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Enabling the Progressive Web Application screens


Work orders in BMC Helix ITSM use the Progressive Web Application (PWA) technology. The PWA technology converts the Mid Tier view to a modern view that is customizable and extensible.

For more information, see Developing Progressive Web Applications.

Watch the following webinar (01:03:00) to learn about progressive views:

icon_play.pnghttps://youtu.be/j1Hqflp_ExM

Video contents

Agenda

Overview

Solution architecture

Enable Progressive Views

What's Changed - Smart IT and Progressive Views

Customization with Progressive Views

Progressive Views ticket types

Mid Tier and Progressive Views  rendering, customization best practices

Benefits

Troubleshooting

 References and summary

Before you begin

Make sure that you have performed the following steps:

  • You are an administrator or a user with Progressive Views Config permissions. For more information, see Smart IT user roles and permissions.
  • Upgraded to the latest version of Action Request System and BMC Helix ITSM.

To enable Progressive Views

  1. Navigate to the Administrator Console > Application Administration Console
  2. Click Custom Configuration.
  3. Go to Foundation > Advanced Options > Progressive Views configuration and click Open.
  4. On the Progressive Views Configuration screen, select Enable Progressive Views.
    Enabling PV_main screen.png
  5. Click Apply.
  6. Log in to BMC Helix ITSM.
    From the Ticket Console, when you select a work order, the ticket is displayed.

    Important

    If the Progressive Views are not enabled, manually set the following parameter:

    Parameter name

    Description

    Location

    Value

    mid_tier.base.url
    Component Type: com.bmc.arsys.smartit

    Component Name: *

    • If the https access for Mid Tier requires the port number, include it in the mid_tier.base.url parameter. Otherwise, you need not provide the port number.
    • To allow a cross-launch, the domains of Mid Tier and BMC Helix ITSM must match. The domains should be either host names or fully qualified domain names.

    If you enable the mid_tier.base.url parameter by using Centralized Configuration, you need not restart mid tier. The updates are reflected in a few minutes. However, if you make changes to any parameter in the config.properties file, you must restart the Mid Tier.

    Your browser may take a few seconds longer to display the PWA screen when you perform the following actions: 

    • Click Flush Cache or Sync Cache in Mid Tier
    • Clear the browser cache
    • Open a PWA ticket on the browser for the first time 

To disable Progressive Views

  1. Navigate to the Administrator Console > Application Administration Console
  2. Click Custom Configuration.
  3. Go to Foundation > Advanced Options > Progressive Views configuration and click Open.
  4. On the Progressive Views Configuration screen, clear the Enable Progressive Views checkbox.
  5. Click Apply.

 

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