BMC Service Request Management 21.05

BMC Service Request Management enables IT and other business departments to easily define available services, publish those services in a service catalog, and automate fulfillment of those services. Service Request Management works with other Service Management applications and manages the entire process, from submission to completion.

Release notes and notices Updated 28 Oct 2021

Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Service Request Management 21.05 release, including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

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BMC Helix ITSM release notes

Date	Title	Summary
October 28, 2021	21.05 Patches	This patch release includes defect fixes for Smart IT and BMC Service Request Management.
September 15, 2021	21-05-Patches	Starting with 21.05.02 patch, perform container deployment of BMC Helix Innovation Suite and service management applications.
July 28, 2021	21-05-Patches	This patch release includes updates and defect fixes for BMC Helix Innovation Studio and the service management applications.
June 23, 2021	21-05-enhancements	For the BMC Helix ITSM enhancements, see BMC Helix ITSM enhancements.

Getting started See more		Managing service requests As a service agent, submit, view, and manage requests in Service Request Management. See more Managing work orders As a Work Order manager and assignee, perform various tasks on Work Orders in Service Request Management. See more Building the service catalog As a catalog manager, build a service catalog in Service Request Management. See more
Planning As an administrator, plan the roles and permission groups for your company. See more	Onboarding and implementing As an administrator, set up Service Request Management for your company. See more	Administering As an administrator, perform configuration and administration tasks in Service Request Management. See more
Troubleshooting Resolve common issues or errors, review logs, or contact Support. See more	Integrating As an administrator, set up integrations with other BMC products or third-party software. See more	Developing As an administrator, workflow developer, or consultant, extended and customize Service Request Management through Advanced Interface Forms or SOAP web services. See more

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The following topics contain videos that supplement the text-based documentation:

Adding a service CI to an SRD
- Creating a service catalog
  - Creating a standard PDT
    
    Creating an SRD that opens a URL in another window
    
    Defining target data from custom applications
    
    Guidelines and validations for creating a PDT
    
    Migrating data by using the Import Export Console
    
    Monitoring service requests
    
    Orientation
    
    Service Request Definitions
    
    Setting up surveys for SRDs
    
    Troubleshooting
    
    Troubleshooting fulfillment requests and CAI plug-in issues

Frequently asked questions

Here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions about BMC Service Request Management.

Why am I not able to find some of the older topics of this product?

We have completely restructured the BMC Helix ITSM documentation spaces. Some of the older topics have been renamed or merged into other topics. Here is a list of 10 most popular topics in the earlier versions of Service Request Management and where you can find them in the restructured documentation space.

Older topic title	Where you can find the information now
What is BMC Service Request Management?	Learning-about-BMC-Service-Request-Management
Configuring custom approval chains	Setting-approvals-for-a-service-request
Using	Managing-service-requests Managing-work-orders Building-the-service-catalog
Getting started with creating services	Creating-a-service-catalog
Using the Request Entry console	Request-Entry-console Managing-service-requests
Setting up surveys and viewing results	Setting-up-surveys-for-SRDs
Service request life cycle	Overview-of-service-requests
Using the Data Management Job Console	Migrating-data-by-using-the-Data-Management-Job-Console
User permissions	Roles-and-permissions-in-BMC-Service-Request-Management
BMC Service Request Management notification events	Configuring-notifications

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