Using the Work Order Console

The Work Order Console provides a dedicated workspace for managing work orders. This console enables work order managers and assignees to track work orders quickly and efficiently.

From this console, you can update your record in the People form, for example, to indicate your assignment availability and to set your notification options.

You can view and edit the default appearance of the Work Order Console. For example, when the Work Order Console opens, you can determine the default search criteria settings. When you define your preferences (for example, to view all open work orders), this base set of preferences is inherited in the Overview Console.

Work Order Console functional areas

The following table lists the functional areas of the Work Order Console:

Functional area	Description
Chat	If the administrator has configured Chat, the Chat icon is displayed adjacent to the Help option at the top of the page. Chat enables you to initiate one-on-one live chat sessions from the Work Order Console. For more information, see Using chat.
Show, Filter By, Magnifying glass icon, More filters	This area contains the following fields: Show, Filter By, and Search. These fields combine to provide a way that you can filter records in the Work Order table or Tasks table. The Show field has a menu from which you select the basic criteria by which you want to filter the contents of the table, the menu choices include: Submitted by me — All work orders or tasks created by you All — All work orders, regardless of who created them Assigned to me — All work orders or tasks assigned to you Assigned to my group — All work orders or tasks assigned to a specific support group of which you are a member. If you select this, you are prompted to select the support group. Assigned to all my groups — All work orders or tasks assigned to all of the support groups of which you are a member The Filter By field places conditions on the basic criteria that you select in the Show field. This helps you manage the number of records returned by the Show field. If you select Assigned to me in the Show field and All Open > All Priorities from the Filter By field, the table contains all open work orders or tasks, regardless of their priority, that are assigned to you. The Magnifying glass icon opens a dialog box from which you can edit, save, and delete custom searches. Saved custom searches appear in the My Searches node of the Defined Searches list. For more information about custom searches, see Searching for work orders. More filters provides a way for you to further filter the contents of the Work Orders or Tasks table. If you still have a large number of records after using the Filter By field, click Advanced to open a dialog box that contains fields in which you can indicate even more precise information, such as product or operational categories. For example, using the advanced field you can add the product category Hardware to the filter. When added to the Show and Filter by fields, the table now contains all open hardware work orders or tasks, regardless of their priority, that are assigned to you. A check box appears in the More filters label to indicate when a filter from this area is active.
Refresh icon	Updates the console with the latest information
Work Orders/Tasks table	This table displays high-level details about work orders or tasks depending on the Console Focus you select. The displayed records match the status specified in the Work Orders summary in the navigation pane, or those that were found by the most recently completed search. The WO prefix identifies the work order requests, and the TAS prefix identifies related tasks. You can filter the requests in the table by using the menu options in the Show and Filter By fields.
Create	Opens the New Work Order form so you can create a new work order. For more information about work orders, see Creating work orders.
Create for Company (Hub and Spoke environments only)	Opens the New Work Order form after you identify the company for which you are creating the record. For more information about Hub and Spoke, see Hub and Spoke capability overview .
View	Opens the work order record selected in the table In a Hub and Spoke environment, when you click View, you open a work order record directly from the spoke server.
Print	Displays the details of the work order selected in the table as a report.
Service Context	Opens the Service Context summary view for the record selected in the Work Order table. For more information about service context, see Using BMC Atrium Service Context.
Preferences	Displays options to add and remove columns in the Work Orders table, set time intervals to refresh work order information, save updated preferences, and reset default preferences.
Work Orders	Groups work orders by their status: Open, Unassigned, Pending, and Resolved. Click a group to view a list of individual work orders in the Work Orders table in the right pane.
Functions	Click the right arrow to view links to perform the following actions: New Work Order — Opens the Work order form in New mode Search Work Order — Opens a search form that lets you search for change records according to the criteria that you supply. For more information about searching for work orders, see Searching for records. My Profile — Enables you to set options in your profile. See To update your assignment availability and notification options. Application Preferences — Enables you to set your application preferences and options. For more information about setting your preferences, see Setting application preferences and options. Reminders — Opens the Reminders dialog box. For more information about reminders, see Using reminders. Reports — Opens the Reporting Console. For more information about reports, see Analyzing services by running reports.
Console Focus	Enables you to switch the focus to work orders or to tasks, and to view work orders or tasks that match the criteria selected in the Show field. For more information about tasks, see Using tasks to divide and delegate work. To set the focus to work orders, click the Show Work Orders link in the upper right corner of the table. To set the focus to tasks, click the Show Tasks link in the upper right corner of the table. The list of all the tasks is displayed. You can identify the associated parent of a task from the Root Request ID field.
Work Order and Tasks links (Visible when the Console Focus is set to Work Orders)	Clicking the Work Order link displays details about the selected work order. Clicking the Tasks link displays tasks related to the selected work order.
Work Order Details and Task Details (Visible when the Console Focus is set to Tasks)	Clicking the Work Order Details link displays work order details about the task. Clicking the Task Details link displays details about the selected task.
Work Info	Shows activity associated with the work order or task The Work Info area enables work coordinators to view or define actions performed or information gathered about a work order. For example, you can define a work information entry that documents the installation and back-out procedures for a change. You can perform the following actions in this area: Create — Create a new activity View — Displays details of the selected activity Report — Displays a report of the Change Work Info history

