Add a problem control phase

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator>

Problem Management phases are the activities in the life cycle of a problem. The out-of-box Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) workflow category matches the best practice recommendations of the ITIL process and the out-of-box HPE Service Manager process.

To add a problem control phase:

  1. Click Problem Management > Administration > Problem Control Phases.
  2. Use search or advanced search to find one or more records. A list of problem control phases opens. You can customize these phases by adding a new phase, deleting a phase, or editing an existing phase.

  3. Open a blank search form to add a new problem control phase record. When you finish adding information to create the new record, click Add.
  4. Enter the following information to create the new problem control phase record.
    • Type a phase Name.
    • Type a phase Description.
    • Type the name of the Form to associate with this phase.
    • Type the link record to use to Link to Tasks.
    • On the Controls tab, type false to override the default value of true in the following fields:
      • Update
      • Close
      • Reopen
      • Open Tasks
      • Create Known Error
  5. Select the Alerts tab to specify the name of one or more alerts that trigger when the new phase occurs.
  6. To specify when HPE Service Manager should automatically post information to the knowledgebase, type true or false in the following fields:
    • On Open
    • On Update
    • On Close/Next Phase
  7. Click Add A message appears, confirming that the problem control phase record is added.

  8. Click OK.