Preparing to use KCS reports in Smart IT
To onboard users and import report content
To access KCS reports in Smart Reporting, you must onboard users in Smart Reporting, and import out-of-the-box report content to the reporting server. For more information, see Onboarding.
KCS and Smart Reporting permissions
The following table describes the KCS and Smart Reporting user permissions:
Permissions | Description |
|---|---|
KCS coach | Required for accessing and generating KCS reports |
Report writer user | Required for creating KCS custom reports. The Smart Reporting administrator must assign you this role, or create and assign a custom role to you. The administrator can create a custom content category to save KCS custom reports. He must give you permission to save them in default categories such as KCS Main reports and KCS Child reports, or in the custom content category. For more information about creating new roles and categories in Smart Reporting, see Smart Reporting user roles and permissions. |
Action Request user | If Smart Reporting is configured in Onboarding, Onboarding users must have appropriate Action Request System user permissions to access and view KCS reports from the Reports menu in Onboarding. For more information, see Access control with implicit groups: Row-level security and Permission groups hierarchy. |
To configure performance metrics goals
Before you generate the KCS:Knowledge Author Performance report, you must set goals for each performance metric in the RKM:KCS:RadarGoals form that is available in BMC Helix ITSM. Goals are the benchmarks you use to compare and assess individual performance. These goals are configured for each company. Optionally, you can also configure them for each organization within a company. The URL to access the form must be in the following format:
http://<MidtierHostName>:<PortNumber>/arsys/forms/<AR_Server_Name>/RKM:KCS:RadarGoals
To configure error weighting factors
You or a Knowledge administrator must specify the value in the Weighting Factor For Each Error field in the RKM:Configuration form for each company. This value indicates the standards of a company for measuring errors made by article authors, and is used to calculate their final Article Quality Index (AQI) score. The higher the value, the lower the AQI score.