ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus User Guide

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus 8.0 :: User Guide

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................2

HOME PAGE ........................................................................................................3
Announcements............................................................................................................. 6
Personalize .................................................................................................................... 7
Reminders ..................................................................................................................... 9
Recent Items................................................................................................................ 11

SERVICE CATALOG..........................................................................................12

REQUEST...........................................................................................................14
Request List View ........................................................................................................ 15
Creating a New Incident .............................................................................................. 17
Requester Details ................................................................................................................... 17
Classifying Category ............................................................................................................... 17
Describe Incident Request...................................................................................................... 17
Add Attachments to the Request ............................................................................................ 17
Additional Fields...................................................................................................................... 18
Modes of Creating an Incident Request ................................................................................. 18
Viewing a Request....................................................................................................... 19
Printing the Request .................................................................................................... 20
Adding Notes ............................................................................................................... 21
Viewing Request Resolution........................................................................................ 22
Viewing Request History.............................................................................................. 23
Viewing the Requester Details..................................................................................... 24
Viewing all Replies....................................................................................................... 25
Viewing Survey Results ............................................................................................... 26
Viewing Requests based on Filters ............................................................................. 27
Customizing Request List View ................................................................................... 28
Searching Requests .................................................................................................... 29

SOLUTIONS .......................................................................................................30
Browsing Solutions by Topic........................................................................................ 31
Search in Solutions...................................................................................................... 32

MY DETAILS ......................................................................................................33
Editing My Details ........................................................................................................ 34

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Introduction
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus is a comprehensive help desk and asset management software that
provides help desk agents and IT managers, an integrated console to monitor and maintain the
assets and IT requests generated from the users of the IT resources in an organization. The IT help
desk plays an important part in the provision of IT Services. It is very often the first contact the users
have in their use of IT Services when something does not work as expected. The IT help desk is a
single point of contact for end users who need help.

To make the process of reporting the issues to the IT help desk easier, ManageEngine ServiceDesk
Plus provides you with a Self-Service Portal where you can log your complaints and issues online with
the help of a web-based form. Once you have filed your issue, it gets listed in your request view page,
where you can keep track of the logged issue. You can also update your personal information using
the Self-Service Portal. In the Self-Service Portal, you will be able to access the following modules:

Requests: You can create a new request and view the same. Also all the requests that you have
raised till date will be saved in your requests module for future references.

Solutions: From the solutions knowledge base that has been developed and maintained by your IT
help desk team, you can search for solutions for the issue that you are currently facing. If you do not
find any solution for the problem at hand, then you can post your issue as a request to the help desk
team.

My Details: You can view and edit your account details including your password. This updated
information will be displayed whenever your information is requested.

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Home Page
The home page for the end-user log in ServiceDesk Plus has many useful information that enables a
user to take necessary actions.

The user you are logging in as is the Requester. Based on the configurations enabled by the
administrator, the following are available in the home page,
1. Announcements
2. My Approvals
3. My Summary
4. Popular Services
5. Common Incidents
6. Popular Solutions
7. Personalize
8. New Request drop down
9. Service Catalog drop down
10. Quick Actions drop down

Announcements

Announcements published company wide by your help desk support administrator is displayed under
this block. Click on the announcement link to view the announcement details. Refer Announcements
to know more.

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My Approvals

If you have the permission to approve a service request or purchase, then the same appears under
My Approvals block. Click Take Action button to approve or reject the request or PO.

My Summary

My Summary displays the request summary list of the logged in requester. The request summary
consists of Service and Incident requests. My summary block displays,

Pending Requests: Number of requests that is yet to be completed.

Pending Onhold: Number of requests with status as onhold.

Requests Overdue: Number of requests that have exceeded the due by time.

Completed Requests: Number of closed/resolved requests.

All requests: Number of requests created by the logged in requester.
Clicking on the any of these links takes you to the request list view page of the selected option. Say,
you have selected 'Completed Requests' link, the request list view opens is filtered to show the
completed requests.

Popular Services

The services that is most frequently used by the logged in requester is displayed under Popular
Services. Its an easy access to create service requests instantly. Clicking on More link takes you to
the Service Catalog module displaying the service categories made available to you. From the
Service Catalog page, you can create a service request using the templates.

Common Incidents

The most frequently used request templates are listed under Common Incidents. Its an easy access
to create incident requests instantly. Clicking on New Incident link takes you to the new request form.

Popular Solutions

The most frequently viewed solutions are listed under Popular Solutions block. You can also search
for solutions by typing the keywords in the search field. Clicking on More link takes you to the
Solutions module displaying the solutions made available to you.

Personalize

You can choose the display language, time zone, date and time format to be displayed in the
application. In addition, you can also change your password to log into the application. Click
Personalize link to know more.

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New Request drop down

The request templates made available to you are listed in the New Request drop down. Click on New
Request link to access the New Request form.

Service Catalog drop down

The service categories and the service items available to you are listed in the Service Catalog drop
down. The list is organized to view the service items under each service category. All you need to do
is browse for the available services in the catalog and submit a request.

Quick Actions drop down

If the administrator has enabled the option to show Reminder(s) to the requesters in the self service
portal settings, the Quick Actions drop down appears. The quick actions drop down also lists the link
to Archive Requests. Click Reminders to know more on adding and viewing reminders.

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Announcements
The company wide announcements published by your help desk administrator is displayed in the
announcements block of your login home page.

Representation of Icons,

- Announcement made public i.e., announcements visible to requesters.

- Newly added announcements visible to requesters.

Click on the Announcement Title to view the announcement details. The details of the
announcement opens in a pop-up window. If there are more than one announcement, a Previous and
Next button appears in the pop-up. Using these buttons, you can navigate through the
announcements list and view all the announcements without closing the pop-up window.

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Personalize
Customize your personalization to be displayed in the application such as, display language, time
zone, date and time format. In addition, you can also change your login password.

1. Click on Personalize link.

2. The Personalize page opens to display the Personalize and Change Password tab. By
default, the Personalize tab is displayed.

Display Language Select the language to be displayed in the application from Choose
Language drop down. Say, French, English and so on. All the data in the application will be
displayed in the selected language.
Time Zone You can also customize the time zone according to the site where the server is
installed. The date and time will be set with respect to the time zone.
Date/Time Format Select the format of the date such as, Tue 16 Sep 2010, from the Set
Date Format drop down box. Similarly, you can also set the time format from Set Time
Format drop down box. The selected date and time format will be displayed where ever
date/time is considered Say, while creating a request, the request created on and due by time
will be displayed in the selected date and time format.

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Change Password
1. Click the Change Password tab.
2. Enter your old password in the Current Password field.
3. Next, enter your New Password.
4. Re-enter the new password in Confirm New Password field.
5. Click Save. Your login password has been changed and will be taken into effect when u log
out and log into the application.

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Reminders
Reminders are a substitute for those sticky notes or post-it notes which your use to remember your
tasks for the day. The Reminders option is available under Quick Actions drop down.

Note Quick Actions drop down is available if the administrator has enabled the option under Self
Service Portal Settings.

Add Reminders

To add new reminders to your reminder list,
1. Click Quick Actions just below the header tabs -> Add New under the Reminders block.
The Reminders form pops up. Alternatively, you can add a new reminder by clicking Quick
Actions -> My Reminder (s). The My Reminder (s) form pops up as shown below,

Click +Add New link at the bottom of the my reminders form. This opens Reminders page.
3. Enter the task summary in the text field provided.
4. Select the Date & Time for the reminder. The date field is set to the today's date and the time
is set by default as 11:00 AM. Change the date and time settings. To change the date, click
the calender icon beside the date field and choose the date of your choice. From the time
combo box, choose the time at which the task is scheduled. The values in the combo box are
available in a gap of 5 min time interval.
5. Click Add. The new reminder is added and is listed along with the already existing reminders
in the ascending order based on date and time.

Changing Status
When you have completed a reminder, you can just strike the reminder to indicate that it is completed
by selecting the radio button beside the reminder.
1. From the My Reminders form, click the status radio button to change the task status from
incomplete to Completed. The task is struck through to indicate that it is completed.

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2. Alternatively, you can also change the task state by executing the following steps :
1. Click Show all at the bottom right of the My Reminders pop up window. The All
Reminders window opens as shown below,

2. Select the check boxes beside the Reminder Summary for which you wish to change the
state.
3. Select the state from the Change Reminder State To combo box, select the reminder
state to Completed.
4. Click Change button to change the status of the task. To indicate the change the task
would be striked of.

Deleting Reminders

The reminders can be deleted by,
1. From the My Reminders form, click Delete this reminder radio button available beside
the status radio button. The reminder gets deleted from the list.
2. Alternatively, from All Reminders window, enable the check box beside the Reminder
summary to be deleted. Click Delete. A pop up window confirming the delete operation
appears. Click Ok to proceed. The reminder gets deleted from the list.
The advantage of moving the reminder to completed state instead of deleting it completely is that, you
can revert the state of the reminder to Open again and edit its attributes. But once you delete the
reminder, it is completely removed from the application and cannot be retrieved.

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Recent Items
When you are using the ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus application, the application tracks your last
viewed items and lists them in the Recent Items block on the left side. This has a list of the last 10
items that you viewed in the application, with the latest viewed item appearing on the top of the list.
Clicking the hyperlinked item takes you directly to the item's details.

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Service Catalog

The IT departments have a wide range of services to offer to the IT users and these services are
exposed to the users in the Service Catalog module. The services proposed to the end-users are
employee-centric with a request-oriented view of the service. The easy-to-use service catalog
describes the services offered, and facilitates users to browse for services, submit requests for IT
services and monitor their status.

Most of the basic day-to-day IT services required by the users are installation, relocation, internet
access, email access, virus protection, provision of hardware and software, mail server and account
management to name a few. With the Service Catalog module, services are easily accessed,
evidently portrait and delivered consistently with high quality.

Searching for Service(s)

The service items are available to the users who are approved to access it. A search can be
conducted to choose a service from the wide range of service items displayed in the application. Enter
a key word in the search field say, software and click enter. The desired search results are obtained.

Creating a Service Request

Creating a new service request is as simple as creating a new incident request from the available
templates. Service requests can be raised from the application in two ways,
Service Catalog tab


Similarly to the New Incident drop down, a Service Catalog drop down listing the available service
categories in the catalog appears. Browse through the service categories and select a service.

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Service Catalog

Alternatively, you can select a service from the Service Catalog tab. All you need to do is select the
Service Category and select the service item link from the list. You can also conduct a search for
desired services.

Selecting a service from the list, takes you to the New Service Request form. The form is customized
for end-user specific by the Service Manager.

In the service request form,
1. The logged in Requester Details are pre-filled automatically. These fields are non editable.
2. The Subject and Description for the service request is pre-filled by the Service Manger.
3. Enter relevant values in remaining fields. If the fields are pre-filled with values, you can edit
the same. Certain fields might not be editable.
4. If you are requesting for any resources, select the resources from the available list from the
Resource Info block.
5. If required, you can Attach Files to the service request. To attach a file,
1. Click Attach File button and browse through the files.
2. Click Open in the File Upload pop-up.
3. Click Attach File button. The file is attached to the service request with the file name and
size. A delete icon is present to delete the file. Similarly, you can add another file but
please note that the maximum size of the attachment is 10MB.
6. Click Add New Request to raise the request. Click Reset to reset the entered values.
Clicking on Cancel takes you to the request list view page.

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Request
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus provides you a Self-Service Portal with the request module. Here,
you can create new requests to post your concerns and issues to the IT help desk team. You can also
view the request that you have posted and keep track of its status. Once the request is closed, you
can view the same in the closed requests.

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Request List View

The request list view page organises and displays all your tickets raised in the application. This page
includes various useful functionality such as,
option to view requests based on filters.
option to segregate the list view based on Incident and Service requests.
option to view archive requests.
view request details on entering the request ID.
customize columns to be displayed in the list view.
set the number of requests to be displayed per page.
On clicking the Request tab in the header pane, the page redirects to the request list view page.

Representation of Icons in the list view:
- indicates Service Requests

- indicates that the First Response time and Resolution time are overdue.

- indicates overdue requests.

- indicates First response time is overdue.
- perform column-wise search on requests.

- select columns to be displayed in the list view.

From the list view page, you can:
View request details on entering the Request ID: Go to the request details page on entering the
Request ID. It is an instant option to access the request details.

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Viewing Archive Requests: View all your requests in the Archive state. The data archiving is
schedule by the administrator at regular intervals to move the closed/completed requests into an
inactive (archive state). This is to prevent accumulation of millions of active requests in the application
thereby increasing the helpdesk performance.

View Requests based on filters for Incidents/Service requests: View requests based on filters for
incident, service, or both incident and service requests. Based on your access privilege, you can view
only your requests, request raised in your department, requests raised in your site. This access
privilege is provided by the administrator.

Set the number of requests per page and navigation buttons: You can set the number of
requests to be displayed in the request list view page.

New Request: Create new requests on specifying information such as, priority, category, sub
category and items. [Refer New Request to know more].

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Creating a New Incident
When you need to report a failure or problem of your system to the IT help desk team, then send a
request to the team. There are different modes of placing a request to the IT help desk team, such as
web-based form, e-mail notification, and phone call. ServiceDesk Plus provides options to log details
of a request originating in any of the above-mentioned forms.

To create a new incident using the web-based form
1. Log in to the ServiceDesk Plus application using your user name and password.
2. Click the New Incident link available just below the tabs in the header pane.

Requester Details
In this block, your name and the workstation that has been associated with you are displayed. The
Name, Contact number and Site is non-editable. From the Workstation drop-down list, select the
workstation to which the issue that you are submitting is related. Depending on the configurations set
by the ServiceDesk Plus administrator, the workstation list will have all the available workstation in
your organization or it may have only the workstations that are associated with you. Selecting the
workstation is not a mandatory requirement. Only if the issue is related to the workstation, you need to
select it.

Classifying Category
The Category drop-down box, lists the categories under which an incident can be classified. Select
the relevant category to which your incident request can be grouped. Select the relevant Sub-
Category from the combo box. Also select the relevant Item from the combo box.

Describe Incident Request
Once you have assigned the category and priority for the incident, describe the request in detail. The
detailed request has two components to it, namely Subject and Description. In the Subject field,
provide a relevant title to the incident that will exactly summarize your request content. Then, provide
a detailed description with any other associated details relevant to the incident in the Description text
box.

Add Attachments to the Request

1. Below the Description text box, click the Attach File button. Click this. This opens an Attach
File pop-up window.

2. Click the Browse button.
3. From the file chooser window, choose the file to be attached.
4. Click Open.
5. Click Attach File. The chosen file gets listed in the table below the browse field. If you have
more files to choose repeat the steps 2,3, and 4 till you have attached all the relevant files.
6. Click Attach File. The selected files are attached to the request.

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Once you have done all the above, click the Add request button. The request is added to the list of
requests and can be viewed from the request list view which can be invoked by clicking on the
Request tab in the header pane.

Additional Fields
Any additional fields which the requesters can set can be viewed below the description text field.
Enter relevant details in the field.

Modes of Creating an Incident Request
There are different modes of creating an incident request. One of them is using the web-based form.
To use the Web-based form, you must have login access to the ServiceDesk application. If you do not
have a login access to the application, then you can submit your request in either of the other two
modes:
1. E-mail the request to the help desk team. This e-mail will automatically be changed to a new
request in the ServiceDesk Plus application and any actions to be performed on the request
will be immediately taken into notice.
2. Call up the IT help desk agent and report an issue or explain the nature of your request. The
help desk agent will manually feed in the details into the application through the web-based
New Incident form available in the Request module.

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Viewing a Request
Follow the steps given below to view a request available in the ServiceDesk Plus Request module:
2. Click the Request tab in the header pane. The next page lists all the requests raised by you
in the ServiceDesk Plus application. If there are any requests that have not been assigned
any technician then they will appear in bold font.
3. Click the Title of the request that you want to view. This opens the View Request page.
4. The request header has the request ID, category of the request, level, its status, and priority.
Then the requester name, due date, request summary, and request description are displayed.
Below this, the request details containing mode of request, technician attending to the
request, created date, and due date are displayed. Finally, the requester details are displayed
below the request details block. If there are any attachments to request, click on the file that is
attached to view the same.
5. Click the Resolution tab to view the resolution for the request.
6. To view the history of the request, click the History tab.
7. To view all the replies that have been sent to you, click the Replies tab in the center pane. All
the notifications will be listed in the ascending order of the date and time when they were
sent.
The Created Date field displays the time when you created the request. Based on the priority of the
request, the Due Date is calculated and is displayed beside the Created Date in the request details
block. If you have received any response for the request, then you will see the Responded Date also
in the view request page.

The Notes added to the request are appended below Task Details. The notes are displayed in the
descending order, with the recently added note displayed first.

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Printing the Request
To print a request,
2. Click the Request tab in the header pane.
3. Click the Subject link of the request that you want to print.
4. Click Actions combo box on the right hand side of the page. Click Print Preview option. The
print preview of the request is opened in a pop-up window.
5. Click the Print menu item from the browser File menu list.
6. The default printer associated with your workstation is invoked. Set the required options and
click OK. You can collect the printed copy of the request at the printer that is linked to your
workstation.

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Adding Notes
After posting a request, if you want to add additional information about the request, use Add Notes.

To add a note to a request,
3. Click the Subject link of the request to which you would like to add a note.
4. In the View Request page, on the right side Tasks block, click the Add Notes link. The Add
Notes pop-up window is displayed as below:

5. Enter your content in the text box below the Request ID.
6. If you wish to notify the technician in-charge of your request about the addition of the note,
then select the check box E-mail the technician for notes addition.
7. Click Add Note. The note is added at the bottom of the request along with a date and time
stamp. Your name is also displayed.
You can add any number of notes to a request. The notes added to a request will be displayed at the
bottom of the request in the View Request page in the descending order, that is, the recently added
note will be displayed first.

Note: You will not be able to delete any of the notes in a request even though you have added them.
Only technicians can delete the notes added to a request.

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Viewing Request Resolution
When the IT help desk team resolves a request, they can add the resolution for the request. If a
resolution is added for the request, you can view it by following these steps:
2. Click the Requests tab in the header pane.
3. Click on the Subject link of the request for which you want to know the resolution.
4. In the View Request page, click the Resolution tab in the center pane.
5. The request header is retained as is from the request view. Just below that you will find the
resolution for the request, if it had been added by the technician who attended to the request.
Or else, a message stating that No Resolution Available is displayed. The resolution has
information of who created it, creation date and time, resolution title, and detailed description.

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Viewing Request History
The various actions performed on a particular request are stored in the request history for future
reference and auditing purposes.

To view the request history,
3. Click on the Subject link of the request for which you need to know the complete history.
4. In the View Request page, click the History tab in the center pane. This displays the
complete history of actions that were performed on the request from the time of its creation.
The details that are displayed in the History are in the ascending order with the earliest performed
action shown at the top of the page and the latest action at the bottom of the page.

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Viewing the Requester Details
2. Click the Title of a request.
3. Click the Requester Name link in the Requester Details block. The View Requester Details
window pops up where you can view details, such as name, designation, employee ID,
department to which the requester belongs, e-mail ID, and phone and mobile numbers.

4. Once you have finished viewing the details, click the Close link.
Alternatively, you can also click the My Details tab in the header pane to view your personal details.

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Viewing all Replies
The IT help desk team sends notifications to you during the course of solving the issue submitted.
Your responses to the technicians will also be displayed as threads / conversation. You can view
these conversations from your own login view.
3. Click the Title of the request for which you wish to check the conversations.
4. In the View Request page, the various mails between you and the technician in-charge will
be displayed under the head Conversations.

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Viewing Survey Results
Once the requester completes the survey, the administrator and the requester who took the survey
can view the survey results.

To view the survey results,
2. Click the Requests tab.
3. In the Requests list view select the My Closed Requests filter.
4. Click on the Subject link for which you wish to see the survey results.
5. Click View Survey Results link available under the Tasks block. The survey results opens in
a pop-up window.
6. Once you have viewed the results, click the Close button.

Note:
1. The View Survey Results link appears only if the you have completed taking the survey. Else
this link will not be present.
2. Once the survey is submitted, the responses cannot be changed.

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Viewing Requests based on Filters

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus allows you to view the list of all your requests. You can also apply
various filters to this list and view only a specific group of requests. To view the whole list of requests
posted by you, click the Request tab in the header pane. This lists all the open requests that you
have submitted. You can set the number of requests that you would like to view in a single page.

1. In the Requests list page, click the drop-down box available as shown in the figure below:

2. From the drop-down list, select the number of records that should be displayed in a single
page.

There are more filters which can be used as explained below,

My Open Requests This is the default status on opening the request list view page. All
your open requests will be listed under this option.
My Requests On hold All your assigned requests that are kept on hold will be listed
under this option.
My Pending Requests All your assigned unfinished requests are listed under this option.
My Completed Requests All your assigned requests that are closed will be listed under
this option.
My Closed Requests All your requests with the status as closed will be listed under this
option.
All My Requests All your requests irrespective of the status will be listed under this
option.

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Customizing Request List View
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus allows you to customize the request list view to include columns of
your choice.

