This documentation supports the 22.1 version of BMC Helix Digital Workplace Basic and BMC Helix Digital Workplace Advanced. Icons distinguish capabilities available only for the Advanced and External license levels. For more information, see License-types-and-features.

Creating and managing the service catalog

Important

Starting with the 21.3.02 patch, BMC announces changes related to the availability of BMC Service Request Management that might affect your use of BMC Helix Digital Workplace.

For more information, see Deprecated and discontinued features.

BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog presents services from multiple lines of business such as IT, HR, and Facilities in a single catalog. As a Catalog administrator, you set up your catalog by creating services, bundles, banners, workflows, and other supporting components for a seamless resolution of the service requests. 



Related topics

Providing-a-unified-service-catalog

BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog

Before you begin

As a Catalog administrator, ensure you refer to the common questions such as how to create workflows in BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog, how to submit a service request using BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog REST API, how to simplify string building in BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog, and so on at BEST FAQ on BMC Helix Digital Workplace on catalog workflows. 


The following table describes the tasks that you can perform to populate the service catalog:

Action

Console used

Reference

Create groups based on different criteria, and add services and articles to these groups. You can populate the Catalog from various sources.

Admin

Study an example of replacing the Request Entry Console in BMC Service Request Management with the BMC Helix Digital Workplace console.

Admin

Display items such as services and knowledge articles from BMC Service Request Management in BMC Helix Digital Workplace.

Admin

Create satisfaction surveys to provide feedback for completed IT requests from BMC Service Request Management and HR requests from BMC HR Case Management.

Admin

Catalog

DWP Advanced icon.pngThe following capabilities are available with BMC Helix Digital Workplace Advanced


Create an enhanced service catalog by passing information from a service request to an external system.

Catalog

Review the process of creating an enhanced catalog and publishing it to BMC Helix Digital Workplace.

Catalog

Create enhanced catalog items:

  • Create services and bundles
  • Create service categories and service templates
  • Approve and publish services and bundles
  • Import and export external services
  • Import external service categories
  • Build workflows for service fulfillment
  • Build questionnaires for service fulfillment

Catalog

Configure virtual marketplaces to entitle enhanced catalog items to end users.

Catalog

Create promotional banners and configure them to be displayed.

Catalog

Check the status of enhanced service requests in the BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog console.

Catalog