This documentation supports the 21.3 version of BMC Helix Digital Workplace Advanced.To view an earlier version, select the version from the Product version menu.

Setting service level agreements


Service catalog administrators and internal service supplier administrators can configure service level agreements (SLAs) for a service. The SLA section is where you include optional information to capture the terms of service agreed upon by an organization and the service supplier who provides the service.


Before you begin

Create the service, as described in Adding-and-updating-services.


To add Service Level Agreement (SLA) information

  1. In BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog, go to Services > Services, and open a service.
  2. Click Edit next to Service Level Agreement on the Service Options pane.

    sla1.png

  3. Enter a text version in Description field.
  4. (Optional) Select Add Trackable Metric, which indicate when end users should expect their service requests to be completed.
    You can add multiple metrics, one after the other.
    1. Select any of the following trackable metrics and complete the corresponding fields:

      Trackable metric

      Description

      End-user visibility

      Provisioning Time

      Specified in days, hours, or minutes.

      Note: The duration must include only business days. For example, if the provisioning time is two working weeks, specify 10 days as the value.

      Yes

      Service Availability

      Promised reliability and quality of service, with a description and a measurable percentage.

      No

      Response Time

      Expected time to receive a response from support. Four severity levels can be monitored: Low, Medium, High, and Critical.

      No

      The following image shows an example of the Response Time metric:

      Example_Response time metric.png

  5. (Optional) If required according to your legal statement, attach a digital copy of the SLA as a file, or provide a link to an online SLA copy.
  6. Click Save.

You can view the SLA reports in BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog. For more information, see Reports-and-analysis-of-the-enhanced-service-catalog


To delete Service Level Agreements (SLAs)


  1. In BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog, go to Services > Services, and open a service.
  2. Click Edit next to Service Level Agreement on the Service Options pane.
  3. To remove the link or a document that you added, click the Remove button, as shown in the following image:

    Remove SLA trackable metric.png

  4. To remove trackable metrics, click the cross icon, as shown in the following image:
  5. Click Save



Required licensing

SaaS subscribers who use BMC Helix ITSM or BMC-Helix-Virtual-Agent-Basic-service are entitled to this feature.


 

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