Create change request forms

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Fill out the fields in the forms to create a change task to implement a controlled process for modifying approved and supported actions for SRM.

Change request form

Create a new change request. For more information, see Manually create an SRM change task.

Field

Description

Short description

Brief description of the change request.

Description

Description based on Short description.

Number

Identifier for the change request.

Category

Category for the change request. Choices are:

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Service
  • System Software
  • Application Software
  • Network
  • Telecom
  • Documentation
  • Other (default)

Model

Model to use for the change request. Standard (default)

Risk

Risk the issue poses.Choice are:

  • High
  • Moderate (default)
  • Low

Type

Type of change request. Standard (default).

Read-only.

Impact

Impact the issue poses.Choices are:

  • 1 - High
  • 2 - Medium
  • 3 - Low (default)

State

State of the change request.Choices are:

  • New (default)
  • Assess

If approval is required further states are unavailable.

  • Scheduled
  • Implement
  • Canceled

Work notes list

Team members to receive notifications when work notes are added.Note: An administrator must have already created an email notification for the work notes list for this to be available.

Work notes

Any additional information related to the request.

## Impact, Assignment, Planning, Schedule, Notes, and Closure information

Field

Description

Configuration item

Asset affected by the issue.

Service

Service affected by the issue.

Service offering

Service offering affected by the issue.

Assignment group

Team assigned to the change request

Assigned to

User assigned to the change request.

Justification

Reasoning for the change request.

Implementation plan

Imported text.

Risk and impact analysis

Analysis of risk and impact of the issue.

Backout plan

Imported text.

Test plan

Imported text.

Planned start date

Expected date to begin change.

Planned end date

Expected date to finish change.

Actual start date

Date change implementation began.

Actual end date

Date change implementation ended.

Conflict status

Not run. Read-only.

Conflict last run

Based on Conflict status. Read-only

Watch list

Interested users.

Work notes list

Team members to receive notifications when work notes are added.Note: An administrator must have already created an email notification for the work notes list for this to be available.

Additional comments

Additional notes for the request.

Work notes

Additional notes on the work done for the request

Close code

Code for the change request. Choices are:

  • None (default)
  • Successful
  • Successful with issues
  • Unsuccessful

Close notes

Notes on the change request closure.

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