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Incident Management categories

Each category record contains fields to define assignment groups for the Category, Open, and Print options and forms that Incident Management associates with the category as well as the triggers for alert levels.

Category Description
business application An incident with a large, system-wide application.
change An incident that prompts a change request.
client system A hardware or software incident with a client system.
enquiry A request for information or a question.
example Sample category record in the standard HPE Service Manager system that you can copy and rename when you create a new category.
network A network incident.
other An incident that does not fall into one of the other predefined categories.
printing An incident with printers and related accessories, such as hardware, software, and consumables like toner.
security An incident with network, system or application security.
service catalog A hardware or software incident related to Service Catalog.
shared infrastructure An incident with a shared hardware resource.
tbd An incident that does not fall into one of the other predefined categories.
telecoms An incident with a telephony component, either stationary or mobile.