Masterclass 2022 - Episode 4: Building a resilient IT asset management process with ServiceDesk Plus Cloud (May 25)
Hey there,   The fourth and final episode for this season of the ServiceDesk Plus Masterclass 2022 series is coming soon! In this episode, we will unveil the brand-new asset life cycle workflow builder and discuss how to streamline the asset management
 
Planned DR Drill for IN(India) Services on 15 May 2022 and 22 May 2022 between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM IST
Dear Customers,   We have planned to conduct DR Drill for IN(India) Services on 15 May 2022, between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM IST, and on 22 May, 2022, between 07.00 AM and 10:00 AM IST. This will help us support our expanding server far more efficiently.
 
Azure AD sync limit users
How do i control the users that are synced from azure ad? For instance, we have 12k users and i only want about 1k to be able to place service requests. Any idea how to limit it? And any way to make the sync frequency like much faster. Like i would want
 
import from organization - how does this work
So under requesters, there are three buttons. Import from organization, import from azure and import from csv. Currently, import from azure is blank, and i am working on that on another ticket here. However "import from organization" gives me a sort of
 
Service Desk Plus on-prem to cloud migration
Hi Has anyone completed their own on-boarding services for migrating data and modules from Service Desk Plus on-prem to the cloud?  If so, how did it go?  We are about to renew our license but to go on the cloud.  We plan on trying to migrate our data
 
Automatically removing users from SDP
Automatically removing users from SDP when they are no longer present in an Azure Connect sync.  We are looking to have our disabled users be automatically removed the same way they are automatically added from Azure AD to SDP. Is this a feature or possible?
 
SD+ roadmap website not up to date
Manage engine service desk plus cloud roadmap website  s not even upto date. Its really frustrating to follow up the featues on this website. Last roadmap was updated on 6th April,2022 and today is 11th May,2022.  https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/cloud/help-desk-software-roadmap.html
 
Assign ticket to replying technician
Is it possible to automatically assign a request or incident to the technician who has replied to the requester?  This would need to be regardless of the group that the technician is part of and where the ticket is currently assigned to. 
 
Feature to Convert Service Template when approved
Hi Team, It would be helpful feature to convert the Service template when it is approved. Use case: When an SR is approved, technician should be able to convert the SR to other Template which should even update the same approval details in converted
 
Upcoming feature - Conflict Detection for Changes
Dear users, We are elated to announce the upcoming feature - Conflict Detection for Changes .Below is a brief run-through of the same: Conflict Detection for Changes ServiceDesk Plus Cloud can now identify and notify users about conflicts that arise during
 
Hide Unanswered Fields in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud
How do I hide fields that are unanswered in the request details screen? On our templates we have a lot of additional fields, that are not always answered, nor do they need to be answered. If a field goes unanswered (empty) the request details page shows
 
Probe Error "Windows credential failed" with AzureAD admin account
HI all, I tried to scan our network with AzureAD device admin account, however, probe returned error "Windows credential failed and SSH credential not configured" We are fully cloud based. The credential definitely have admin right on all our machines.
 
Is it now possible to use an alphanumeric ticket id in Service Desk Plus cloud?
We are importing ticket data from our old system, which already have numeric references. Can we use an alphanumeric reference for imported ticket data e.g. X-1, X-2, X-3, etc. alongside auto-assigned references for new tickets created directly in ManageEngine?
 
Form Rules in Project Management
Team, It is very difficult to work on Project Management. We don't have control on customizing the Project template as per the client requirement. No form rules are there. Could you please help us on this.  Also, how to add additional fields in the
 
SLA monitoring for technicians
I'm looking for a good way for our technicians to monitor their tickets by SLA.     I'm not finding any way to do this other than to add the "due by date" to a list view and sort by that. This again, points to the glaring lack of a technician dashboard
 
Service Desk migration from on Premise to Cloud
Good Morning, Any idea when I migrate our Sevice Desk on-prem to cloud if the Database, Assets and all the data can be brought over to the cloud? Thank you
 
Issue with Post to API using Python
Hi Folks,  I'm having issues with creating a request in SDP through the API using Python and was hoping someone could help.  I've managed to get a working test script but if I try and put any variables into the input_data block then I just get invalid
 
Bulk import of operational costs
Within the asset management module, you are able to import a csv to create multiple objects. Within each object you are able to manually add a cost associated with each asset via the 'Financials' tab. Is there a way to do a bulk upload of costs for multiple
 
Surprising upgrades without notification
Hi Team, We use Servicedesk Plus cloud with a large team of 30-50 and growing technicians. We recently moved from On-prem where upgrades/updates were in our own hands. Now we seem to get surprising upgrades with no notification whatsover. this causes
 
PUT And POST Method For /api/v3/users/{user_id}
About a year about I asked about this feature and it sounded like your team had plans to implement this. Is this still something you're planning on implementing? This feature would help our company immensely. Also are there any links to road maps or planned
 
