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Excluding fields while building JSON for bulk updates in Shared Ticket Console


If you have created customized views for BMC Helix Innovation Studio based Shared Ticket Console and you upgrade from BMC Helix ITSM version 23.3.01 or earlier, you must update your customized views as described in this topic to exclude the fields not in view while building JSON for bulk update.


To exclude the fields while building JSON for bulk updates in Shared Ticket Console

  1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio in Best Practice mode.
  2. On the Workspace tab, click Applications.
  3. Click ITSM Application.
  4. On the Views tab, click the customized copy view of the default view Default Incident update status.
    Perform the following steps to update the view:
    1. Click Record editor.
    2. Under Form contents, click Quick edit fields.

      image-2024-6-24_14-36-42.png

    3. Select the check boxes for the following fields:
      1. Status_Reason
      2. z1D_InterfaceAction

        image-2024-6-24_14-42-35.png

    4. Click Apply.
      The Status_Reason and z1D_InterfaceAction fields are visible at the end of the record editor.

      image-2024-6-24_14-46-48.png

    5. Click the Status_Reason field.
      Update the general properties of the field with values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Name

      Status_Reason

      Not applicable

      Display Label

      Status_Reason

      Not applicable

      Value

      z1D_Status_Reason

      image-2024-6-24_14-50-10.png

      Hidden

      Turn on the Hidden toggle key, with the At all times condition.

      Not applicable

    6. Click the z1D_InterfaceAction field.
      Update the general properties of the field with values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Name

      z1D_InterfaceAction

      Display Label

      z1D_InterfaceAction

      Value

      "0"

      Hidden

      Turn on the Hidden toggle key, with the At all times condition.

    7. Click the Save button at the end of the view.

      image-2024-6-24_14-54-47.png

    8. Under Actions, click Edit actions.
      Add the following actions from 
      Available actions with their respective values and expressions:
      1. Build Record Update JSON

        Field

        Value

        Expression path

        Condition

        Status != Closed AND Status != Resolved

        image-2024-6-25_14-26-27.png!= image-2024-6-25_14-26-49.pngAND image-2024-6-25_14-26-27.png!=image-2024-6-25_14-27-19.png

        Record definition

        Select Help Desk in ITSM application

        Not applicable

        Exclude fields

        Select the following fields:

        • Categorization Tier 1
        • Categorization Tier 2
        • Categorization Tier 3
        • Closure Manufacturer
        • Closure Product Category Tier1
        • Closure Product Category Tier2
        • Closure Product Category Tier3
        • Closure Product Model/Version
        • Closure Product Name
        • Manufacturer
        • Product Categorization Tier 1
        • Product Categorization Tier 2
        • Product Categorization Tier 3
        • Product Model/Version
        • Product Name
        • Resolution
        • Resolution Category
        • Resolution Category Tier 2
        • Resolution Category Tier 3
        • z1D_SV_OperationalCategory
        • z1D_SV_ProductCategory
        • z1D_SV_ProductResolutionCategory
        • z1D_SV_ResolutionCategory

        Not applicable

        View/Component

        Record editor (Help Desk)

        image-2024-6-25_14-28-2.png

      2. Build Record Update JSON

        Field

        Value

        Expression path

        Condition

        Status = Closed OR Status = Resolved

        image-2024-6-25_14-26-27.png= image-2024-6-25_14-26-49.pngOR image-2024-6-25_14-26-27.png=image-2024-6-25_14-27-19.png

        Record definition

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        Exclude fields

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        View/Component

        Record editor (Help Desk)

        image-2024-6-25_14-28-2.png

        image-2024-6-25_14-58-49.png

        Important

        Make sure both the Build Record Update JSON actions are placed above the Launch process actions as shown in the above image.

