You can define SLAs, which will set the rules for attending to the service
requests generated from particular requesters/departments/workstations.
To add a new SLA, click Add New SLA link on the right hand side
corner of the SLA List table.
Add New SLA
The SLA form has three blocks of information, namely SLA Details, SLA Rules, and
Escalations. First one is the SLA details that has the SLA name
and description.
SLA Name uniquely identifies the SLA.
You can provide a brief description explaining the SLA in the Description
field.
The second block SLA Rules is where you can define the rules
and set matching criteria based on which the incoming service requests
can said to be governed by the SLA and hence the due by time of the
request calculated based on the SLA terms.
You can choose to match all the criteria set or match any of them by
choosing the corresponding radio button.
From the Criteria combo box select the specific criteria, and
click Choose button to select the specific values. Now click Add
to Rules. The rule that you just defined is added in the table
below the Rules Set.
Now enter the resolution time in terms of days, hours, and minutes.
In the third block, escalation, you can set up to 4 levels of
escalations. To enable the levels of escalation, click Enable
Level<number> escalation. Now, click Choose button to choose
the technicians to whom the SLA violation escalation needs to be made.
Enter the time after which the escalation needs to be made. This time
is the time after the SLA violation has occurred.
Click the Save button to save the SLA and return to the list
view.
Click the Save and add new button to save the SLA and add
another SLA.