Last Boot Time field empty in Service Desk Plus for an asset
Does the Desktop Central Agent scan when a PC was last booted? I see a field called "Last Boot Time" in Service Desk Plus but it is empty for a PC with the agent installed. However, when I look up that same PC in Desktop Central, it shows when it was
Changing an SLA property after reassigning an incident ticket from one group (different SLAs) to another group
I'm having an issue with the following scenario - >Workflow is an email request gets submitted to group#1 who has defined SLAs. They cant resolve the issue and assign the ticket to Group #2 who had different SLAs than group #1. It doesnt appear you
Cancel versus Closed
Typically, we've closed requests with a cancel code that are "canceled." We now see that users are given access to the "Cancel" button, and I'd like to explore switching to using the cancel status. Cancelling typically denotes a removal of something from
How to purge asset data
Hi, We have a lot of historical data and years of machine rebuilds, rediscovers etc has meant that our asset data is inaccurate and never used. I would like to purge all asset data and allow it to repopulate from agent scans. How can I do this? Than
Exporting Knowledgebase Articles
Hi Team, Is there a way to export all knowledgebase articles from within the ServiceDesk software? I'm not seeing an option - am I missing something?
How to assign priority within Severity
Can we change order with in any category (status, Severity etc)? Suppose we have three severity level i.e. 1, 2 and 3 and within each we have 10 requests each. Is there any way to define the priority of these 10 requests ? Can we change it by dragging
Can I create views across instances?
My org is in process of moving from SDP on-premise to SDP cloud. One feature we want to take advantage of is multiple instances because we need the flexibility to adjust certain settings like notification settings that are universal across all groups
Moving changes made in Test Environment into Production
After having looked at a few articles, i believe I have my answer but I want to to confirm by saying it a different way. We have a TEST environment which began life as a copy of our production environment. As I make configuration changes, add/mofify request catalog items and templates, etc., my understanding is that there is no way to automatically duplicate these modifications in the production environment. In other words, I must keep meticulous step-by-step records of all changes made in TEST and
update requester info via SQL
Hi I would like to update requester informations (i.e. phone number, mobile number and email address) via SQL, from data which has been exported from our HR application. The primary key is the SDPlus "employee ID" field. In which table from the servicedeskplus
CMDB / Assets "AD Description"
Hi, We use Desktop Central and ServiceDesk Plus, and we're working on importing all our assets from DC to SDP to populate our CMDB. When we deploy a new VM, we also add a brief description to the AD Description field, In DC, Description and AD Description
Setting Up A Test Environment
We are looking at customizing our instance of servicedesk plus using python to make custom menus. we'd like to set up a development environment so that while we're testing these additions, they wont be live on helpdesk. Is there an up to date guide on
Service Desk Plus (On Prem) and Security Sheet Integration Question
Good Morning, Is anyone using ServiceDesk Plus for doing security sheets? Security sheets in our company are used for in the creation of user accounts and access to systems. We are thinking about integrating with AD Service Manager Plus. What are you
Hide Fields created in User - Additional Fields from certain technicians
Hello We would like to create some additional fields for our users, but not all technicians need to see this data. Is is possible to hide additional fields created for users from certain technicians?
Backup
It would be nice that there is an option of automatic delete of an backupjob. Now al the backup jobs are saved but it would be nice when i can set that een backup is deleted after 30 days.
Is it possible to set a global date format
I know each requester and user can go into the personalize section to alter the date format, but is there a way we can implement a standard one for all users, while still giving them access to alter if they wish
Preventing open onhold request upon requester's reply in Requests with pending approvals
Hi, We have enabled the option "Open onhold requests upon requester's reply". However there are Requests which have Pending Approvals with and Onhold status and the Approver ask a requester something to clarify the request. Then the Requester aswers it
Survey Exclusions table
Can you help me to find which table stores Survey Exclusions? I tried many variants but can't find it
SD+ Updates
We're about to upgrade to the latest version but want to know if we should expect a new update soon. The readme page hasn't had a release since March 9th and the Roadmap hasn't been updated since February 25th.
Service
Hello. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing a notable decrease in the quality of SDP support these days? Just recently I have had multiple issues with an upgrade to 12000 and put in tickets (#7774059, #7781309) with little or no response and
Import requests to ServiceDesk Plus with attachments
HI, We're looking at importing over our open requests from our old in-house ITCM system to Service Desk Plus; the default import .csv file is pretty basic, can anyone point me in the right direction for something a little more granular (in particular importing ticket attachments)??
