3.5.1 Creating an Item by using the "New item" window
This subsection describes how to create an Item by using the New item window. The following figure shows this window.
The following shows the types of settings that can be specified in the New item window, and describes the elements displayed in that window.
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Types of settings
There are the following six types of settings for an Item.
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Auto input
Values are automatically input for these settings.
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Free text
The user enters text values for these settings. The upper limits on the values that can be entered depend on the individual setting.
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Selectable
The user selects values from preset values for these settings. Note that the Person in charge setting and the Status setting are mutually dependent. The values that can be selected for Person in charge change depending on the value selected for Status. The selectable Person in charge values also depend on the access permission settings. If the initial person in charge of status has been specified for a status, the initial person in charge of status is automatically set for Person in charge. If the initial person in charge of status has not been specified for a status, and if only a user or role can be selected as the person in charge, the user or role us automatically set for Person in charge. For details, see 3.11.2 Editing Item settings: Relationship between the status and person in charge.
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Date and time
The user enters date-and-time values for these settings.
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Links
The user can add links to related Items or information.
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Attached files
The user can attach files.
(2) Display elements
JP1/Service Support provides a template called an Item form for each process. The elements displayed in the New item window are determined by how the template is defined. The following table describes the default settings for the elements that can be displayed in the New item window.
Display element |
Specification format (maximum) |
Item form for |
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Incident management#1 |
Problem management#1 |
Change management#1 |
Release management#1 |
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Title |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 512 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 170 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
System |
Auto input |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Process |
Auto input |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Item ID |
Auto input |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Inter-process ID |
Auto input |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Severity |
Selectable from the following: Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Information, Debug |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Reason for severity |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 512 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 170 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Impact level |
Selectable from the following: Small, Middle, Large |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Reason for impact level |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 512 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 170 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Priority |
Selectable from the following: Standard, Urgent, Very urgent |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Reason for priority |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 512 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 170 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Item type |
Selectable from the following: Inquiry, Failure, Customer request |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Problem domain |
Selectable from the following: Application, Middleware, OS, Hardware, Network, Process |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Scale of change |
Selectable from the following: Small scale, Middle scale, Large scale |
-- |
-- |
Y |
-- |
Release type |
Selectable from the following: Package release, Full release, Delta release |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Y |
Status#2 |
Selectable from the following:
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Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Result |
Selectable from the following:
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Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Occurrence date and time#3 |
Date and time |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Solution category |
Selectable from the following: Knowledge, Document, User solution, Secondary support, Problem management, Third-party investigation |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Registrant#4 |
Auto input |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Registration date and time |
Auto input |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Person in charge |
User, role, or user belonging to a role |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Deadline#3 |
Date and time |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Start date and time#3 |
Date and time |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
End date and time#3 |
Date and time |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Customer name |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 1,024 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 340 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Inquirer |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 255 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 85 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Cost (planned) |
Integer from 0 to 2,147,483,647 |
-- |
-- |
Y |
Y |
Cost (actual) |
Integer from 0 to 2,147,483,647 |
-- |
-- |
Y |
Y |
Hardware information |
Link to JP1/AIM, JP1/UCMDB, or JP1/ITDM2 - Asset Console |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Problem component and version |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 1,024 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 340 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
-- |
-- |
Y |
-- |
Related item(s) |
Links to related items |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Related information |
Links to URLs |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Overview |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 2,048 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 680 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Workaround type |
Selectable from the following: None, Not operated, Operated in degraded mode, Restarted, File recovered, Change rolled back, Others |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Workaround |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 4,096 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 1,365 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Work status |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 4,096 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 1,365 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Cause |
Selectable from the following:
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Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Fundamental cause |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 4,096 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 1,365 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Solution |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 4,096 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 1,365 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Schedule and main steps |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 4,096 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 1,365 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
-- |
-- |
Y |
Y |
Impact assessment for change |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 4,096 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 1,365 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
-- |
-- |
Y |
-- |
Discussions result |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 2,048 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 680 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Free memo column |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 4,096 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 1,365 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Product name |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 1,024 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 340 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Jobnet name |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 1,024 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 340 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Job name |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 1,024 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 340 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
SNMP source |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 1,024 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 340 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Monitored node name |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 255 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 85 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Alarm name |
Free text (The maximum number of characters is 255 if all of them are half-width alphanumeric characters and about 85 if all of them are full-width characters.) |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
Attached file(s) |
Files (a maximum of five files, each of which is not larger than 5 MB) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Update date and time |
Auto input |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
The display elements listed in the above table can be customized. For details about customizing display elements, see 3.14 Item form management.