    9. Update the Launch process action that has condition image-2024-6-26_10-58-51.png with value given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Update JSON

      ​"{"+Update JSON +"}"

      ​"{"+image-2024-6-26_10-52-16.png +"}"

      image-2024-6-26_11-2-22.png

      image-2024-6-26_10-54-7.png

    10. Update the Launch process action that has condition image-2024-6-26_11-0-17.png with value given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Update JSON

      ​"{"+Update JSON +"}"

      ​"{"+image-2024-6-26_10-52-16.png +"}"

      image-2024-6-26_11-3-26.png

      image-2024-6-26_11-1-13.png

    11. Click Save.
    12. Click the Reset status reason menu on status change event button.
      Update the property of the event button with value given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      onChangeActivate

      Status != z1D StatusInt AND Status != NULL

      image-2024-6-26_11-10-44.png!= image-2024-6-26_11-11-4.pngAND image-2024-6-26_11-10-44.png!= NULL

      image-2024-6-26_11-8-14.png

    13. Click Save to save the changes to the view.
  5. On the Views tab, click the customized copy view of the default view Default Change update status.
    Perform the following steps to update the view:
    1. Click Record editor.
    2. Under Form contents, click Quick edit fields.
    3. Select the check box for the Status Reason field.
    4. Click Apply.
      The Status Reason field is visible at the end of the record editor.
    5. Click the Status Reason field.
      Update the general properties of the field with values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Name

      Status Reason

      Not applicable

      Display Label

      Status Reason

      Not applicable

      Value

      z1D Status Reason

      image-2024-6-26_11-17-37.png

      Hidden

      Turn on the Hidden toggle key, with the At all times condition.

      Not applicable

    6. Click the Save button at the end of the view.

      image-2024-6-24_14-54-47.png


    7. Under Actions, click Edit actions.
      Add the Build Record Update JSON action from Available actions with the values given in the following table:

      Field

      Value

      Expression path

      Condition

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      Record definition

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      Exclude fields

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      View/Component

      Record editor (Infrastructure Change: Change)

      image-2024-6-26_11-20-19.png

      image-2024-6-26_11-24-21.png

      Important

      Make sure the Build Record Update JSON action is placed above the Launch process action as shown in the above image.

    8. Update the Launch process action for the Update Change Status process with value given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Update JSON

      ​"{"+Update JSON +"}"

      ​"{"+image-2024-6-26_10-52-16.png +"}"

      image-2024-6-26_11-26-12.png

    9. Click Save.
    10. Click the Reset status reason menu on status change event button.
      Update the property of the event button with value given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      onChangeActivate

      z1D Status != Change Request Status AND z1D Status != NULL

      image-2024-6-26_11-29-29.png!= image-2024-6-26_11-29-45.png AND image-2024-6-26_11-29-29.png != NULL

    11. Click Save to save the changes to the view.
  6. On the Views tab, click the customized copy view of the default view Default Workorder update status.
    Perform the following steps to update the view:
    1. Click Record editor.
    2. Under Form contents, click Quick edit fields.
    3. Select the check box for the Status Reason field.
    4. Click Apply.
      The Status Reason field is visible at the end of the record editor.
    5. Click the Status Reason field.
      Update the general properties of the field with values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Name

      Status Reason

      Not applicable

      Display Label

      Status Reason

      Not applicable

      Value

      z1D Status Reason

      image-2024-6-26_11-50-14.png

      Hidden

      Turn on the Hidden toggle key, with the At all times condition.

      Not applicable

    6. Click the Save button at the end of the view.

      image-2024-6-24_14-54-47.png

    7. Under Actions, click Edit actions.
      Add the Build Record Update JSON action from Available actions with the values given in the following table:

      Field

      Value

      Expression path

      Condition

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      Record definition

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      Exclude fields

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      View/Component

      Record editor (WorkOrder)

      image-2024-6-26_11-51-56.png

      image-2024-6-26_11-52-58.png

      Important

      Make sure the Build Record Update JSON action is placed above the Launch process action as shown in the above image.

    8. Update the Launch process action for the Update Workorder Status process with value given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Update JSON

      ​"{"+Update JSON +"}"

      ​"{"+image-2024-6-26_10-52-16.png +"}"

      image-2024-6-26_11-53-58.png

    9. Click Save.
    10. From Shared Components in Palette, add a Standalone Field.
      Update the properties of the standalone field with values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Name

      tmp_Status

      Not applicable

      Display Label

      tmp_Status

      Not applicable

      Value

      Status

      image-2024-6-26_12-16-1.png

      image-2024-6-26_12-15-14.png

    11. Click the Reset status reason menu on status change event button.
      1. Update the property of the event button with value given in the following table:

        Property

        Value

        Condition

        Expression path

        onChangeActivate

        Turn on the toggle key, with the When condition is true condition.

