[Term of the Day]: Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack
Term of the Day “Denial-of-Service Attack” Definition — What is a Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack? A denial-of-service attack is a type of cyber attack to prevent or deny legitimate users from accessing specific computer systems, devices, services, or other IT resources. DoS attacks are typically executed using the DoS tools that send many request packets to a targeted Internet server (usually Web, FTP, or Mail server). The attack floods the server's resources and makes the system unusable. Unlike
Problem in Remote Access in Web RDP
Hi, I have a problem with remote access by Web RDP in any other language except English There is a security problem that I don't know what... how can I fix this?!! please check my screenshots from web remote page in Attachments...
Where is the Edit button for assigned ChangeOwner
Hello, my ChangeOwners are reporting they don't have access to the Edit button for changes to which they are assigned. Accoridng to this article though, it appears they should have access to the Edit? Please help! https://help.servicedeskplus.com/change/change_faqs.html%242
auto close request when closing associated change
Does anyone know how I can automate the closing of a request that is associated with a change? Basically I want to closed the associated requests when the change is closed.
[DidYouKnow-41] Glowroot bundled with ServiceDesk Plus
Introduction: Glowroot is a simple APM (Application Performance Monitoring) tool useful for monitoring Java-based applications. It has a feature which allows tracing for slow requests and errors, it is also possible, logging trace time for every user action within the ServiceDesk Plus. https://glowroot.org/ Glowroot is now bundled with ServiceDesk Plus and available from 11124 builds onwards. Note: This tool is not enabled by default and need not be enabled until explicitly told so for performance
Request Closure Code Notification
Hi there. I would like to get any update on the status of three new features related to Request Closure Code notification. May you update it? SDF-45930 SDF-40452 SDF-53130 Thank you for the information about it. Regards.
Cannot Adjust Work Log Charge
Updated to ServiceDesk Plus v8216 recently. Now when entering a new work log for a request you can no longer modify the total charge. If you wish to credit the charge (not charge for the work done), i.e., enter a negative value for "other charge" which is now the only field you can modify the other ones are read only, you cannot. Now we have no control over billing other than what ServiceDesk calculates and insists upon. We need a way to adjust the total charge per work log entry. As is, this
[Term of the Day]: Agile Software Development
Term of the Day “Agile Software Development” Definition — What is Agile? Agile is an umbrella term for light-weight frameworks, tools, and techniques that help teams and organizations achieve agility. The Agile software development methodology is one of the most simplest and effective processes to turns a vision for a business need into software solutions. Agile mainly focuses on keeping the process lean with continuous planning and continuous testing before anything is final. Feedback is
[SD-89181] SDP 11125 can't send email notification (configured in Business Rules)
Hello. We have SDP 11125 (updated today) but the problem is verified also on 11124. We have several business rules configured to notify by email some technicians when a new ticket arrive (based on ticket values / to / cc ...) but this type of notification does not work anymore. The requester correctly receives the email with the assigned ticket number. The technician who is manually / automatically assigned to the ticket also receives the email. No other interested technicians (that we want to keep
[Term of the Day]: Click-Through Rate (CTR)
Term of the Day “Click-Through Rate” Definition — What is CTR and why is it important? CTR, the acronym for Click-Through Rate is the most common metric for measuring engagement within an email campaign. It is a measure that refers to the number of times a webpage advertisement is clicked, compared to the number of times it is displayed; it does not include the people who failed to click, yet arrived at the site later as a result of seeing the ad. Your CTR is one of your key performance indicators
Change Request URL
How do I change the URL that is displayed in Email replies, and auto acknowledgements? The URL was originally helpdesk.domain.com:8080 but I have this routed through and NGINX reverse proxy so is now only helpdesk.domain.com. I've followed the steps listed in here: https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/requestlink-displays-https-in-email-notifications, but to no avail. There is no difference. The changes are being applied, as if I change the $requestlink to 'Test' it makes the
Time & Date Value
What is the value of time and date in the system? I am trying to update some timed fields in requests, specifically the scheduled_time value of on hold. how do I generate the numeric value for the value field from a date time picker or the conversion of a specified date and time. "scheduled_time":{ "display_value":"Tue, Sep 8 08:00:00 EDT 2020", "value":"1599566400000" }
Multiple Operational hours for a site
It's possibile insert multiple operational hours in a site? I've few clients with different supplier with contract hours different (e.g. 8-18, 9_20) and the SLA calculation is wrong because there is one set of operational hour for a site
Unable to start Service Desk
Good afternoon, I was applying an update and it ask me for make a backup during the process. I forgot to modify the upgrade script and I forced close the update manager from task manager (otherwise it will start to backup data and we don't want that). Now when I'm trying to start Manage Engine Service Desk from run.bat it says the following: Starting Server from location: D:\ManageEngine\ServiceDesk Free edition... Previous Patch not applied properly, hence contact support team Problem while Starting
Previous Patch not applied properly, hence contact support team
Hi! There was a trouble with the update to 9.4.18 process: after I choosed an update file I accidentally pushed the ^C key and after that I cannot do any update. So I restored backup from 05.09.2018 by new installation and rename old installation folder. How can I copy from the old folder to the new folder the files (or something else) with requests till 19.09.2018?
