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Edit Change Risk Survey (Customizations) ssite01 5 0 -
 
R12.5 on Win 2008 (Installations) servicedesk4 36 0 -
 
CA Service Desk Manager Rank (CA Workflow) SK Pramanik 24 1 4uTech CEO
Wed Sep 01 2010, 09:25AM 
ITPAM (CA Workflow) servicedesk4 33 1 4uTech CEO
Wed Sep 01 2010, 09:29AM 
Add button in the Scoreboard (Customizations) a.s.j 43 3 4uTech CEO
Wed Sep 01 2010, 09:32AM 
SMS Integration with SD 12.1 (Customizations) Sachin 21 0 -
 
Trying to create a menu option to call up a program (Customizing r11.x) Miguel Gil 18 0 -
 
Maileater shows error:- AHD58004:Cannot determine valid requestor id. Cannot continue processing! (Customizations) addy 40 3 4uTech CEO
Wed Sep 01 2010, 09:46AM 
Unable to insert images or tables in Knowlege with IE8 (General r11.x) brez1976 20 0 -
 
HOW TO Check Add Logged In user Current Role in conditional macro (Customizations) Chen Sharon 22 0 -
 
Closing Child Tickets (Customizations) HUDmike 31 1 Efra
Tue Aug 31 2010, 09:39AM 
How to count no. of incidents on a CI. (General r11.x) The BOSS 223 1 jemorales05
Tue Aug 24 2010, 11:10AM 
CA Service Deskr11.2 Button display value Save to rename Submit (Integration with r11.x) SK Pramanik 32 1 NKM
Wed Aug 25 2010, 02:11AM 
Will R11.2 run on SQL Server 2008 if the DB is set to "SQL Server 2005" compatibility level ? (Installations) rudeboy 26 1 darrenowen
Thu Aug 19 2010, 05:28AM 
Need any help : -> CA ServiceDesk Integration with any system (Integration with r11.x) SK Pramanik 86 0 -
 
Macro orSpell Code for ification on Post Validation Custom Field Update (Customizing r11.x) skrai008 34 1 pino
Fri Aug 20 2010, 05:38AM 
How to copy a ci? (Customizing r11.x) Urza 890 2 Urza
Sat Aug 28 2010, 04:09PM 
Want to stop email generated through spel file. (Customizing r11.x) parveen 45 0 -
 
CA Service Desk specialist - position in Brazil (Service Desk Positions) SERGIO OLIVEIRA 56 0 -
 
Copying Change Orders (Customizations) Binners 38 1 Efra
Tue Aug 31 2010, 10:26AM 
How to make any field nonEditable (Customizing r11.x) skrai008 34 0 -
 
USD notifications appear Blank in Outlook 2002 with Exchange 2010 (General r11.x) LCestare99 30 0 -
 
CA Service Desk Webservices (Integration with r11.x) SK Pramanik 108 0 -
 
Change Order Scheduler (Customizations) Binners 223 0 -
 
Security for Announcement (Customizing r11.x) sreeram 34 0 -
 
problem with locked tickets (Lock for cr:xxxxx is held by contact 00) (Customizations) Jakub 1898 1 4uTech CEO
Wed Sep 01 2010, 09:48AM 
Integration HPSM7 (Integration with r11.x) SK Pramanik 45 0 -
 
Group Manager and Members (Customizations) NKM 94 1 4uTech CEO
Fri Aug 06 2010, 09:18AM 
CO property value on CAWF (Customizations) Fer 211 3 Efra
Tue Aug 31 2010, 02:02PM 
Data PartitionQuery :Analyst should be able to see CI of his Own group (Customizing r11.x) skrai008 694 1 pino
Fri Aug 20 2010, 05:42AM 
Stored Query for My Group Open Request on Employee Interface (Customizing r11.x) skrai008 207 3 4uTech CEO
Fri Aug 06 2010, 09:22AM 
Check parent ticket for children prior to resolving (Customizing r11.x) ITFIELDTECH 1055 2 ITFIELDTECH
Wed Aug 04 2010, 07:09AM 
Check Change Orders for potential WF Tasks prior to saving (Customizing r11.x) ITFIELDTECH 32 0 -
 
