[Webinar] How ITSM and ITOM together automate CMDB, change, and incident management
Hey there, Are you an IT service technician looking to simplify and automate your CMDB, change and incident management? If you’re aiming to: Automate CMDB management and eliminate outdated records Map dependencies across every IT layer to visualize impact
Automatic Task Progress Calculation Based on Worklog Time
Dear Support Team, We are currently using ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and would like to implement an automatic calculation for request progress based on logged work hours. Our requirement is as follows: When a Task is created, an Estimated Effort is
Can we prevent Worklog Date selections PRIOR to current week?
Hi All - We use SDP as our Time Keeping system which is then loaded into our internal ERP System. We have issues with folks entering time to previous weeks which are not captured in current week exports that is sent to ERP. Is there a way to prevent Date
DbCorrupted,Hence backup cannot be scheduled.
Hello. After updating to version 15100, I am unable to create backups. Neither using the backUpData.sh script nor using scheduled backups via the interface. The following message appears in the ~ManageEngine/ServiceDesk/logs/sps/pgsql/dailypgbackup0.txt
15.2 Build 15240 : Where did worklog.json go?
Hello - I recently upgraded to the latest version, but no longer see worklog.json where it used to be. Did this change and where can I find it? I have custom login you enabled for me that is no longer working. Used to be here : ManageEngine\ServiceD
Change Management - Setting the risk based on risk Matrix
Hi, I am new to Manage Engine Service Desk and have been asked to configure a Change Template which sets the change risk, based on the answers to a series of questions - see below. Can this be done in Field and Form rules using Custom Script? If so where
Permissions settings - service request template
Team, is there any chance that we can prevent existing technicians to see certain request templates and requests that are created under those service request templates? For example, I just created new onboarding service request template - I want to limit
[SDF- 84957] How to hide/exclude default instance for some users
Is it possible to exclude some users from the default instance called IT helpdesk, or to hide this instance for some users? Because I want to create some new instances, assign several users to them, and they should use only the content which is offered
How to get a free Servicedesk MSP Plus License
Hello, I have been trying for three weeks to obtain a free license for 5 Techs Service Desk Plus MSP, as described on the homepage. I filled out the form, wrote several emails to sales@ and support@, and tried to get more information via chat, but unfortunately
Message : No installed Python found!
Hello! I have create a request life cycle. Workflow : Executed from Request Life Cycle : Purchase New Asset, Transition : Send for Approval, Rule : SendApprovalScript. The script was working fine before updating the SDP to the version 15.1 Build 15100.
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Increasing the requests trash days limit.
Hi, Team, I've noticed that it is possible to change the number of days that requests stay in the trash before being permanently deleted, from 1 to 10 days. Sometimes 10 days could be too short, so changing globalconfig like: UPDATE globalconfig SET PARAMVALUE
Mail Settings for 2nd SD Instance
I've just enabled ESM with a second instance. Currently, we use Microsoft Graph to connect to the existing IT instance's mailbox. Will it be possible to use the same client IDs & client secrets to connect to a different mailbox to process incoming/outgoing
Reset Mail server configuration from zero Version 15.2
I need to reset the mail server configuration, because we are unable to save any change, any change we try to do we receive the following errors:
Upgrade to Servicedesk Plus upgrade to 15200 error code 1024
Hi guys, I'm having the following issue updating Servidesck Platform. Does anyone have a solution to this issue? I really need to complete the update. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ESM Portal Customisation Preview Problem
I've just enabled ESM (Build 15220) and find that I'm unable to preview any changes to the current ESM portal or a different template. I get a "User does not have this permission" error, which is a little strange as my account is an Org admin. I've restarted
Simple Trigger for “Attachment Added” Notifications
Idea: It would be great to have a simple, built‑in trigger that sends a notification when an attachment is added to a request, even if no comment or field is updated. Why: Attachments are commonly used to respond to requests in approval workflows. Without
How can I change the default filter for all requesters?
Hi, how can I change the default filter for all requesters? I want to change the filter from "My Pending Requests" to "All My Requests".
Error updating to 15.200
Hi, Team, After successfully upgrading the UAT environment, I've got these alerts on the production environment:and then, I ran initpgsql.bat, then I selected the ppm file. It began the installation, but stopped when moving from 16% to 20% - the window
Windows operating system update on ServiceDesk server.
Hi Any issues with preforming an in place update from a Widows server 2016 to Windows server 2020 on our ServiceDesk server? We would stop the SDP service during the OS update and resume after it has been completed.
