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Setting up the IT content pack

The IT content pack is an out-of-the-box package of common IT services, such as ordering a new PC, creating a user account, providing guest WiFi access, and so on. The content pack contains BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog native services, foundation data, and supporting artifacts. 


Related topic

Leveraging-the-out-of-the-box-IT-services


Content pack data

The content pack includes various components that are required for the end-to-end resolution of a service request.
The following table lists the important components: 

BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog native services

Company data

People data

Work Order templates

Other supporting components

  • Fix or Repair
  • Order New PC
  • PC Refresh
  • Guest WiFi
  • Create User Account
  • Application Access Request
  • Company—Apex Global
  • Locations (region)—Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe
  • Organizations—Customer support and IT
  • Support groups—Access management, desktop systems support, information security, and service desk
  • Rina Takahashi
    • Member of support groups: Access Management, Desktop Systems Support, and Information Security
    • Approver for support groups: Information Security and Access Management 
  • Javier Santos
    • Member of support group: Service Desk 
  • Asuka Nakamora
    • Member of support groups: Access Management and Information Security
    • Approver for support groups: Access Management and Information Security
  • Isabella Portico—End user
  • Victor VP
    • VP of IT Operations
  • Application Access Request
  • Computer Refresh
  • Access Management Request
  • Order Computer 
  • Information Security Request
  • IT portal (A single pane of glass for end user's IT-related queries and requirements)
  • IT assets
  • Associations, such as IT asset association with people data
  • Assignment rules
  • Approval processes
  • Business services

Important

When a database refresh process occurs, the IT Content Pack might get migrated from the development environment to the QA or production environments. You must manually disable the IT Content Pack-related data during a database refresh.


Before your begin

  • Ensure that you have requested the BMC Customer Support team to deploy the content pack.
  • Ensure that you assign the following licenses to the users in the content pack:
     

Important

These licenses are required for license configuration (what you configure), and not for license entitlements (what you purchase). 


    • 3 Floating licenses
    • 1 Fixed license
    • 1 Read license
    • (Optional) 1 Fixed license if you want to create a new user account for system messages. 


Process for setting up the content pack

The following image shows the process of setting up the content pack: 

IT pack_setting up process.png


Learn how to complete the steps:


 

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