Use intelligent support group prediction in incidents with the BMC Helix model


This use case describes how service desk managers can use AI to to automatically predict and assign incoming incidents to the best suited support groups for resolution. AI analyzes historical, closed incidents in BMC Helix ITSM to predict the appropriate support group of incoming incidents. The capability uses the Helix model to predict the support group.

Use this capability for the following benefits:

  • Improved assignments to support groups, ensuring appropriate utilization of support resources.
  • Reduced manual effort of analysis and assignment of incidents

 

Scenario for using intelligent support group prediction

Susan, the service desk manager at Calbro Inc, notices that incidents related to network security are assigned to wrong support groups by her team. The incidents often take multiple hops before reaching the right support group which delays the resolution.

While creating an incident Failure in security server node, she wants to assign it to the right support group having relevant expertise to resolve it. However, there are multiple support groups in the organization specialized in certain areas of network security. Susan is unaware of the right support group with the relevant expertise to which the incident needs to be assigned.

She leverages AI to predict the right support group with the relevant experience. To do so, in the incident creation form, she clicks image-2024-12-18_11-22-2.png under the Assigned Support Group field. AI populates the field with Network security handler A support group which has the relevant experience to resolve the incident.

Workflow for category prediction 

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The following table describes the tasks to be performed for service prediction:

Sequence

User

Action

Reference

1

ITSM Administrator

Configure the following CCS parameters as a prerequisite to enable the capability:

  • Classification-Service-Provider
  • Cognitive-Service-Confidence-Threshold
2

ITSM Administrator

Configure cognitive service connection settings.

3

ITSM Administrator

Generate training data to train the algorithm on closed incidents of the past.

4

Service desk agent

Use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze historical, closed incidents to classify incoming incidents into appropriate categories. AI also predicts the best possible support group to resolve the incidents.

Results

By using intelligent support group prediction, Susan ensures that the incoming incidents are assigned to groups with the required expertise to resolve the incidents which may help in reducing the overall turnaround time for its resolution.

 

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BMC Helix ITSM: Service Desk 25.3