Work on a change request in Service Operations Workspace

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 4 min read work-on-change-sow.md
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Modify a supported configuration item to clear a change request.

Before you begin

Role required: itil

Procedure

  1. Open a change request.

  2. To open a change request, select the List icon ([Omitted image "sow-list.png"] Alt text:) and then navigate to Changes.

    Note: The following lists are available:

    • Open
    • Closed
    • All
  3. Select a change request from the relevant list.

    Note: You can also open a change request from the Incidents, Problems or Interactions lists.

  4. Perform any of the following actions on the change record page.

Option

Description

Create change tasks for delegation

In the Overview tab, select Add Task. For more information about creating a change task, see Create a change task in Service Operations Workspace.

Compose an email from the change

Select the more actions icon ([Omitted image "more-actions-icon.png"] Alt text:) and select Compose Email.

Create outage

Select the more actions icon ([Omitted image "more-actions-icon.png"] Alt text:) and select Create Outage.

View dependencies

View the entities associated with the CI that can be impacted as a result of the change request.In the Impact section of the Details tab, select the Configuration item dependency view icon ( [Omitted image "dependency-icon-r.png"] Alt text: ) displayed in the Configuration item, Service offering, or Service field, as applicable. The unified dependency Configuration Management Database (CMDB) map is displayed in a new tab within the workspace view.

Refresh impacted services on a change request form

Select the more actions icon ([Omitted image "more-actions-icon.png"] Alt text:) and select Refresh Impacted Services. For information about refreshing impacted services, see Refresh impacted services and CIs for Change.

Cancel the change

Select the more actions icon ([Omitted image "more-actions-icon.png"] Alt text:) and select Cancel.

Delete the change

Select the more actions icon ([Omitted image "more-actions-icon.png"] Alt text:) and select Delete.

Copy the record page URL to easily access the record

Select the more actions icon ([Omitted image "more-actions-icon.png"] Alt text:) and select Copy URL.

View the record information such as SLAs

From the contextual side panel, select the record Information icon ([Omitted image "record-info-icon.png"] Alt text:).

Attach a record that helps in quick resolution of the change

  1. From the contextual side panel, select the agent assist icon ([Omitted image "agent-assist-icon.png"] Alt text:).
  2. Search for a resource and perform the required action, for example, link the change to an incident.

Collaborate using Microsoft Teams

From the contextual side panel, select the collaborate icon ([Omitted image "collaborate-sidebar.png"] Alt text:).

Add attachments

From the contextual side panel, select the attachments icon ([Omitted image "attachment-icon.png"] Alt text:).Note: The added attachments are displayed in the activity stream in the Compose section.

Create templates for reuse

From the contextual side panel, select the templates icon ([Omitted image "template-icon.png"] Alt text:) and create a template or reuse an existing one.

Approve the change

Select the Related records tab, and then select Approvers.

Implement the change

Select  Implement  to put the change request into action. The change request state changes to  Implement. The workflow creates two change tasks: Implement  and  Post-implementation testing. Review the change tasks and assign them to a user or group, as appropriate.

Review a change request

Select  Review  after reviewing the details on the change request.

The change request is moved to the  Review  state. All open change tasks are set to  Canceled.

Close a change request

Select  Close  after entering the  **Close code ** and  **Close notes ** in the  **Closure Information ** section.

The change request is closed.

The following action buttons are displayed only if the **On Hold** field is configured for the change request form in SOW:
-   Schedule
-   Request approval for access
-   Request approval for authorize
-   Implement
-   Review
-   Close

Parent Topic:Change Management in Service Operations Workspace

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