Question on cumm 3 R12.1 (Customizations) ABHI 174 0 -
 
SERVICE DESK WEB PAGE NOT OPEN (General r11.x) s@itc 1138 1 4uTech CEO
Mon Aug 02 2010, 10:01AM 
Resolution Codes & Resolution Methods (Customizations) kevin.cicero 185 2 kevin.cicero
Wed Aug 04 2010, 08:49AM 
Auto Closure of RFC after 7 days of resolving (Customizations) skrai008 61 3 ITFIELDTECH
Tue Aug 03 2010, 08:07AM 
Button to Assign and set status to Acknowledge (Customizations) Erwin 724 1 Erwin
Wed Aug 04 2010, 12:40AM 
Webservice to attach an event to a change order (Customizing r11.x) tsly 49 0 -
 
Set Severity based on group selected (Customizing r11.x) The BOSS 249 4 The BOSS
Tue Aug 03 2010, 02:03AM 
Date Capturing on status change (Customizations) GreatDon 335 0 -
 
BOXI Configuration Failed (Installations) Maheshwar 294 3 Maheshwar
Tue Aug 17 2010, 12:03AM 
SQL Table of CMDB in the MDB of USD 11.2 (CA Workflow) Rejean 179 0 -
 
I need to pass the value of an attribute captured in the initial workflow to another workflow (CA Workflow) svconclusivefla 51 0 -
 
I need to pass the value of an attribute captured in the initial workflow to another workflow (CA Workflow) svconclusivefla 127 1 4uTech CEO
Tue Jul 27 2010, 10:19AM 
preset two wariables in extraCreateURL (Customizing r11.x) muguran 452 0 -
 
Data Partition prevents running Summary and Details reports (Customizations) NetSeer 320 1 mcardozo
Mon Jul 26 2010, 08:36PM 
Add Button employed Interface (Customizations) jemorales05 1288 1 jemorales05
Fri Jul 23 2010, 11:21AM 
Trigger server side event on cancel or closing a window for a new ticket (Customizing r11.x) muguran 100 0 -
 
Notifications based on Special handling (Customizations) timc1977 60 0 -
 
Modify the date format to display the day of the week (in addition to the mm/dd/yyyy time) (Customizing r11.x) gheath 160 0 -
 
How to Remove Submit Knowledge button from Employee form? (Knowledge Tools / Keyword Search r11.x) emayer 324 3 NKM
Tue Jul 20 2010, 12:34AM 
No Update for three days Notification (Customizations) Sunny V 103 0 -
 
Disable Users' Ability to re-open a request (Customizing r11.x) emayer 337 1 emayer
Mon Jul 19 2010, 02:25PM 
NEW LOCALIZATION METHOD (Customizations) pino 252 0 -
 
Change Request - send attachment in approval email (Customizing r11.x) ss028955 141 0 -
 
Pop Up for VIP users (Customizing r11.x) mannihobar 70 0 -
 
Contact Search-on employee interface (Customizing r11.x) SK Pramanik 349 5 SK Pramanik
Thu Jul 15 2010, 03:58AM 
Mail Eater is not working (Customizing r11.x) SDAW 333 9 SDAW
Sun Jul 18 2010, 02:07AM 
Change order Workflow task approval window (Customizing r11.x) SK Pramanik 182 1 SK Pramanik
Tue Jul 13 2010, 02:58AM 
How modify in properties the value from text to dropdown (Customizing r11.x) boho 85 2 boho
Fri Jul 09 2010, 04:15AM 
Status Dropdown Box now a Lookup Field Following Cumulative Patch #4 (General r11.x) gheath 51 0 -
 
Incident Area Automation on Employee interface fild update event (Customizations) skrai008 344 1 mcardozo
Mon Jul 26 2010, 08:40PM 
Creating a Stored Query for Change Orders (Customizing r11.x) Panda 160 5 Panda
Thu Jul 15 2010, 09:35AM 
SR Templates (Customizations) neth 396 1 mcardozo
Mon Jul 26 2010, 08:28PM 
List Templates based on a specific (Review Before Save) Template Type in Quick Profile (Customizations) aalhajj 93 0 -
 
Changing Search for asset (Customizing r11.x) farooq 270 1 pino
Thu Jul 15 2010, 04:22AM 
CA Service Desk Manager r12.5 installation steps (Customizations) SK Pramanik 159 2 SK Pramanik
Thu Jul 15 2010, 05:12AM 
Search request (Customizations) SK Pramanik 719 1 SK Pramanik
Sun Jul 04 2010, 04:04AM 
Run pdm_cache_refesh -t ca_owned_resource (Customizations) priyanka.madhu 292 4 priyanka.madhu
Tue Jul 20 2010, 02:47AM 
CA Service catalog consultant - London, - narendar.t@oneapps.com (Service Desk Positions) Narendar 208 0 -
 
