[Term of the Day]: Computer Security Incident Response Team
Term of the Day "Computer Security Incident Response Team" What is CSIRT? Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), also know as Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) is group that is responsible for exposing and averting cyber attacks that
Removing software from people's workstation remotely
Is there anyway i can remove software from workstations remotely? I know i can delete software from workstations on the system, but when i re-scan the asset, it appears again. Do i need another feature of SDP to enable this function? Thanks
Load Custom .JS file into SDP
I simply want to load a .js file into SDP. I'm from build 11007, I've put my .js file in <SDP>\custom\scripts\ directory, however, it is not loaded. I've searched this forum, the one here that looks good is not helping me because I don't even have the
User - Additional Fields as Variables
I asked about this a long time ago, and so I'm wondering if this was ever implemented. We really need user variables for User - Additional fields so we can populate the givenName from AD in our notifications. Right now, we would be stuck with lastname, firstname or username. AD has these broken out, so I'm hoping SDP has a way to do this now. Thanks Adam
[Term of the Day]: PuTTY
Term of the Day “PuTTY” Definition — What is PuTTY? PuTTY is a free open source terminal emulator that supports multiple network protocols such as SSH, SCP, and rlogin network protocols. The word PuTTY has no official meaning, it was developed
Jira integration - two way integration, and what advantages are in it ?
Documentation regarding the JIRA integration seems to be lacking, so I have a question. I see that some forum posts mention that the integration is not a two-way integration, and according to some youtube video, it seems as that when a issue is created
How do I hide a field in SD Plus
I am trying to hide a field for all but a few technicians. I tried creating a Rule to hide the field. I selected On Field Load. The Rule execution defaults to On Create/Edit. The problem I have is that when an incident is viewed the field is always viewable.
Disable Auto-Generated Email
We are currently set to send enrollment emails to newly created users automatically; however there is a scenario in which this is not needed. Is there a way to stop the auto-generated new user email from going to the user during creation only on these
[Term of the Day]: Pagination
Term of the Day "Pagination" What is Pagination? Pagination is a web design technique that is used to divide a large data set into several pages. The main purpose is to optimize the website's loading time and provide a better user experience. Imagine
Add pagination links to bottom of asset list views
Hello, It'd be really handy if you could add pagination links to the bottom of the asset list view, the same as at the top of the table. As an example, we have over 700 workstations, the workstation list view is set to show 250 items per page. When you
MFA
Does the latest Servicedesk plus support MFA
SDP doesn't provide or support MFA
Hi, You guys need to understand. MFA is not an option it is a requirement for a lot of us. Please provide an ETA so we can plan accordinaly or let us now so we can not renew our license next year!!!!
[SDF-63109] Add two factor authentication to Servicedesk
Hello, Can't you add the same two factor authentication function to Servicedesk that you have in Desktop Central? Best Regards
Custom View - Logged in Technician
Has anyone had any success creating a Custom View that would filter based on the Technician that is logged in? I am trying to create team based views and want to only show requests that are either unassigned or assigned to the person who is logged
Active Directory import not updating fields for users in SDP
Hello, We are trying to address an issue where users have outdated information in SDP. Certain fields like Department and Site have been updated for many users and our scheduled Active Directory imports are not updating these fields in SDP. However,
How to cinfgure Operarational Hours when Site & support team are in differing time zones?
Hello - My Operational Hours are 9:00 to 18:00. Let's say I have a Site in Arizona but my team supporting that Site (client) is located in São Paulo, Brazil? How would I configure the Time Zone & Operational Hours? Would I configure the Site with the
Export Service Catalogs
Is there any option to export service catalogs templates to excel ?
[Term of the Day]: ATM
Term of the Day "Asynchronous Transfer Mode" What is Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)? ATM stands for Asynchronous Transfer Mode is a networking technology where data is transmitted not in bits or frames, but in packets called cells. These cells
Can I get 9400 Install Files ?
