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    Incident Management

    The goal of Incident Management is to restore normal service operation while minimizing impact to business operations and maintaining quality.

    ServiceNow Incident Management supports the incident management process in the following ways:
    • Log incidents in the instance or by sending email.
    • Classify incidents by impact and urgency to prioritize work.
    • Assign to appropriate groups for quick resolution.
    • Escalate as necessary for further investigation.
    • Resolve the incident and notify the user who logged it.
    • Use reports to monitor, track, and analyze service levels and improvement.
    Any user can record an incident and track it through the entire incident life cycle until service is restored and the issue is resolved.

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    • Incident Management process
    • Incident Management state model
    • Upgrade to Orlando
    • Domain separation in Incident Management

    Set up

    • Create an incident template
    • Create a record producer
    • Configure incident categories or subcategories
    • Define an assignment rule for incidents
    • Configure Incident Management

    Administer

    • Show flagged VIPs in the incident list

    Use

    • Create an incident
    • Major incident management
    • Copy an incident or create child incident
    • Promote an incident

    Develop

    • Developer training
    • Developer documentation

    Integrate

    • Incident ticketing integrations

    Troubleshoot and get help

    • Ask or answer questions in the Incident Management community
    • Search the HI knowledge base for known error articles
    • Contact ServiceNow Technical Support

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      Incident Management

      The goal of Incident Management is to restore normal service operation while minimizing impact to business operations and maintaining quality.

      ServiceNow Incident Management supports the incident management process in the following ways:
      • Log incidents in the instance or by sending email.
      • Classify incidents by impact and urgency to prioritize work.
      • Assign to appropriate groups for quick resolution.
      • Escalate as necessary for further investigation.
      • Resolve the incident and notify the user who logged it.
      • Use reports to monitor, track, and analyze service levels and improvement.
      Any user can record an incident and track it through the entire incident life cycle until service is restored and the issue is resolved.

      Explore

      • Incident Management process
      • Incident Management state model
      • Upgrade to Orlando
      • Domain separation in Incident Management

      Set up

      • Create an incident template
      • Create a record producer
      • Configure incident categories or subcategories
      • Define an assignment rule for incidents
      • Configure Incident Management

      Administer

      • Show flagged VIPs in the incident list

      Use

      • Create an incident
      • Major incident management
      • Copy an incident or create child incident
      • Promote an incident

      Develop

      • Developer training
      • Developer documentation

      Integrate

      • Incident ticketing integrations

      Troubleshoot and get help

      • Ask or answer questions in the Incident Management community
      • Search the HI knowledge base for known error articles
      • Contact ServiceNow Technical Support

      Tags:

      Feedback

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