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Automatically launch change flows on a schedule (for a new change)

User roles: Change Manager, Change Coordinator, and Release Manager

You can select to trigger automatic execution of change flows at a scheduled time: either a specific date and time, or a future time based on a field value of a change, such as Planned Start, Planned End, and Requested End Date. Once the change is approved and advances to the Change Implementation phase (or Test and Build phase if it is a Release Management change), the OO flows linked to this change record will be automatically launched at the scheduled time.

To set an automatic execution time for OO flows of a new change:

  1. Log on to the Service Manager Web client.
  2. From Change Management, click Create New Change.
  3. Select a change category other than any of the following:

    • KM document
    • CI Group
    • Subscription
    • Unplanned Change

    Note The OO Flow Links feature is not available for a change record with any of these change categories.

  4. Complete the form with all required and optional information.
  5. In the OO Flow Links section, do either of the following:

    • Select Use a fixed date as the Automation Type. The Scheduled Time field is displayed. Select a date and specify a time, such as 06/04/10 10:00:00.

      Note The date/time format is determined by your profile date/time format.

    • Select Use a field in the record + interval as the Automation Type. The Change Field and Interval fields are displayed. Select a field in the Change Field list as the base time, and then enter a value in the Interval field using the “+/-ddd hh:mm:ss” format. Note that a space is required between ddd and hh, and you can omit the plus sign (+) for positive intervals.

      For example, if you select Requested End Date in Change Field and enter -1 02:30:10 in Interval, the OO flows of the change will be automatically launched one day, two hours, thirty minutes, and ten seconds before the Requested End Date.

    Note

    • The automation execution time should be a future time between the Planned Start and Planned End.
    • The automation execution time you selected is not validated now. Instead, the time will be validated when the change moves to the Change Implementation (or Test and Build) phase. If the validation fails, you will receive a warning and the change cannot advance to implementation. In this case, you have to reset the execution time. To do so, click Cancel and move the change back to a phase prior to Change Approval (or back to “Assess” or “Plan and Design”), reset the automation execution time, and then go through the change phases again.