Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
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A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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Either word in a topic |
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Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Problem Management workflows and user tasks
- Problem Management views
- Find problem candidates
- Review incidents
- Create a new problem from an incident
- Create a new problem not based on an incident
- Associate a problem with an existing incident
- Associate a problem with an existing problem
- View records related to a problem
- Create a new problem from a problem record
- Create a new problem from a user interaction
- Update a problem
- Evaluate a problem
- Schedule a problem
- Close a problem that will not be fixed
- Defer a problem
- Review deferred problems
- Reassign a problem for additional support
- Set a reminder for a problem record
- Document the root cause
- Document the workaround
- Access the knowledgebase
- Open a Problem Management task
- Investigate and diagnose a Problem Management task
- Close a problem task
- Test the workaround
- Close a problem
- Assign a Problem Management task
- Open a known error
- Update a known error
- Assign a known error record to schedule a fix
- Associate a change request with a known error record
- Close a known error
- Access Problem Management reports
- Example: Problem workflow
Update a problem
Part of Workflow(s): Problem Management: Categorization
Problem Management: Investigation
Problem Management: Resolution
Problem Management: Review
Applies to User roles: Problem Analyst
Problem Coordinator
Problem Manager
You may need to update problem records many times. Typically, you add relevant information to the Activities tab to describe the work you performed to resolve the problem. The Activities tab provides you with information about the work other operators have performed to resolve the problem. You can use the Activity tab to view the history of other activities, such as when the record opened or when the status of the record changed.
You should record all the investigation activities in the known error to track the effort associated with the problem, task, or known error. After the current activities for a phase are complete, you advance the known error record to the next phase.
To update a problem, follow these steps:
- Click Problem Management > Search Problems.
- Use search or advanced search to find one or more records.
- Select an existing problem from the record list.
- Click Refresh to synchronize the data.
- To document test results provided by the Problem Analyst, follow these steps:
- In the Investigation and Resolution tab, enter a detailed update in Suggested Workaround field. Include the necessary actions to implement the solution and any possible risks.
- Enter the following information to document the estimated costs and resources:
- The estimated number of days to apply the fix
- The estimated costs
- In the Affected Configuration Items tab, click the Fill icon to select any affected CIs.
- If the solution needs to be implemented through the Change Management process, open a change request.
- In the Activities tab, select the applicable update type in the New Update Type drop-down list.
- In the New Update field, type the description of the update.
- Consider whether the priority of resolving this problem has changed. If you need to update the priority of this record, select the Categorization tab, and then follow these steps:
- Update the Impact, if necessary.
- Update the Urgency, if necessary.
- Consider whether the problem needs further investigation. If so, update the Status field to Deferred.
- Click Save & Exit.
Note You can add parts and labor costs tracking to an incident, problem, change, or request or to any associated task of a record. To do this, navigate to the Cost tab, specify the currency, and then specify the date, part number, and quantity for any parts used. Alternatively, specify the date, technician name (used to derive the rate from the operator record), and hours worked for any labor. Service Manager will automatically calculate and roll up costs from any sub tasks into the Total cost field on the Costs tab.
Note
- If you update the workaround before the Problem Analyst is finished diagnosing and testing, make sure you notify the Problem Analyst.
- If any outstanding incidents matched the problem, notify the Incident Analyst.