Service Queues

Service queues promote organization and management of service ticket tasks. Tasks are configured to be automatically assigned to a service queue when they are ready to be worked. Queuing facilitates:

Specific tasks or functions to be worked by a specific group of resources through security settings.
Management of aging tasks through the use of escalation.
Visibility and management of tasks that are moved between resources before completion. The task queuing history is visible in a task's history tab in the workspace.

To access all service queues, navigate to System Management > Service > Service Queues.

While working a queue, the user works the first task in the queue to completion, then they are automatically directed to the remaining tasks in that ticket before getting the next task from the queue. Once all tasks within a single ticket that the user has access to are completed, the next task in the queue is retrieved.

The following columns display on the Service Queues page:

Column Name	Description
Name	The name of the Service Queue.
Description	The description of the Service Queue. This also appears to the end user accessing the queue.
Department	The department associated to the Service Queue.
Users	The number of users assigned to the Service Queue.
Security Groups	The number of security groups assigned to the Service Queue.
Last Modified	Denotes when the last modification was made to the Service Queue.
Modified By	Denotes who made the last modification to the Service Queue.

From the Service Queues page, administrators can create service queues, copy service queues, edit service queues, and delete service queues.

Service Queue Attributes

All service queues share common attributes that are defined while creating, copying, or editing a service queue.

General

The general attributes include basic information pertaining to the service queue.

General attributes are located within the General Tab:

Attribute	Description
Name	Provide a unique name for the service queue. This is a required field.
Description	Provide details about the service queue. Although descriptions are not required, they appear within service queues list to provide users with more detail when they work a service queue.
Department	Select a department from the drop-down; this is used for SLA reporting. No Department is pre-populated.

Security

Security attributes allow administrators to control which users and groups have access to work a service queue.

Security attributes are located within the Security Tab:

Attribute	Description
Assign Users	Select users from the Available Users list and move them to the Assigned Users to provide users access to the service queue from the Lifecycle Management Suite ribbon.
Assign Groups	Select groups from the Available Groups list and move them to the Assigned Groups to provide groups access to the service queue from the Lifecycle Management Suite ribbon.

For information about assigning a task to a queue during configuration an assigning escalation schedules. Please see the Tasks topic in this guide.

Show Creating a Service Queue

The Create function enables administrators to create a new service queue.

To create a new Service Queue, click .

The New Service Queue screen appears. Navigate through the General and Security tabs to update attributes.

When finished entering all the information, click to save the new Service queue and return to the Service Queues page. The new service queue populates in the grid and can be worked by users with allocated permissions.

Show Copying a Service Queue

The Copy function enables administrators to copy an existing service queue. The copied queue can be used as the foundation for a new queue.

Highlight the Service queue that is to be copied. Click .
The Copy Service Queue screen appears. Navigate through the tabs and make any necessary changes to the Service queue.
When finished entering all the information, click to save the new task queue and return to the Service Queues page. The new queue is now listed in the grid and available to be worked by users with appropriate permissions. Click to return without saving.

Show Editing a Service Queue

The Edit function enables administrators to edit an existing service queue's attributes.

Highlight the queue that is to be edited. Click .
The Edit Service Queue Screen appears. Navigate through the tabs and make any necessary changes to the service queue.
When finished entering in all information, click to save the queue and return to the Service Queues page. Click to return without saving.

Show Deleting a Service Queue

The Delete function enables administrators to remove an existing service queue.

Highlight the queue that is to be deleted. Click .
A confirmation message appears.
Click Yes to delete the task queue. Click No to return to the Service Queues page without deleting.

Task Queues that have tasks still remaining in them cannot be deleted.