Incident management module

 

The incident management module enables for an efficient management of incidents.

 

The ITIL-aligned practice of incident management aims to re-establish the service provided as quickly as possible while maintaining a minimal level of impact upon normal operations.

An incident is an event that is not part of the normal course of activities and which causes or is likely to cause a service breach or a reduction in the quality of the services provided.

 

 

Use the incident management module to manage service requests (SRs).

 

Help topics

 

Create incident

The incident creation form is specially designed for expeditious incident creation. By selecting a “quick call” incident template, one may open and close an incident directly using a single form.

 

Browsing through existing incidents

The left side menu enables the user to access several incident lists.

The "New" incidents list contains all new incidents whereas the "My incidents" list contains the incidents which are assigned to you.

 

Column options

Manage different columns in the Incident lists.

 

Incident search

Search for an incident by specifying its ID or by using a keyword for one of the text fields.

 

List of actions

The left side menu contains several actions enabling to update an incident which has been selected from the list.

 

Incident form

The incident form enables the Octopus user to view and to manage the detailed information associated to an incident.

 

Diagram of incident statuses

The diagram of incident statuses displays the various statuses an incident may bear as well as showing the actions enabling for a transition from one status to another.

 

List of notifications

There are several events for which you may receive notification.

³ An incident has been assigned to you. ³ An incident has been submitted by a user via the self-service Web application.

 

Template management

To accelerate the process of incident creation and classification, select a template when you create an incident.

 

Priority management

Incident priorities indicate the order in which they should be processed.

 

Site entry

An incident’s site can be manually input.

 

Location: Index

See also: Configuration management module | Self-service Web application