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Managing Recurrent Tickets

The Recurrent Tickets functionality allows automated submission of Service Desk Tickets according to the specified schedule. You can create jobs for running recurrent tickets, set their schedules, and specify Ticket details.

NOTE: To enable generating recurrent tickets, the Automation Server must be configured and running. Contact your Alloy Navigator Express administrator for details.

You manage recurrent Ticket jobs using the Recurrent Tickets window. To open this window, click Tools > Recurrent Tickets on the main menu.

The grid in the Recurrent Tickets window lists configured recurrent tickets. Double-clicking any of recurrent tickets opens it for editing.

To create a recurrent Ticket job:

  1. On the Module menu of the Recurrent Tickets window , click New.

  2. Type the job name and optionally the description. This will identify the Automation Server job.

  3. If you have many recurrent Ticket jobs, you may want to categorize them to make them easier to find. Select a category from the Category list or type a new one.

    NOTE: By default, the Category field is not included in the recurrent Tickets grid. To show the Category column you should modify the view configuration and add this field to the view. For details, see Showing and hiding record fields.

  4. To define the schedule for creating tickets, keep the Enable Recurrence check box selected, and click Change (for details, see Setting the schedule for Recurrent Tickets).

  5. On the Data tab, set values to ticket fields.

  6. Click OK.

To modify a recurrent Ticket job:

  1. Double-click the job record.

  2. Change its details as needed.

  3. Click OK.

To export recurrent Ticket jobs:

  1. Choose the jobs to export:

  2. In the Export to window, go to the location where you want to save the .xml file:

    • To export the jobs to a new file, specify its location and the file name, and click Save.
    • To export the jobs to an existing file, browse for that file, click Save and confirm your action by clicking Yes in the dialog box. The contents of the .xml file will be overwritten with new data.

To import recurrent Ticket jobs:

  1. In the Recurrent Tickets grid, click Import on the Module menu.

    NOTE: We recommend that you do not attempt to import jobs from an earlier version of Alloy Navigator Express than the one you are running. The recurrent Ticket jobs cannot be imported if the Create Actions they use are missing.

  2. In the Import from window, go to the location of the .xml file, select the file and click Open.

To temporarily disable a recurrent Ticket:

  1. Double-click the recurrent Ticket job.

  2. Clear the Enable Recurrence check box. To re-enable a disabled job, select this check box.

  3. Click OK.

To delete a recurrent Ticket job:

  • Select the job record and click Delete on the Module menu.

To view completed sessions of a recurrent Ticket job:

  1. Double-click the recurrent Ticket job.

  2. Go to the Sessions tab. Here, you can view the statistics about completed sessions of the recurrent Ticket.

Each entry in the list contains Closedstatistics about a particular recurrent Ticket session:

  • Name - the name of the.
  • Action Name - the identification information about the Create Action used to create recurrent Tickets: the target ticket class, the identification number (this auto-generated ID uniquely identifies each workflow item), and the Action name.
  • Created by - the Full Name of the person who configured automatic recurrent Ticket creation.
  • Run Date - the date and time the session ran.
  • Comments - error messages added for the session.
  • Duration - the duration of the session.
  • Ticket num - the number (ID) of the created ticket.
  • Errors - the number of errors occurred during the session.

The overall statistics of all sessions are shown in the footer.

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