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Process · Incident response

Incident response

Acknowledge a store issue with a checked service, asset and technician.

Step by step

  1. Record incident Service Desk Technician

    The Service Desk Technician records the store issue, priority, opening time, service and asset. The incident starts open so the desk can see that work is waiting.

    • Creates the case with its service and asset links.
    • Updates Incidents, Services, Assets
  2. Acknowledge incident Service Desk Technician

    The technician reads the linked service and asset, checks their lifecycle states, chooses the assigned person and records the acknowledgment time. The incident becomes acknowledged only after that handoff is recorded.

    • Records assigned technician and acknowledgment time.
    • Updates Incidents, Services, Assets, People
  3. Resolve incident Service Desk Technician

    The technician investigates the issue, adds dated updates and records the resolution time when the store issue has been addressed. The incident moves to resolved; closing it is a later status decision.

    • Preserves the investigation and resolution time.
    • Updates Incidents, Incident updates
Service Desk Technician
Owns triage and updates; Admin maintains the people, service and asset reference records; Store IT Coordinator adds related store evidence.

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