Adding and updating services
Adding service catalog items directly gives BMC Digital Workplace Catalogadministrators the most control over the details they provide so that the end users can make informed decisions when searching for services to help them do their work.
You must be logged in as a service catalog administrator or internal service supplier to be able to manage service catalog items. Collect the images, text, and other media to include in the service catalog profile for each service. The specific information required depends on the service type template used for each service.
The following illustration shows Service Management page, where the BMC Digital Workplace Catalog manages the enhanced service catalog items.
Before you begin
Before you add a new service, ensure that you have the necessary service template created. For more details about templates, see Adding-service-templates.
To add a service
- Go to Services > Services.
- Click Create New > Service.
Enter the following information:
Parameter
Description
Service Name
Specify a descriptive name for this service.
Service Template
Select a template from the drop-down list.
Version
Use any text value as the version name. You may also leave the field blank. For more details about versions, see Managing-service-versions-and-revisions.
- Click Create Service.
The service is created in Draft status, and the Service Options pane is displayed. You must complete the required details for the service components before you can publish the service.
To manage a service
After you have added a service, you can perform one of the following actions from the Actions menu:
- Open a service for editing by clicking Open
- Edit name of a service by clicking Edit Service Name
- Delete a service when it is no longer necessary by clicking Delete
- Save a local copy of the service by clicking Export. For more details about this option, see Copying-services-from-another-system.
To add details to a service
On the Service Management page, perform one of the following actions:
- Add a new service.
- Open an existing service for editing.
- Complete the required details for the service components to make this service consumable by end users.
Services available in the BMC Digital Workplace Catalog include components described in the following table:
Service component | Required | Description | Reference topic |
|---|---|---|---|
Catalog profile | Required | Provide general information about a service. | |
Workflow |
| Select a fulfillment process that starts when a service request is submitted. | |
Questionnaire | Required only when the following conditions are met:
| Create questions that collect information from a user at the time of the request. | |
Service Level Agreement | Optional | By default, all services have no SLAs applied to them. You can define when a service request is to be completed by configuring and attaching an SLA to it. | |
Cost and quantity | Optional | By default, all services are free. You can add a price to a service. The service price is automatically counted based on the settings you apply. | |
Actions | Optional | By default, all services have no actions associated with them. You can add actions to the service that will be available for selection by end users on their My Stuff page when the service request is completed. | |
Service version | Optional | By default, all services have a single version. You can save multiple versions of the service. |
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