CA Service Management

  • 1.  Sync attachment between CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM

    Posted Dec 18, 2017 02:32 AM

    Hi Team,

     

    In my client environment CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM are integrated.When I attach something in CA SDM request it is not visible to CA Catalog service request.

    My question is, is there any patch for sync the attachment between CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM .

     

    Regards,

    Pankaj



  • 2.  Re: Sync attachment between CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 18, 2017 04:00 AM

    Good Morning Pankaj.
     
    As to my knowledge, there are no specific patches available for this.
    What I did fnd is the following information/explanation.
    Which can possibly get you further on this subject.
     
    Thanks and kind regards, Louis.
     
    SC/Home>Administration>Events-Rules-Actions
    >Attachment Create>When attachment is added to Service Catalog request
    Launch PAM SRF to sync attachments - CA Process Automation Enabled Y Y
    Launches CA Process Automation start request form to create an attachment link in SDM for the attachment added to Service Catalog request
    Start Request Form: /CA SLCM/SRF/CreateSDMAttmnt
    RequestID               = $object_id$
    SDMTicketIDS            = $sdticketid$
    AttachmentPath          = documents/requests
    AttachmentFileName      = $file_name$
    AttachmentDescription   = $description$
    AttachmentAddedByUserID = $user_id$
    RequestID               = $object_id$
    RequestItemID           = $subscription_id$
    businessUnit            = $tenant_id$
     
    https://docops.ca.com/ca-service-management/14-1/en/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-ca-service-management/integrate-ca-service-catalog-with-ca-service-desk-manager-manually/step-4-synchronize-notes-and-attachments
    Step 4 - Synchronize Notes and Attachments
     
    As configured, CA Service Catalog to create a ticket (change order or incident) in CA Service Desk Manager.
    When a Catalog user submits a request for certain services/offerings.
    Each SDM-ticket is associated with a specific service option in the requested service.
     
    You can enhance the integration by synchronizing notes and attachments to be copied from a service option its related ticket.
    You can specify this synchronization to occur both before and after the ticket is created.
    This synchronization helps provide the latest information about the request to the CA Service Desk Manager staff
    (for example, the analysts) who process the related ticket.
     
    Follow these steps:
    1.Enable the CA SDM options, as follows:
    a.Log in to the CA SDM web UI from the following server, depending on your CA SDM configuration:
    b.Select Options Manager, CA Service Catalog from the Administration tab.
    c.To enable the integration, install the following options:
    casc_aty_sync
     Specifies the type of activity logs to be synchronized from CA SDM to CA Service Catalog.
     If this field is left blank, Log Comment activity logs are synchronized.
     To synchronize other activity log types, (such as, Escalate, Update Status) enter the respective log type codes, separated by comma.
    casc_endpoint
     Specifies the CA Service Catalog Web Services URL.
     Format: http://<CA_Service_Catalog_hostname>:<CA_Service_Catalog_portnum>/usm/services.
    (Optional) casc_session_timeout
     Specifies the time in minutes for which the CA Service Catalog web services session will be cached.
     Range: 20 to 60 mins.
    casc_user
     Specifies the CA Service Catalog administrator username that is responsible for making the web service calls to CA Service Catalog.
     This user must exist in EEM against which CA SDM is configured.
    casc_user_password
     Specifies the password of the CA Service Catalog user as entered in the casc_user option.
    (Optional) casc_ws_retry
     Specifies the number of retries to synchronize a CA SDM ticket update (activity logs/ attachments/status) with CA Service Catalog, if there is a failure.
     Enter -1 to try indefinitely, until the synchronization succeeds.
     As a system administrator you can define the time interval after which you want the failed ticket update to be retried again.
    Run the following command to define the time interval:
    pdm_options_mgr -c -a pdm_option.inst -a option.inst -s NX_CASC_RETRY_INTERVAL -v [time interval in minutes]
     
    By default this time interval is set to 15 minutes.
    If you do not set any value or provide a non-numeric value to this variable, the failed update is retried according to the default time interval (15 mins.).
    Range: -1 to 50
     
    casc_integrated
     Enables the self-service integration.
     
    Important! Restart CA SDM services for the options to work, once the options are installed successfully.
     
    2.From CA Service Catalog,
    In SC/Admin/Event-Rules/Actions, click the Event Type named Request/Subscription Item Change, and proceed as follows:
    a.Click the rule named 'When Category is Hardware and Status is Filled from Inventory'.
    b.Select the action named Launch HWSWFilledFromInv_SDM SRF and click the Disable button on the Actions bar.
     
    This step disables the default fulfillment action, which does not support the synchronization of notes and attachments.
    c.Select the action named Launch HWSWFilledFromInv_SDM_SYNC SRF and click the Enable button on the Actions bar.
     
    This action synchronizes both notes and attachments between service options and tickets before the ticket is created.
    d.Click Done.
     
    You return to the Event Details page.
     
    3.Perform these actions, using the previous step as a model:
    a.Open the 'Attachment Create' Event Type.
    b.Enable the rule named When attachment is added to Service Catalog request.
    c.Enable the action named Launch PAM SRF to sync attachments.
    This action synchronizes attachments between service options and tickets after the ticket is created.
    That is, if a catalog user adds an attachment to a service option after submitting the request, this action passes the attachment to the related ticket.
     
    4.Perform these actions:
    a.Open the Notes Create Event Type.
    b.Enable the rule named When note is added to Service Catalog request.
    c.Enable the action named Launch PAM SRF to sync notes.
    This action synchronizes notes between service options and tickets after the ticket is created.
    That is, if a catalog user adds a note to a service option after submitting the request, this action passes the note to the related ticket.



  • 3.  Re: Sync attachment between CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM

    Posted Dec 18, 2017 04:59 AM

    Hi Louis,

     

    Thanks for the prompt reply.

    However I am not able to find "CA Service Catalog" settings from Option Manager of CA Service Desk.

    Do you any idea why "CA Service Catalog" settings is missing from Option Manager of CA Service Desk?

     

    Regards,

    Pankaj



  • 4.  Re: Sync attachment between CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 18, 2017 05:17 AM

    Good Morning Pankaj.

     

     

    As shown in the above screenshot, these settings should be available.

    Please double check the SDM-Installation&Integration got running properly?

     

    Kind regards, Louis.



  • 5.  Re: Sync attachment between CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM

    Posted Dec 19, 2017 05:24 AM

    Hi Louis,

     

    It's worked perfectly for me.Thank you very much.

    I just have one more query on this is following.

    Is there any possibility to reattach(Duplicate) the file in catalog if CA SDM ticket is updated by any event?

     

    Regards,

    Pankaj



  • 6.  Re: Sync attachment between CA SDM,CA Catalog & CA USM
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 19, 2017 05:49 AM

    Good Morning Pankaj.
     

    This is ootb not happening.

    You could decide to build/write your own java scripts and/or pam-process(es) to accomplish that.

     

    With this said, I then mark this thread as 'answered'.

    Thanks and kind regards, Louis.