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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
Appendix 13 Using Adapters
BMC Remedy Adapter
BMC Remedy Adapter
The Cisco Remedy Adapter provides activities for automating tasks on Cisco Remedy instances. Typical
Remedy command activities include:
Remedy command activities include:
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Creating an entry in any Remedy form.
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Initiating an incident request review. These reviews can be performed periodically to analyze
incident request information and identify potential problems.
incident request information and identify potential problems.
Remedy defines an incident as an event that is not part of the standard operation of a service and
that causes an interruption to or a reduction in the quality of that service.
that causes an interruption to or a reduction in the quality of that service.
Incident management is typically initiated in response to a customer call or automated event, such
as an alert from a monitoring system. The primary goal of the incident management process is to
restore normal service operation as quickly as possible with minimum disruption.
as an alert from a monitoring system. The primary goal of the incident management process is to
restore normal service operation as quickly as possible with minimum disruption.
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Creating a relationship between an incident request and a problem (Remedy does this automatically
when a problem investigation is created from an incident request).
when a problem investigation is created from an incident request).
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Adding a new Work Info entry, such as files and customer email messages, to an existing Remedy
property. Use this activity to add general notes about the current record, such as the date a particular
configuration item was deployed, or vendor-related notes, such as a bulletin sent from a vendor.
property. Use this activity to add general notes about the current record, such as the date a particular
configuration item was deployed, or vendor-related notes, such as a bulletin sent from a vendor.
Note
All Cisco Process Orchestrator Remedy activities are based on forms that can be customized by the user.
This can cause a misunderstanding as to whether the fields on the forms are required or optional.
This can cause a misunderstanding as to whether the fields on the forms are required or optional.
The following table displays activities that are provided by the BMC Remedy adapter. For more
information about using these activities, see
information about using these activities, see
.
Activity
Comments
Create Remedy Entry
Create an entry in any Remedy form.
See
Create Remedy Incident
Create an incident on a Remedy server using selected properties.
See
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Create Remedy Relationship
Configure a relationship between incidents and configuration items.
See
Create Remedy Work Info
Add a new Work Info entry to an existing Remedy property.
See
Delete Remedy Entry
Remove entries, such as relationships, work log entries, or custom
entries from a Remedy item.
entries from a Remedy item.
See
Find Remedy Objects
Query objects, configuration items, and other assets to create
relationships. It can also be used to find any entry on a Remedy server.
relationships. It can also be used to find any entry on a Remedy server.
See