Configuring alarms

As an administrator, you can configure alarm settings for a company. Based on the alarm configuration, you can decide the following events for a particular company:

  • An incident should be resolved when only the primary alarm or all alarms are cleared.
  • An incident with active tasks should be resolved.

From this same Alarms Configuration window, you can also configure the parent-child incident resolution.

Related topics

Managing-alarms-by-using-REST-API

Adding-related-items-to-an-incident-request

Troubleshooting-issues-related-to-incident-requests



To configure alarms

Perform the following steps to get to the starting point for the actions that follow:

  1. From the BMC Helix ITSM menu bar, select Configuration > Innovation Studio Configuration.
  2. From ITSM Application, under Settings, select Network Service Operations > Alarm Configuration.


To create an alarm configuration

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  1. Click + Configuration to open the Create Alarm Configuration window.
  2. In the Company field, select the required company name.
  3. In the Resolution Option field, select the alarm type.
  4. To resolve an incident with active tasks, keep the default option enabled for the Resolve Incident with active tasks toggle.
  5. Click Save.


To modify the alarm configuration

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  1. From the Alarm Configuration window, select the alarm to be modified.
  2. In the Edit Alarm Configuration window, from the Resolution option field, select the required option.
  3. Enable or disable the Resolve Incident with active tasks toggle.
  4. Click Save.


To delete the alarm configuration

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  1. From the Alarm Configuration window, select the alarm to be deleted.
  2. Click Delete.
  3. In the Warning dialog box, click Yes.



To configure a parent-child incident resolution

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  1. Click + Configuration to open the Create Alarm Configuration window.
  2. Under the Parent child incident resolution section, select either of the following options:
    • Parent resolves children—When you resolve, close, or cancel the parent incident, the child incidents are automatically resolved.
    • Children resolve parent—When you resolve, close, or cancel all the child incidents, the parent incident is automatically resolved.
    • None—When a parent or child incident is resolved, closed, or canceled, no action is taken.
  3. Click Save.
    After you complete this configuration, when you relate another incident from the Related items tab of an existing incident, the option of Parent of or Child of is displayed under Relationship type. For more information, see Adding-related-items-to-an-incident-request.

 

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