To open the Work Order Console

To open the Work Order Console, perform one of the following actions:

Use the instructions at Accessing BMC Service Request Management consoles.
Use the URL provided by your administrator to access the console directly.

To update your assignment availability and notification options

On the Work Order Console, click Functions > My Profile.
Update the information at the top of the People form, or click the tab corresponding to the area in which to change the profile information.
Click Save.

To set Work Order Console user preferences

In the Work Order Console, click Functions > Application Preferences.
In the Default Home Page field, select the console that you want to appear as your home page when you log into the BMC Remedy Action Request System (BMC Remedy AR System) server. For example, if you want the Work Order Management console to appear, select Work Order Management Console. The default value is IT Home Page.
In the Company field, select the company that you want to appear in the Company field of the Work Order Management console by default.
In the Show field, you can select the default console view:
- Submitted By Me — Shows all work orders that you submitted
- Assigned To Me — Displays change requests assigned to you
- Assigned To My Selected Groups — Prompts you to select any support groups to which you belong
  You can select to display all change requests assigned to your group, or change requests assigned to your group that are not yet assigned to an individual.
- Assigned To All My Groups — Displays change requests assigned to all your support groups
  You can choose to display all change requests, or change requests that are not yet assigned to an individual.
Click the Work Order Management tab.
In the Work Order Console Settings section, specify the following information:
- Main Table — Select Work Order to set the console focus to work orders, or select Tasks to set the console focus to tasks.
- After New Save — Specify one of the following actions when you click Save on a Work Order form:
  - New Request After Submit — (Default) Opens the Work Order form in New mode
  - Modify Request After Submit — Keeps the current request open in Modify mode
    Note
    
    The After New Save field is not displayed in a mixed-version environment, or when BMC Service Request Management is installed as a stand-alone product. The default behavior is also different in these cases — after a new work order is saved, the work order remains open in Modify mode.
In the Overview Console area, specify the following information:
- Show Work Order — Select Yes if you want work orders loaded into the Assigned Work table when the console is opened.
- Work Order Role — When the Console Focus is Work Orders, select the setting that appears in the Role field.
- Work Order Type — When the Console Focus is Work Orders, select the setting that appears in the Work Order Type field.
- Work Order Status — Select by status type, the Work Orders that are displayed by default in the Overview Console.
Click Save.
You must close and re-open the Work Order Console for the changes to take effect.

Using the Work Order Console

Work Order Console functional areas

To open the Work Order Console

To update your assignment availability and notification options

To set Work Order Console user preferences

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