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    Life cycle of an Incident

    Incident Management is responsible for managing the life cycle of incidents, from creation to closure.

    The Incident Management process has many states, and each is vitally important to the success of the process and the quality of service delivered. The different states can be represented in a diagram as follows:
    Figure 1. Incident management state model flow
    Incident state flow diagram
    Table 1. Incident states
    State Description
    New Incident is logged but not yet triaged.
    In progress Incident is assigned and is being investigated.
    On Hold The responsibility for the incident shifts temporarily to another entity to provide further information, evidence, or a resolution. When you select the On Hold option, the On hold reason choice list appears. If the On hold reason is Awaiting Caller, the Additional comments becomes mandatory.
    Note: If the caller updates the incident, the On hold reason field is cleared and the state of the incident is changed to In Progress. An email notification is sent to the user in the Assigned to field as well as to the users in the Watch list. An incident can be placed in the On hold state one or more times prior to being closed.
    Resolved A satisfactory fix is provided for the incident to ensure that it does not occur again.
    Closed Incident is marked Closed after it is in the Resolved state for a specific duration and it is confirmed that the incident is satisfactorily resolved.
    Canceled Incident was triaged but found to be a duplicate incident, an unnecessary incident, or not an incident at all.

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      Life cycle of an Incident

      Incident Management is responsible for managing the life cycle of incidents, from creation to closure.

      The Incident Management process has many states, and each is vitally important to the success of the process and the quality of service delivered. The different states can be represented in a diagram as follows:
      Figure 1. Incident management state model flow
      Incident state flow diagram
      Table 1. Incident states
      State Description
      New Incident is logged but not yet triaged.
      In progress Incident is assigned and is being investigated.
      On Hold The responsibility for the incident shifts temporarily to another entity to provide further information, evidence, or a resolution. When you select the On Hold option, the On hold reason choice list appears. If the On hold reason is Awaiting Caller, the Additional comments becomes mandatory.
      Note: If the caller updates the incident, the On hold reason field is cleared and the state of the incident is changed to In Progress. An email notification is sent to the user in the Assigned to field as well as to the users in the Watch list. An incident can be placed in the On hold state one or more times prior to being closed.
      Resolved A satisfactory fix is provided for the incident to ensure that it does not occur again.
      Closed Incident is marked Closed after it is in the Resolved state for a specific duration and it is confirmed that the incident is satisfactorily resolved.
      Canceled Incident was triaged but found to be a duplicate incident, an unnecessary incident, or not an incident at all.

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