Welcome Invitation
How can I limit or prevent specific users from receiving the Welcome Invitation email.  We have accounts for external users within our domain, but do not wish to validate these external domains for access to our instance of ServiceDesk Plus.  This is
 
Self scan error
Hiya. I am trying to test scanning some windows laptops that not on our domain, so i am looking at the self scan. I have downloaded the exe generated a api key and when i run it i get this error  Has anyone had this before? Thank you Rich
 
Unintended user sync between Azure AD and ServiceDesk Plus Cloud
Affected Time Frame: ServiceDesk Plus Cloud from April 19, 2022 5:27 AM PDT to April 20, 2022 3:53 AM PDT   Fixed at: April 20, 2022 03:53 AM PDT    What happened? Azure AD User Sync periodically synchronizes an organization's Azure AD users with ServiceDesk
 
Enhancements in Custom menu for Releases, Custom widgets for Releases, User Delegations, Azure AD user Sync and introduction of new operator in Business Rule and Triggers
Dear Users,       We are elated to announce the upcoming enhancements in Custom menu for Releases, Custom widgets for Releases, User Delegations, Azure AD user Sync and introduction of new operator in Business Rule and Triggers. Below is a brief run-through
 
Masterclass 2022 - Episode 3: Perfecting the change enablement process using ServiceDesk Plus Cloud (April 27)
Hi there,   The third episode of the ServiceDesk Plus Masterclass 2022 series will be held this month! In this session, we will explore the various types of changes and the best practices for executing the change enablement process in a hybrid workspace
 
[SOLVED] API - Project Task dependencies
Hi, Is there a way to get the dependecies between tasks via the Servicedesk Plus API ? I can get pretty much all the other information out, but at the moment I don't see a way to see which tasks a given task depends upon. Thanks Jeremy
 
Cert Expired?
Anyone else having a cert expired issue? Using chome does not work to continue, had to use edge to get back in with the expired cert. Just expired like 15min ago.
 
Internal Error box pop-up on tryign to close a job
Hello, I am getting an Internal Error dialog box popping up when I try to close a job in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. All the required fields are filled.  Please advise. 
 
Adding Zia to Sharepoint Intranet
Hello, Has anyone been able to successfully add the Zia chatbot to their Sharepoint environment?   We are hoping to use Zia to automate first contact with the end user and allow them to open tickets.  To do this we would like to embed Zia into our companies
 
Header of the Reports
Hi Team, Is it possible to remove the report header at the time of export? I have a customer who does not want that header to be able to send it to an email and then generate an import automation. Unfortunately the API's were not functional because it
 
How To: Script change subject field with information from custom fields
I have found a few posts talking about this but cannot quite figure it out. Attached are my current scripts and the field I am wanting to use. The main issue I seem to be having is how do i know what to put in cs.getValue(""); everything I try returns
 
Mail Server Settings - Internal Error
Hello We cannot make any changes in Mail Server Settings. When tried to remove account, "Internal Error" message shows up. ( Please refer to the screenshot in attachment) We cannot remove nor add or change anything in Mail Server Settings. Please advise
 
Ability to display Assets that share a department with requester in Create Request form
When creating a new request you can pick the asset. Currently the only options are to pick from a list of assets that are assigned to the requester or from all the assets.  It would be beneficial to identify those assets that are assigned to the department
 
Restricting Request Type by Incident Template
Is it possible to only have certain Request Type values available based on the Incident Template? For example, if I have Request Types - Incident/Request for Info/Service Request and on my Incident Template for "New Joinee", I do not want "Service Request"
 
Requester Access To Site Requests
When giving a requester access to view all requests for a site for auditing purposes, add an option for the requester to also view deleted requests, or at least add a drop-down option for this. This would allow us to give users in our quality group to
 
Service templates - Site field
Hi community, hope you're doing well. I'm encountering an issue with service templates: the field Site is always greyed out in requester view while it can be modified in technician view, whatever the selected template. Can I somehow enable it in requester
 
Accessing Backdated field through the API
I have this Backdated field which I can see when accessing the Change request through the portal as below This Backdated field does not appear when I did a GET request through the API. How do I actually fetch the data for this Backdated field through
 
Asset Managment - Serial Number
Good Afternoon Has anyone created a function in SDP Cloud to auto populate the Serial number of an asset with the Discoverd Serial Number. We had a similar issue with the last logon user that needed to be the primary users. The SDP Cloud DEV team did
 
Survey Link Renders Incorrectly
The Survey Link within an email loses https and does not render properly as if the html is incorrect.  I am just filling out the simple form so not much I can impact beyond what I am entering, shown below.  Any thoughts on rectifying? Selected Text: $SurveyLink
 
SD+ On demand Test environment
Hi How does someone with an existing Prod environment go about getting a replica stood up for test and dev purposes, please? I'm talking On Demand here. Cheers
 
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