screen Configuration. This widget appears enabled in the Available Fields section. You can move this widget as per your requirements. The Google Map widget is driven by Google Map API Key.

To configure the title bar of the tickets

You can configure the title bar of an Incident and Change Request views. By default, the Incident ID field and Priority widget are displayed in the title bar. You can add a maximum of 5 fields or widgets in the title bar. You can remove the Incident ID field and the Priority widget and add to another section. Except the Priority widget, you cannot add any other widget in the title bar of the Incident View.

1. On the Dashboard, select the Configuration > Screen Configuration.
2. Go to the Incident View and click Header.
3. From the Available Fields, add fields and widgets to the Selected Fields area. 
   For example, you can add the following fields and widgets:
   
   • Custom fields—Entry ID and Reported Date
   • A widget—Category Company Widget
4. Click Save.

Similarly, you can configure the title bar of change request profile. On the title bar of change request profile three widgets are available by default—Risk Level, Priority, and Change Class (non editable). You must note that the Change ID is non-editable in the Change View mode.

If a field is present in all required ITSM forms, the field is listed with an Add icon ("+" sign) to the left of the field label, and you can add it to Smart IT views. However, if the field is missing on any of the required ITSM forms, the field is displayed inactive, and you cannot add it to the view.

You can make a custom field required in Smart IT, even if the field is optional in Remedy ITSM, by selecting the Required property in Smart IT Screen Configuration. The field is then indicated as required in the Smart IT UI and must be completed for every new ticket. In the mid-tier UI, the field continues to be shown as optional.

For standard Remedy ITSM fields that are displayed out-of-the-box in Smart IT, such as Product Categorization Tier 1 - 3, you can control whether they are required or optional in the Smart IT UI by customizing the field properties in Remedy ITSM (via BMC Developer Studio). For example, if you make the Product Categorization Tier 1 field required in Remedy ITSM, then it behaves as a required field in Smart IT. If you make a field mandatory in Remedy ITSM by using filter workflow, it is not automatically displayed as a required field in Smart IT. Be sure to run BMC Developer Studio in Best Practice Customization mode when creating customizations, to ensure that you are using overlays.

When you add fields to a view, they are displayed vertically. You can edit the custom field inline like all fields on the default view, by clicking the edit icon. However, fields in the Assignment area are displayed on the Update Assignment panel for edit. For the Create Incident View and the Create Change View, if you configure a field in the Developers Studio, Smart IT does not reflect the configured field. You need to configure the same field in the Screen Configuration of Smart IT. For example, if you configure a field in the Developers Studio as Required, then again you need to mark this field as Required in the Screen Configuration of Smart IT. If the field is already appearing in the Selected Field column, then you need to configure it again. Otherwise, you can remove the field from the Selected Fields column and add it back from the Available Fields to the Selected Fields column.

To alert if ITSM (System Required) fields are removed

With the screen configuration capability, if you remove a ITSM required field from the Selected Fields section of a screen view (Configuration > Screen Configuration), Smart IT asks you to confirm the action as displayed in the following image:

If you confirm removal of the field, the view continues to display a red mark to remind you to add the field back to the view:

To add or remove menu items

The global menu is at the top of every page of application in Universal Client, and is accessible on mobile apps using a slide-out panel. You can either add items or remove menu items from this menu. The added items appear in More menu to the right of all default items. 

1. To add a menu item, click Add Menu Item.

2. In New Menu Item, specify the following details:
   

   Option	Description
   Alphabetical order/custom order	By default, menu items are displayed in alphabetical order in the More list. You can change the order by using the Custom Order option.
   Supported platforms	You can add menu items on both the desktop and mobile platforms. Select the platform for which the new menu item is to be added.
   URL/URI	Enter a URL/URl.
   Open behavior	You can configure Smart IT to open the menu item in a new browser window or the same browser window. The New Browser Window option is selected by default.
   Default label	You must provide a default label for the menu item. The label that you specify is displayed on the More list for the action you configured.
   Localization label	When you configure menu items, you can localize the label in the languages supported by Smart IT. If the locale language configured in the service desk agent's OS or browser does not match with the localized label, the menu item is displayed in the default language. For example, you configure a menu item and specify the label text with English as the default label and French as the localized label. If the locale language configured in the service desk agent's OS or browser is French, the menu item label is displayed in French. If the locale language configured in the service desk agent's OS or browser is not French, then the menu item label is displayed in the default English language.