        Field Value

        image-2024-6-26_11-56-41.png

      2. Under Actions, click Edit actions.
        Update the Set property action with value given in the following table:

        Property

        Value

        Expression path

        Condition

        Status != Status

        image-2024-6-26_12-5-45.png!=image-2024-6-26_12-6-25.png

    12. Click Save to save the changes to the view.
  7. On the Views tab, click the customized copy view of the default view Default Problem update status.
    Perform the following steps to update the view:
    1. Delete the Notes standalone field.

      image-2024-6-26_12-49-25-1.png

    2. From Record editor inputs in Palette, add a Textarea.
      Update the properties of the text area with values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Field name

      z1D_IS_Notes

      Display label

      Notes

      image-2024-6-26_12-51-30.png

    3. Click the Save button at the end of the view.

      image-2024-6-24_14-54-47.png

    4. Under Actions, click Edit actions.
      Add the following actions from Available actions with their respective values and expressions:
      1. Set property

        Field

        Value

        Expression path

        Condition

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        Property path

        Investigation Status

        image-2024-6-26_12-58-9.png

        Property value

        Investigation_Status_PV

        image-2024-6-26_12-58-47.png

      2. Set property

        Field

        Value

        Expression path

        Condition

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        Property path

        Investigation Status Reason

        image-2024-6-26_12-59-56.png

        Property value

        z1D_Status_Reason

        image-2024-6-26_13-0-14.png

      3. Set property

        Field

        Value

        Expression path

        Condition

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        Property path

        z1D StatusInt

        image-2024-6-26_13-1-22.png

        Property value

        Investigation_Status_PV

        image-2024-6-26_12-58-47.png

      4.  Build Record Update JSON

        Field

        Value

        Expression path

        Condition

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        Record definition

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        Exclude fields

        Not applicable

        Not applicable

        View/Component

        Record editor (Problem Investigation: Problem Investigation)

        image-2024-6-26_13-3-16.png

        image-2024-6-26_13-7-43.png

        Important

        Make sure the three Set property and the Build Record Update JSON actions are placed above the Launch process action as shown in the above image.

    5. Update the Launch process action for the Update Problem Status process with value given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Update JSON

      ​"{"+Update JSON +"}"

      ​"{"+image-2024-6-26_10-52-16.png +"}"

      Notes

      z1D_IS_Notes

      image-2024-6-26_13-5-20.png

      image-2024-6-26_13-6-25.png


    6. Click Save to save the changes to the view.
  8. On the Views tab, click the customized copy view of the default view Default KnownError update status.
    Perform the following steps to update the view:
    1. Delete the Notes standalone field.
    2. From Record editor inputs in Palette, add a Textarea.
      Update the properties of the text area with values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Field name

      z1D_IS_Notes

      Display label

      Notes

    3. Click the Save button at the end of the view.

      image-2024-6-24_14-54-47.png

    4. Under Actions, click Edit actions.
      Add the Build Record Update JSON action from Available actions with the values given in the following table:

      Field

      Value

      Expression path

      Condition

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      Record definition

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      Exclude fields

      Not applicable

      Not applicable

      View/Component

      Record editor (Known Error: Problem Investigation)

      image-2024-6-26_13-43-54.png

      image-2024-6-26_13-46-13.png

      Important

      Make sure the Build Record Update JSON action is placed above the Launch process action as shown in the above image.

    5. Update the Launch process action for the Update KnownError Status process with the values given in the following table:

      Property

      Value

      Expression path

      Update JSON

      ​"{"+Update JSON +"}"

      ​"{"+image-2024-6-26_10-52-16.png +"}"

      Notes

      z1D_IS_Notes

      image-2024-6-26_13-48-20.png

      image-2024-6-26_13-49-15.png

    6. Click Save.
    7. Click Save to save the changes to the view.


 

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