Entered manual email for external people being saved in the history and appears every time
We were doing some testing in few tickets using our personal emails, now whenever we try to send request for approval or reply the emails are saved, attached image is example i need to know how i can remove the personal emails used during the testing
AssetExplorer locked admin account
I have locked the admin account by entering the wrong password many times. I have reset the password using this tutorial: https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-reset-administrator-password-in-servicedesk-plus However, it still
DUO authentication
When is DUO going to be an option for 2FA? We need this. DUO is our standard. We don't want OTP email or Google Authenticator. Regards,
how to translate the customized field
Hi there, we have multi language requirement(English/Portuguese/etc.). and I wonder is there any entry I can translate the customized fields, for example: the STATUSs in "Customization - Helpdesk - Status".
Use API calls in Self-Service Portal
Hi - I'd like to create a custom widget in the self-service portal that pulls information via the SD API. Is this possible? Any examples? Thanks! Jacob
Error Message : Traceback (most recent call last): File "addApprovals.py", line 30, in <module> if ApproverStage1 in requestObj['udf_fields'] and requestObj['udf_fields'][ApproverStage1] is not None
Hi All, I have some trouble on implement this dynamic approval https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-implement-dynamic-request-approval-using-fafr-and-custom-triggers-25-2-2021 i have error : Traceback (most recent call last):
Change Logo for Instance
What size picture is required for the logo in the Instance? Any specific format?
Microsoft Teams Integration with ServiceDesk Plus onsite
Hi all, Interested to see the news for Microsoft Teams Integration with ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/microsoft-teams-integration.html?utm_source=sdp_newsletter&utm_medium=may_2019 Is there any information if this is being developed for on premise installs? We have recently moved to an Office 365 environment and this integration would be very valuable. Cheers Brett
API V3 worklog issue 10.6 Build 10601
Hi, We upgraded the Dev server on 10.6 build 10601. And in previous build 10.4, I had a call on v3 api that was working for fetching worklogs from request with a call on /api/v3/requests/xxxxx/worklog When calling now the service I get an issue : { "response_status": {
Auto Refresh of Service Desk requests
Is it possible to do an auto refresh of the service desk requests screen and any other screen that may be updated dynamically or is it possible for us to amend the HTML page to program in an refresh. Rgds Damian
Employee Onboard- Handling Transfer and Terminations
We are attempting to build our Employee OnBoard/Offboarding/Transfer process into ServiceDeskPlus. The New Hire portion of it seems to flow very well but we are getting stuck on what process to follow in order to request system access be removed or new
Time zone
hi All, I have servicedesk manage engine application on windows server 2016 with Psql database. The interface time shown +5 GMT, however windows server time is +4 GMT. I need to correct time in servicedesk to +4 GMT time zone. Could You Help pleas
Allow Ask Zia to be added to the Requester portal as pop-up option
Ask Zia currently has to be accessed via the small icon bottom right of the portal; this isn't at all obvious to end-users. It can't be added as a code snippet or button action. Most chat features have some sort of pop up, which is far more obvious.
Office 365 SharedMailbox support in ServiceDesk
Hi! We use shared mailbox feature of Office 365 for support tickets and want to switch to ServiceDesk Plus. However, for e-mail account I only see support for classic mailboxes. Do you plan to add support for shared mailbox or O365 groups feature at all? Thanks for reply! Regards!
New Instance
We are currently on Version 12, Build 12007 of ServiceDesk Plus. I'd like to add a new (Facility) instance on my test environment just for testing purposes. We've only ever had just our one IT instance in both our test and production environments. Will
Incident Templates and how they display to users and administrators
We are using ServiceDesk Plus 8.2.0 build 8207. I have a “how to” question about how Incident Templates are displayed, a problem with numbers of visible templates, and a specific problem with one template. Our company has 31 Incident Templates in the system, 25 of which are visible to the user. Question: Is there a way to organize how the templates are displayed? In the list that appears when an administrator clicks the “Incident Catalog” button or the drop-down arrow on the button, or
No confirmation emails
Is it possible to create a requester account that has an email address to identify the incoming requests, but does not send out emails to that account? We have some devices that report alarm states to us but they don't need to receive emails from SD+.
Notifications when "Do not allow request creation by email" is turned on
Team, As we all know, Email support, while convenient, is one of the least effective methods for taking in requests. We've finally gotten our enterprise to acknowledge this and we would like to move to a model whereby we are only using the self-service
Allowing user to select department assets
Hi, We're using SDP for our internal IT department, but would like to also use it for customer tickets. We have currently created a customer as a fake department and added a user and assigned it to that department. That seems to work and we can add more
Unassigned tickets
We have a bit of a hard time finding where to switch so that unallocated tasks end up with a specific queue. I would like to change so that all new cases that are sent to our service desk end up with a specific queue and not those that are not assigned.
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