Categories

Service Management allows you to create, edit, and manage categories. Categories provide different groupings of a record for classification.

The following table is an example of how a user might organize categories and subcategories for his organization.

Category Subcategories
Access (accounts and passwords)
  • Passwords

    • New password

    • Forgot password

    • Reset password

  • Accounts and identity

    • Network access

    • Application access

  • Privileges and permissions

  • Other

Communication and collaboration
  • Instant messaging

  • Virtual meeting rooms

  • VoIP

Fault
  • Electrical

    • Appliance

    • Rack

    • Main

    • UPS

  • Network

    • Communications

    • Internet

  • Other

Hardware
  • Hard drive

  • Memory

  • Failure

  • Missing or stolen

Network
  • Wired internet access

  • Wireless internet access

  • Firewall

  • VPN

  • DNS

  • Configuration

  • Connection

  • Other

Performance
  • Performance degradation

    • Continuous

    • Intermittent

  • System or application unresponsive

Software
  • Application client

  • Application server

  • Application functionality

  • Data

    • Data or file corrupted

    • Data or file incorrect

    • Data or file missing

    • Storage limit exceeded

Security
  • Encryption

  • Virus and malware protection

  • Intrusion detection

  • Security breach

  • Security event

Personal systems
  • Desktop support

  • Laptop support

  • Tablet support

  • Mobile support

  • Printing

  • Storage

  • Backup and recovery

  • Other

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