Sidebar

Combodo

iTop Extensions

Dispatch User Request

name:
Dispatch User Request
version:
1.0.1
release:
2014-03-11
description:
Add an additional state 'dispatched' to User Requests
itop-version:
2.0
keyword:
Helpdesk, UserRequest, life-cycle, process
dependencies:
itop-config-mgmt
author:
Combodo
download:
http://www.combodo.com/itop-extensions/dispatch-userrequest-1.0.1-12.zip

The standard life cycle for User Requests tickets in iTop does not allow to assign a ticket to a Team without assigning it to a specific Person inside this Team. By creating a new state dispatched, this extension allows to dispatch a User Request ticket to a Team, without assigning it to particular Person. From the dispatched state the User Request can then be assigned to a Person.

Features

Dispatch a User Request to a Team before assigning it to a Person.

The standard User Request life-cycle is the following:

Standard User Request Life-cycle

Once the extension has been installed, the User Request life-cycle becomes as follows:

User Request Life-cycle with "dispatched" state

The definition of the TTO (Time To Own) metric is also modified to take into account the “dispatched” state (The Time To Own stops when the ticket is actually assigned to a Person, not only dispatched to a Team).

Actually two new states are added to the life-cycle: dispatched and redispatched, to take into account the first assignment of a ticket. When a ticket which was assigned to a Person is dispatched again to a Team, the agent to which the ticket was assigned is cleared (even if the ticket is dispatched again to the same team).

Revision History

Version Release Date Comment
1.0.1 2014-03-11 Integration of the German translation (thanks to ITOMIG GmbH)
1.0.0 2014-02-28 First version

Installation

  1. Expand the zip file of the extension and copy the folder combodo-dispatch-userrequest into the extensions folder of iTop, and make sure that the folder can be read by the web server process.
  2. If iTop is already installed, make sure that the configuration file is not read-only
  3. Launch the setup program by pointing your browser to http://<itop>/setup/
  4. When prompted to select the extensions to install, check “Dispatch of User Requests” and complete the setup.

Installation screen

Configuration

This extension has no specific configuration setting.

Usage

The new dispatched state is fully integrated with the life-cycle of the ticket. For example, when creating a new User Request, an extra button “Dispatch to a team” appears: New button "Dispatch to a team"

On an User Request in state new, the action “Dispatch to a team..” is available in the drop-down list of actions. New action "Dispatch to a team"

A user must have either the profile “Service Desk Agent” or “Support Agent” (or Administrator) to be allowed to dispatch a ticket.

The list of teams to which the ticket can be dispatched are the same as the ones used when assigning the ticket directly to a Team and a Person. The possible Teams are defined by the Delivery Model of the Organization of the ticket.
extensions/combodo_dispatch_userrequest_1_0.txt · Last modified: 2018/12/19 11:40 (external edit)
Back to top
Contact us