I've got a badly messed up install of ServiceDesk Plus running on a server that is used by one of our small teams, there are enough things wrong with it that I don't think it is worth salvaging and I want to give them a new build. However one of the problems
[SD-92973, SD-93016] Update to 11139 Issues
Hi All, Just thought I would note the issues we are having with the new update so far. will add more as I find them/ update when / if they can get fixed. So far Form rules are broken - Logic to hide/show/mandate is broken just doesn't work Time fields
Asset Explorer/Asset Scan
Hi I am testing the Asset Scan in our test environment, and I have a number of questions. We currently have a lot of laptops that regularly change IP address ranges depending on where they are located (internal or external/remote) - can you outline how
Allow JS script to retrieve requester attributes in ServiceDesk Plus
ServiceDesk Plus allows user to write a small JS script to modify form fields on form load/edit. The functions to retrieve information are quite limited, and do not provide the ability to retrieve user defined attributes using the $CS.getValue() function,
Masterclass 2021 - Episode 2: 5 hacks to create and deliver an effective Service Management using ServiceDesk Plus (25th March)
In the second episode of the ServiceDesk Plus masterclass, we will discuss how you can build an effective Service Catalog that is ideal for your organization's needs. Key areas that will be covered in this masterclass episode: Hack 1: Define specific
[Blog] Boost First Call Resolution rate with these best practices
First Call Resolution, also known as first contact resolution and commonly known as FCR is one of the important IT support metrics. It refers to a team's ability to resolve a ticket — be it a question or an issue — in the first interaction with the user. It
Trusted/Self Signed Certificate Failure
Hi all, Since updating our standard license a few days ago, we can no longer create tickets via email. The error we receive when checking mail fetching refers to a certificate error, but I cannot find where to resolve this issue? The troubleshooting page
[Term of the Day]: Software Defined Networking
Term of the Day “Software Defined Networking” Definition — What is an SDN? Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an architecture that gives networks more programmability and flexibility. In 2009, Kate Green from MIT Technology coined the term Software
[DidYouKnow-45]How to Auto Populate User Defined Fields(UDF) on a Ticket
One of our Community users has requested the following function in ServiceDesk Plus. When a user submits a ticket. The User Defined Fields (UDF - store users AD attributes), should get auto-populated on request additional fields based on the user who
How to handle automatic request status change based on user response?
We are running SDP build 10000 on Windows / MSSQL and are facing a challenge of keeping track of abandoned requests. Consider this use case: User opens new request without sufficient information Technician responds to request asking for additional info
Java and Request API
Hi, I am running some Java code that returns a JSON object from Requests API. If I request any more that 100 records, it only returns 100 records. If I run the same query through the api interface in Manage Engine ServiceDesk plus I get back the
Change request custom trigger
Hi, I'm working on a change request custom trigger that will send some of the change request details to a Teams Channel. I want to include the change requesters name in this but i cannot find this variable at all when reading the json file. Has anyone
[Term of the Day]: Data Governance
Term of the Day "Data Governance" What is Data Governance (DG)? Data governance is a process of identifying important data across an organization, ensuring it is of high quality, and improving its value to the business. It is like the WHO-WHAT-HOW-WHEN-WHERE-WHY
Add count of template usage
Hello, I need to add to the following query: select rtl.templatename "Plantilla", rtl.status "Estado", qd.queuename "Grupo de Soporte", cd.CATEGORYNAME AS "Categoría", scd.NAME "Subcategoría" from RequestTemplate_Fields rtf left join RequestTemplate_list
Need to be able to attach image or document to task templates
HI I know I can add an image or doc to a task. BUT I can't add an image or doc to a task template. Can you please add the ability to add a doc and or image to a task template? This would save us lots of work because we reuse the task templates they always
ServiceDesk Plus is now PinkVERIFY™ ITIL® 4 certified!
Hello there, We're excited to announce that ServiceDesk Plus has received the PinkVERIFY ITIL 4 certification for its Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Enablement, and Service Request Management practices. We are one of only five vendors
[Term of the Day]: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Term of the Day “Virtual Desktop Infrastructure” Definition — What is VDI? Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a desktop computing solution that extends Server Virtualization to the desktop. VDI was coined by VMware for its VMware server and
[Community Digest] ServiceDesk Plus - February 2021
Here is the monthly rewind for February 2021! Version and Build releases: We had 2 build releases 11139 (Released on 1 February 2021) 11140 (Released on 19 February 2021) check this link for more details. Product Highlights: Framework Upgrade Information
Data have not been completely synchronized in ManageEngine Analytics Plus due to an unknown error.
Hi everyone, Did anyone encounter the captioned issue? Here is the message that show under the Integrations - Advanced Analytics tab. The issue happen since upgrade the SDP+ to 11039. I'm recently upgrade to 11.1 Build 11140, but this issue remain existed.
[SDF-52086] Scheduling a task to run in the future
HI We have tickets with many tasks that we would like to schedule the task notification. We would like to setup an entire years worth of tasks and then have the support group get the task notification each month. Currently if we create tasks we can schedule
Request templates for technicians only, to speed up process of documenting repetitive requests
Does anyone use Request templates to make it easier for technicians to create and close tickets for repetitive tickets like unlocking active directory accounts? The Unlock Account template we have created has the status set to Closed by default because
[Term of the Day]: Universal Naming Convention
Term of the Day "Universal Naming Convention" What is UNC? Universal naming convention, also known as uniform naming convention, is a standard for identifying servers, printers and other resources in a network, which originated in the Unix community.
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