Improve Custom Module!
Custom Module is very good idea, but its incomplete and please add these options to Custom Module: Form and Filed Rules Additional filed management (Now, I created a filed and I cannot delete it!) Set permission technicians to access Custom Module on
Important: SDP iOS Push Notification certificate expired on 21st December 2025
Dear Users, ServiceDesk Plus iOS push notification certificate expired on 21st December 2025. Hence to overcome push notification issue, please follow the steps outlined below: 1. Shut down the ServiceDesk Plus application. 2. Navigate into <SDP_home>\conf
Choosing to assign a Support Group instead of an individual technician?
Hello, I have a single site with a single incident template. I have a small team of help desk techs that I have added as technicians. I have also created a support group for the team. I expected to be able to have an option, from the technician dropdown,
How do I change this - browser tab name
version 14105
custom menu vulnerability
I found a bug or security vulnerability If you define a custom menu, all technicians can click on its options, and if one of the options in this menu is access to ESM portal settings, technicians will be able to view/edit it, etc. For example, if one
Problem to Change Associations
Hi, I can't associate several changes to a problem. Is there a limit to only one change per problem or am I missing something?
trying to upgrade from 15200 til 15240
When trying to do an upgrade from 15200 to 15240, i get this error - 02-02-2026 20:28:46 [com.manageengine.servicedesk.updatemgr.util.BaseMigrationUtil] [INFO] : INFO mesaage ---> The patch cannot be applied further as some exception occurred. Please
How to add extra approvers at own approval level?
Currently I have this custom function that runs when specific conditions apply. But the problem is that the Request template is also set to send to $REPORTING_TO$ This means that it will add all three to the same approval stage. How can I add a new stage
Upgrade to Servicedesk Plus upgrade to 15200 error code 1024
Anyone getting the below when attempting to upgrade from 15130 to 15200
Error merge two users,
When I try to merge two users, it doesn't work. It gives an error The table below is the output of the job!
Update 15200 to 15240 failed!
. Jan 30, 2026 11:57:07 PM [com.manageengine.servicedesk.updatemgr.util.CommonMigrationUtil] [SEVERE] : Exception occurred while updating component typejava.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.adventnet.persistence.Row.getLong(String)" because
Extract of last logged in user email address and "user" email address into the report
hi, I'm building a custom tabular report in asset explorer. I am able to get the "Last Logged in user" and "user"'s name. However, how do I extract the email address of these users?
Turning off Sub-string searching in Assets global search
A few major versions ago, the searching behavior changed in ServiceDesk, from my usage I've seen this only in the "Assets" global (top bar) search. It is doing Sub-String searching instead of what I would consider a proper search. Let's say for example
Discrepancy in Service Level Agreement (SLA) Calculation
Dear all, A bug was identified starting in build 15210 and a patch for this issue has been released in build 15240. Issue: An incorrect SLA is applied to requests that follow the transition Open → Resolved → Reopen, meaning requests that are reopened
Enhance Support and Product Complexity
For support requests that you can reproduce on your own servers/build, it’s difficult for us to justify sending our logs into a honeypot-style collection system. That introduces unnecessary security and privacy concerns when the issue can be validated
ServiceDesk Plus On-Prem version 15240?
Hi Thinking of upgrading to version 15240 but from experiences there's been many bugs that stopped live service on my end, just checking if anyone has upgraded to this version and if they encountered any bugs in any way at all ?
SLA Recalculation is not accurate when changing status from Resolved to Open when SLA has been edited
Steps to reproduce 1. Create a ticket/request that has assigned SLA so that due by time will be set. 2. Process the ticket/request until it was Resolved. 3. Edit the SLA, like adding escalation for a specific technician. 4. Manually reopen the resolved
FAFR on custom field
Hey, Just wanted to ask if there's an option to create fafr rule that will check a specific field in service template. Example: Field1 have value in it: 40000 FAFR will check this Field1 and make an action to send an approval, Field1 > 40000 then send
Request Numbers Reverting to Old IDs and No Email Notification
We received an issue reported by a user this morning regarding the service request system. When users submit a customized service request, the request number reverts to an old existing number, and no email notification is sent by the system. This behavior
"The Patch cannot be applied because of the following Reasons(s): ERRORCODE:1013 Schema is Inconsistent"
I keep getting this error when trying to upgrade from 15.2 Build 15200 to 152300
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