Service targets


Use service targets to measure specific service goals. Service targets include costs, terms and conditions, measurements, and milestones with actions for a service goal. You can either relate service targets to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) or Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) or keep them stand-alone, unassociated with any service or agreement.

Components of service targets

A service target must include one set of terms and conditions or Key Performance Indicator (KPI) definition, one goal type to determine the method of how a target is met or missed, and a measurement criteria.

A service target can optionally include impact costs and one or more milestones with one or more actions associated with each milestone.

Essential service type components

Optional service type components

One set of terms and conditions or KPI definition

Impact costs

One goal type

One or more milestones with one or more actions associated with each milestone

Measurement criteria

Not applicable


Statuses and states of service targets

The following statuses of service targets are possible:

  • Enabled—The service target is active.
  • Disabled—The service target is inactive.
  • Invalid—The service target is inactive and no longer in operation.
Warning

Important

When you change a service target status to disabled or invalid, the open measurement records change to MeasurementDone=Yes and MeasurementStatus=Invalid.

You cannot build a service target, if the status is Disabled.


Measurement states of service targets

As you meet certain service target criteria, the status goes through several states. The states might be visible in reports or in the dashboards.

The following table describes the measurement states for service targets. 

State

Description

Attached

The Terms and Conditions apply and the record is created.

In Process

The Start When measurement criteria are met; the measurements are taking place.

Pending

The Exclude measurement criteria are met; measurements are not taking place.

Warning

The Start When measurement criteria are met; the specified percentage of goal time has been met. The default is 50%.

Met/Missed

The Stop When measurement criteria are met; the goal is assessed as being Met or Missed.

Missed Goal

The specified goal time has passed and there is no change in the status of the incident ticket. For example, when the Stop When criteria has not been met.

 

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