Action type macro creation (Customizations) SK Pramanik 159 3 SK Pramanik
Sun Jul 04 2010, 03:00AM 
First Level Approval on employee form (Customizing r11.x) SK Pramanik 973 9 SK Pramanik
Wed Jun 30 2010, 07:21AM 
Limiting the lookup list for the detail_chg.htmpl form (Customizing r11.x) gheath 531 1 NKM
Wed Jun 30 2010, 12:19AM 
Date Field Format for Properties (Customizations) InfoJoe 1924 0 -
 
Add link in employee form (Customizations) ASM 253 1 mcardozo
Mon Jul 26 2010, 08:42PM 
Update counts (Customizations) priyanka.madhu 88 1 The BOSS
Tue Jun 29 2010, 05:38AM 
In R12.1 can you turn on automatic spell check? (Customizations) al889 86 0 -
 
Updating LDAP Sync to include Cost Center Information (General r11.x) gheath 123 2 gheath
Mon Jun 28 2010, 06:59AM 
Customizing Change Orders to select multiple locations (Customizing r11.x) ddbeard 129 2 ddbeard
Thu Jun 24 2010, 08:41AM 
Send Survey based on variables (Customizing r11.x) crackerboy 161 1 Laurent
Thu Jun 24 2010, 03:06AM 
Servey data (Installing & Configuring r11.x) Arnab_SDadmin 181 2 Laurent
Thu Jun 24 2010, 03:20AM 
Customizing the nr_chg_tab.htmpl form (Customizing r11.x) gheath 184 1 gheath
Tue Jun 22 2010, 02:01PM 
Personalized Response with group as response_owner (Customizing r11.x) boho 300 0 -
 
Service Type Problem (Customizing r11.x) rufus 158 3 4uTech CEO
Thu Jun 24 2010, 11:08AM 
Initial Activity Log (Customizing r11.x) jasmin78 113 4 jasmin78
Tue Jul 20 2010, 12:04AM 
Auto fill on new group field is not required in When Call Is Transferred (Customizing r11.x) MCGM 538 0 -
 
Allowing Self-Service CASD users the ability to open both Incident and Request ticket types. (General r11.x) gheath 111 1 NKM
Wed Jun 09 2010, 11:57PM 
Attachments Problem when user's access type is not equal to Administrator (General r11.x) qube 228 2 qube
Wed Jun 09 2010, 04:43AM 
Data partition to site table for announcement (General r11.x) Jesu 263 0 -
 
USD11.2 disk#6 ? (Installing & Configuring r11.x) Brain_mf 306 1 Brain_mf
Wed Jun 23 2010, 05:39AM 
Assignee must be member of the chosen group (Customizations) Edoardo 671 1 ABHI
Tue Jun 08 2010, 02:44AM 
Request Searching (General r11.x) SK Pramanik 287 2 al889
Tue Jun 22 2010, 09:51PM 
Adding pager number on end user (Customizing r11.x) SDAW 1013 1 SDAW
Sun Jun 06 2010, 09:36AM 
Auto Close of Request/Incident after resolved status (Customizations) Jesu 1840 2 Jesu
Tue Jun 08 2010, 10:11AM 
New button in detail_cr.htmpl of employee (Customizing r11.x) pmarques 306 0 -
 
Cutomize page needed for Employee home.htmpl (Customizing r11.x) Jesu 924 3 Jesu
Fri Jun 04 2010, 06:55AM 
AD authentication issue (General r11.x) s@itc 682 0 -
 
Sorting the list with ASC and DESC value (Customizing r11.x) Sunita 122 1 Laurent
Thu Jun 24 2010, 04:39AM 
Notification for Major Incidents (Customizing r11.x) Debrup 96 1 NKM
Tue Jun 01 2010, 01:30AM 
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 Cumulative #2 Patch Published
CA Service Desk/CA Service Desk Knowledge Tools - r12.1
Cumulative #2 Patch Published
Date: November 10, 2009



This cumulative #2 patch includes a number of corrections denoted by Service Desk components: Service Desk Server (USRD) and Server Desk Web Screen Painter (USRDWP). You can download cumulative #2 patches here, [link]

A list of the problems resolved by the cumulative #2 patch can be found in the following table. For more information on a particular problem, search the knowledge base on support.ca.com or click on the hyperlinks below. