Manage remedial actions in DEX incident investigation Playbook

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read manage-incident-remedial-actions-playbook.md
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View past and current remedial actions in the Playbooks panel. Monitor or cancel actions run from the Suggested resolutions or Action library on a DEX incident investigation page.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_dex.service_desk_user, sn_dex.engineer

About this task

You can monitor only current and past remedial actions and cancel ongoing actions run from the Suggested resolutions or Action library within the incident record.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Workspaces > Service Operations Workspace.

  2. Select the List icon [Omitted image "icon-list.png"] Alt text: from the navigation pane and navigate to the incidents list from the Incidents section.

  3. Open the incident record for a DEX monitored device and select the Investigation tab.

  4. Select the Playbook icon [Omitted image "icon-playbook.png"] Alt text: from the contextual side panel.

  5. Expand the device name accordion to view current actions.

  6. Monitor actions with the status of New or In Progress by selecting View Playbook on the action card.

  7. Cancel an ongoing action by selecting Cancel on the action card.

  8. View the history of past remedial actions with the status of Completed, Canceled, or Failed.

    1. Select the History icon [Omitted image "icon-playbooks-history.png"] Alt text: in the Playbooks panel.

    2. Expand the device name accordion.

    3. Track stages of past actions by selecting View Playbook on an action card.

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