ServiceDesk Plus and keeping track of our IT stock of toners, monitors, and keyboards
Hi, We have ServiceDeskPlus Ver 11.0 Build 11002 I want to use SDP to track inventory on items we manage like printer toners, keyboards, etc. Has anyone used ServiceDeskPlus for this? I am not doing something correctly when setting up the Product Type/Products in Asssets. I just want to something simple to track (actual numbers of items in stock) and when we give out one of those items, and to be able to get a report once a month of 'usage' Anyone out there - if you've done this - can you help an
Purchase Request and Purchase Order
Hi I want to submit a purchase order and shorten the purchase process, but until the purchase request is not registered, the purchase order can not be completed in the software. So, when I submit a purchase order and reach the stage of receiving the Products, it does not show me anything. Please check if this process can be done without purchase request.
[Term of the Day]: Cloud Computing
Term of the Day “Cloud Computing” Definition — What is Cloud computing? Cloud computing is also known as virtual server computing. Cloud computing refers to servers that are accessed over the Internet, and the software and databases that run on those servers. In simple terms, is the delivery of on-demand computing resources on a pay for use basis. Cloud servers are located in data centers all over the world. IT organizations or Company's rather than storing files, data ( like images, videos,
ITIL process by Servicedesk plus
Servicedesk plus supports several ITIL process? please explain all ITIL process in servicedesk plus
Chat Functionality
Hi, Having the new live chat feature is great but it is really lacking in functionality, Can the following features please be considered in further builds Automatic greetings Canned responses Flexible to customize Company logo Themes\Colours We do not want our requester's to create requests using live chat, this should only allow them to query already open requests We do not want our requester's being able to select a support group A requester should have the option to end the chat A requester should
Emails automatically being sent to our service desk email in CC field
Hi, Yesterday we updated to Build 11124. Since then, when ever a technician hits 'reply' within an incident, it is automatically inserting our service desk email address into the cc field. It then displays two emails within the incident for the one email. Can you advise how to disable this function? Thanks Andrew
HTML Mail
Hello I am trying to add a notification Action after a transition in one of our request life cycles. I designed a html Mail but I fail to add it correctly. When I add it, at first it does look good, however after saving, the message is not displayed correctly. If you send the message to an outlook client it is even worse. Also sometimes the editor crashes when I try to edit the HTML. Does someone have an idea how to fix this? I attached the html-file. Thank you very much!
Share via Trigger?
Can I set the "share to requester" name via a custom trigger or form rule? We want to share certain incidents with other requesters based on a choice on the form. Possible?
manageengine get asset details with custom attribute or unique attribute for user using API
Hi all, I want to get all assigned assets and their details using a custom attribute or unique attribute for a requester or technician. I'm having issues to find the true parameters for may problem. That is xml code that I'm using. Can you help me the solve this problem. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <API version="1.0" locale="en"> <citype> <name>All Assets</name> <criterias> <criteria> <parameter> <name compOperator="IS">logon
[Term of the Day]: Network Operations Center
Term of the Day “Network Operations Center” Definition — What is NOC? Network Operations Center (NOC) is a centralized location where IT Network administrators supervise and maintain a telecommunication network, its performance, and its quality. Basically, a NOC is the nervous system of any organization. A NOC is often the first line of defense against any attacks or anomalies that an organization or enterprise might experience with their telecommunications networks in the area of security.
Broadcast message for currently logged in technicians
I would like a request a way to send a message to all currently logged in technicians so that they can be notified instantly. For instance let's say I need to reboot the server, I could send out a message saying that service desk plus will be restarted in 30 mins. There is the announcement feature that exists but this only works if the technicians goes and looks at home tab and they only usually see it at their initial login at the start of their work shift.
[Term of the Day]: Operating System (OS) Virtualization
Term of the Day "Operating System Virtualization" Definition — What is Operating System (OS) Virtualization and what it does? Operating System (OS) Virtualization, also called a "virtual private server" is a method for splitting a server into multiple partitions called "containers" or "virtual environments" (VEs) in order to prevent applications from interfering with each other. This involves tailoring a standard operating system so that it can run different applications handled by multiple
Emails To Notify Not Behaving as Expected - URGENT
Hello - How come a requestor can only add contact to the "Emails to Notify" field for initial request creation? It seems if the user goes to reply to a ticket AFTER the ticket has been created, the field no longer diplays. Why?
