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This document can now be found at its new location in the [https://docs.hornbill.com/servicemanager-user-guide/index Hornbill Document Library].
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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
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Service Manager is a powerful IT Service Management application that enables IT teams to collaborate, share ideas, and manage common ITIL disciplines including Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and Service Level Management.  
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Service Manager is a full-featured app for businesses of all sizes, implementing service management processes across your entire organization. From the simplest of service requests to full-featured ITIL-compatible capabilities, Service Manager is a comprehensive yet deceptively simple application to use, providing everything from end-user service portals, service catalog, service portfolio capabilities, asset and configuration management, incident, problem, change, release and more.
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Service Manager is underpinned by Hornbill's powerful Process Engine to provide automation and integration.|
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Inheriting the capabilities of the Hornbill platform, you can easily customize every aspect of your service experience without deep technical expertise or coding abilities. Service Manager includes numerous pre-canned business processes supporting IT, HR and Customer Service workflows ready to adapt and use for your own specific needs.|
 
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== Features ==
 
== Features ==
The Service Manager features are accessible using the menu in the user app.
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The Service Manager features are accessible using the left hand menu bar in Hornbill.  Availability of these features are based on role assignment.
  
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=== [[Request List]] ===
 
=== [[Request List]] ===
 
The Request List is the key area for the day to day management of the queues of requests that have been raised.  Each user can use a number of settings to display the information that it most relevant to the way that they work.  From the request list, a user can view requests, raise new requests, access their own personal dashboard, and export the list of requests.
 
The Request List is the key area for the day to day management of the queues of requests that have been raised.  Each user can use a number of settings to display the information that it most relevant to the way that they work.  From the request list, a user can view requests, raise new requests, access their own personal dashboard, and export the list of requests.
 
:* [[Request List Filters|Filters]]
 
:* [[Request List Views|Views]]
 
:* [[Charts]]
 
:* [[My Dashboards]]
 
:* [[Export List|Exporting]]
 
:* [[Column Selector]]
 
:* [[Multi-Select Actions]]
 
 
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=== [[Change Calendar]] ===
 
=== [[Change Calendar]] ===
 
The Change Calendar provides a view of the scheduled changes and release packages. This gives an indication of the availability of a change or the possible disruption of a change being implemented.
 
The Change Calendar provides a view of the scheduled changes and release packages. This gives an indication of the availability of a change or the possible disruption of a change being implemented.
 
::* [[Change Calendar]]
 
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=== [[Configuration Manager|Configuration Management]] ===
 
=== [[Configuration Manager|Configuration Management]] ===
 
Configuration Management consists of a Configuration Item (CI) list and a graphical explorer used for browsing related CIs. These tools are used to configure and visualize your CMDB.
 
Configuration Management consists of a Configuration Item (CI) list and a graphical explorer used for browsing related CIs. These tools are used to configure and visualize your CMDB.
 
::* [[Configuration Manager|Configuration Management]]
 
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=== [[Asset Management]] ===
 
=== [[Asset Management]] ===
 
Asset Management involves the capturing and detailing of information for the assets within your Organization. This includes tracking the ownership, costs, relationships, and life cycle of assets to support the strategic decision making for the IT environment.
 
Asset Management involves the capturing and detailing of information for the assets within your Organization. This includes tracking the ownership, costs, relationships, and life cycle of assets to support the strategic decision making for the IT environment.
 
:* [[Manage Assets]]
 
:* [[Asset Types|Manage Asset Types]]
 
:* [[Upload Assets CSV|Upload Assets (CSV)]]
 
:* [[Database Asset Import]]
 
 
  
 
===[[Service Portfolio]]===
 
===[[Service Portfolio]]===
 
In Service Manager, a Service is used to manage and define an area of the Service Desk that fulfills a particular business need for a customer. This is achieved using a combination of service levels, business process workflows, request routing, and subscriptions to each of the services. The number of defined services may range from a single service used to define and manage all IT requests, to a collection of categorized services, with each one providing a particular focus.
 
In Service Manager, a Service is used to manage and define an area of the Service Desk that fulfills a particular business need for a customer. This is achieved using a combination of service levels, business process workflows, request routing, and subscriptions to each of the services. The number of defined services may range from a single service used to define and manage all IT requests, to a collection of categorized services, with each one providing a particular focus.
 
:* Services List
 
:* Services Access
 
:* [[Service Manager Request Types|Request Types]]
 
:* Managing a Service
 
:* [[Request_Catalog|Request Catalog]]
 
:* [[Corporate Service Level Agreements]]
 
:* [[Service FAQs|FAQs]]
 
  
 
=== [[Service Manager Reports|Reports]] ===
 
=== [[Service Manager Reports|Reports]] ===
 
Hornbill and its applications provide a number of level of reporting.  This includes Hornbill System Reports, Analytics, and integrations to 3rd Party reporting solutions. The Service Manager Reports are provided as out of the box, industry standard reports which have been predefined to inform, analyze, and plan without the complications of report building using complicated design tools or query languages.  While the hard work is done for you, these reports can still be easily modified and filtered to show just the information you need.
 
Hornbill and its applications provide a number of level of reporting.  This includes Hornbill System Reports, Analytics, and integrations to 3rd Party reporting solutions. The Service Manager Reports are provided as out of the box, industry standard reports which have been predefined to inform, analyze, and plan without the complications of report building using complicated design tools or query languages.  While the hard work is done for you, these reports can still be easily modified and filtered to show just the information you need.
 
[[Service Manager Reports|Read more...]]
 
 
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== Self Service ==
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Self Service is ability for end users to track and managed requests that have been raised in Service Manager.  There are two available portals provided for this; the Employee Portal and the Customer Portal.
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=== [[Employee Portal]] ===
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The Employee Portal is designed for use by end users that are internal to your organization.
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The Customer Portal is designed as an access point for people that are external to your organization.  These external users are stored in Hornbill as Contacts.
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Latest revision as of 18:57, 2 May 2024

This document can now be found at its new location in the Hornbill Document Library.

Service Manager