Create a new change request
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Introduction
In SolarWinds Service Desk (SWSD) after a Change Catalog Item (CCI) is in an Approved state, users can create a new change request using multiple methods.
Methods for creating change requests
Options for creating a new change request include:
- From the Change index page, select the Add
icon - From the CCI Index page:
- Select the CCI name to add a New Change Request.
- Hover in the Actions section of the relevant CCI row and click Request.
Editable fields
When a CCI was created, the creator determined which fields would be editable moving forward. Therefore, any field where editing was not enabled will be constant. For more information, see Change catalog items.
The requester provides the following and then submits the request:
- Attachments: Attach relevant ITSM objects, such as CI, Incident, Problem, etc.)
- Assignment: Assign to individual or group
- Type: None, Standard, Normal, or Emergency
- Priority: None, Low, Medium, High, or Critical
- Tasks/Approvers/etc : Outline all tasks, approvers, etc. from the Process tab and makes changes as necessary.
- Planned Start and End dates: Manage conflicts with an existing scheduled change (you will be notified immediately). See Change calendar for more information.
Set up Change Manager approval
If you want to send notifications for approval to a change manager, you need to build/add a field in the Change Catalog item (Inputs), call it Change Manager, and make it a User field. See xxxx.
Schedule conflicts
As you can see from the example above, there is an additional change scheduled for the same time. If you know the technology does not overlap and processing both changes simultaneously would not have an negative impact, you can proceed.