To customize the list view
3. Click the column edit icon available at the corner of the request list headers. This opens the
available columns that can be displayed in the list view. All those that are visible currently, will
have the check box beside them selected.

4. To remove a column, remove the selection from the respective check box beside the column
name.
5. To add a column to the list view, select the unchecked select box beside the column name.
6. To change the column order, click the up and down arrow after selecting the column that you
wish to move.
7. Click Save.
This will add only those columns which you have chosen in the list view.

Sorting Requests by Column

To sort request by column, click the column header. Clicking it once will sort it in ascending order.
Clicking twice will sort the column in descending order.

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Searching Requests

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus gives you an option to search for requests using a keyword search.
All requests that match the keyword that you have provided in the search will be displayed.

You can also do a column-wise search of the requests. To perform a column-wise search

1. Click the search icon at the end of the request list view headers. This opens the search field
just below every column that is visible in the list view.
2. Enter the search key in field under the column of your choice.
3. Click Go. The search results matching the search string(s) are displayed.

Note: The search would return the results for any of the text fields of the request. You will not be able
to search for a request based on any of the date fields of the request.

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Solutions
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus gives a provision to add resolutions for all the requests that have
been posted. These resolutions can be directly converted to knowledge base articles that are grouped
under the solutions head. If your help desk team has already added such knowledge base articles to
the solutions section, then you can search for solutions specific to your problem and fix it. Thus, the
solutions module serves as a knowledge base to find solutions for known problems using the
keyword-based search.

You can access the solutions even without logging in to the application, but will be able to view only
those solutions that are published in the Self Service Portal. To access the knowledge base directly
without having to login to the application, type the URL provided below in the address bar of the
browser:

http://<server name>:<port number>/sd/SolutionsHome.sd

where,
<server name> is the name of the server where ServiceDesk Plus is installed and
<port number> is the port where the application is running.

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Browsing Solutions by Topic
To browse the available solutions by individual topics,
2. Click the Solutions tab in the header pane. This opens the Solutions list view page.

3. Hover over combo box next to manage topics link. This opens the
Categories window listing all the topics and their sub topics as shown

below,
4. To view all the sub topics, click >>Show All link on the right hand side of the page. This lists
out the topics and sub topics in a logical manner.
5. On clicking the topic, the solutions of the topic and its corresponding sub topics gets listed.
Click the sub topic to view the solutions only in that sub topic.

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Search in Solutions
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus allows you to search for solutions using its Search in Solutions
option.

To search for solutions,
2. In the Search block on the left hand side of the page, enter the Solution Keyword in the
provided field.
3. Click Go or press the Enter key in your keyboard. The search results display all the solutions
that match the search string.
Alternatively, from the solutions list view page, enter the search string in the Search Solutions text
field. Click Search Solutions button. The list of solutions corresponding to the search string gets
displayed.

Another option to search solutions will be using the column-wise search option. To perform a column-
wise search

1. Click the search icon at the end of the solution list view headers. This opens the search field
just below every column in the list view as shown below,

2. Enter the search key in field under the column of your choice. You can enter keywords in
more than one column to perform a combined column search.
3. Click Go. The search results matching the search string(s) are displayed.

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My Details
When creating your login details in the ServiceDesk Plus application, your profile would have some
default information. In the My Details section of the Self-Service Portal of ServiceDesk Plus, you are
allowed to modify the information relating to your profile, including the password. This helps you
maintain your profile updated with the latest changes. It also gives you the freedom to edit your profile
at your will provided the option is enabled by the administrator under Self-Service Portal Settings in
the Admin tab .

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Editing My Details
You can edit your details through the Self-Service Portal and need not depend on your IT help desk
team to do the same for you. It enables you to modify your own profile whenever you want and saves
considerable time.

To edit your profile,
1. Log in to the ServiceDesk Plus application using your user name and password to access
the Self-Service Portal.
2. Click the My Details tab on the header pane. The next page displays your user profile as
created/edited last time in an editable form.
3. All the fields in this form are editable. Your name is a mandatory fields in the form. You can
choose to leave the other fields blank. The information that you can edit are your name,
employee ID, e-mail, phone, mobile, department name, and job title.
4. To change your department name, you need to select from the list of departments that are
available in the drop-down list provided against the Department field.
5. When you are done with the modifications, click Update Details.

Note : You can edit your details only if the option is enabled in Self Service Portal Settings under
the Admin tab. The administrator has the privilege to enable the option.

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