Close a Change via API and PowerShell (JSON Format)
Does anyone know the correct JSON to close a Change? $JSON = @" { "operation": { "details": { "stagename": "Close", "statusname": "Closed - Completed", "statuscomments" : "Closed via API", } } } "@ [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 $postparams = @{OPERATION_NAME = 'update'; TECHNICIAN_KEY = $apikey; INPUT_DATA = $JSON; FORMAT = 'JSON'} $JSONresult = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $URI -Method POST -Body $postparams -UseBasicParsing | ConvertFrom-Json
Show only own assets
Hi, actually users can view all assets with product type, assigned user and so on when creating a request and choosing to associate assets. I don't want to let users see all assets of the other users, but their own. Is there any way to allow users only to view their own assets? Thanks in advance.
[Term of the Day]: Natural Language Processing
Term of the Day “Natural Language Processing” Definition — What is NLP? Natural Language Processing or (NLP) is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that gives computers the ability to read, understand, and interpret human language. It is a field of study that focuses on the interactions between human language and computers. Let say you need a chatbot for your customer support environment, In order to train an NLP algorithm to understand human speech and text, the algorithm needs to be input
[SD-89451] Error while remove properties on the technician layout
When remove properties on the technician layout , Assign button doesn't works Error: Group and Technician cannot be assigned as the request template does not contain Group and Technician fields.
Reading User Defined Field results in error
I get en error trying to read a UDF with the following characteristics: Site Name udf_pick_9306 Pick List - - UDF_CHAR78 Can some one tell me what I'm doing wrong? the error message and the code are below. Thanks Sal Error Message: Message : Traceback (most recent call last): File "ConditionalApprovalVPN.py", line 10, in <module> fieldvalue1 = requestObj['udf_fields']['udf_pick_9306'] KeyError: 'udf_fields' The code is: import sys, argparse, csv, json csv_file = 'approvalsinglefieldVPN.csv' filename
[Tips & Tricks] Configuring SAML with Azure AD
This guide will help us configure SAML for those who want to use Azure AD as their IdP and also give you insights on a few issues that you might run into while configuring SAML in an Azure Environment. In an ideal environment, we will have an On Premises AD which will Sync users to their O365 Portal or Azure Portal. The sync is carried out with the help of a tool called Azure AD Connect, and the admins can download this tool either from the Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade/AzureADConnect)
[Term of the Day]: Collaborative Writing
Term of the Day “Collaborative Writing” Definition — What is Collaborative Writing? Collaborative Writing — by its very definition — is two or more persons working together to produce a written document. It is an iterative and social process that involves a team focused on a common objective that negotiates, coordinates, and communicates during the creation of a common document. Collaborative Writing has become a significant component of work in the business world, and many forms of business
[ForYourInformation -47] Password Policy Enhancement
You may all know about the Password Policy feature which was introduced with 11100 builds of ServiceDesk Plus. Now we have an additional function "Change Password Redirection" in the password policy feature which is available from the 11123 builds of ServiceDesk Plus. This function allows ServiceDesk Plus admins to enable a forced password reset policy, which redirects users, who log in for the first time, to the change password page. Admin Tab >> General Settings >> Security Settings >> Password
Script to show Day,Week,Month,...
We defined a custom filed and we want when a request submitted in Rule and Filed , run a script : for example: If CREATEDDATE=today Set in UDF: TODAY If CREATEDDATE>today Set in UDF: YESTERDAY ..... If CREATEDDATE=thisyear Set in UDF: THISYEAR var x=$CS.getValue("CREATEDDATE"); var currentDate = Now(); if (x>=currentDate) { $CS.setValue("WorkOrder_Multi_Fields_UDF_CHAR4",["Today"]); } if (x>=Today) { $CS.setValue("WorkOrder_Multi_Fields_UDF_CHAR4",["Yesterday"]); } if (x>=thisweek) {
Catastrophic failure whilst installing sdplus
Was trying to update an old instance of our sdplus application following these guidelines. https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/on-premises/migration-sequence.html We were originally on version 9334 using mysql which was the default when we first installed service desk plus a few years ago. I was able to upgrade to 9336 without any issues. However when i tried upgrading to the next step which was to take me to 9400 i was informed i could not continue as i needed pgsql. Found
restrict ٔReopen Task
How can it restrict technicians from reopening their work?
[SOLVED] Audit Report
I need a report showing the following fields: Login Name, Technician Display Name, email, Job Title, Department Name, Associate Support Groups, Assigned Roles
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