Problem Management helps identify the cause of an error in the IT infrastructure, reported as occurrences of related incidents. The goal of this product view is to help you to understand how Problem Management key entities work with the core CSDM framework.

With Problem Management you can perform the following actions:
  • Document the root cause of an error and resolve it permanently.
  • Create known error articles from a problem to provide guidance and help deflect incidents.
  • Collaborate on problem tasks with other teams to identify the root cause using a drag-and-drop functionality on visual task boards.
The Problem Management form references the following CSDM elements (attributes and related views).
  1. Service — References the [cmdb_ci_service_business] table.
    Note: Earlier releases labeled this attribute Business Service.
  2. Service Offering — References the [service_offering] table to see the service offerings affected by the problem in the Service Offerings related list [task_service_offering].
  3. Configuration Items — References the [cmdb_ci] table
  4. Affected/Causal CIs — Related list [task_ci] table
  5. Impacted Services — Related list [task_cmdb_ci_service] table
Figure 1. Change Request form

Problem Management form with numbered fields.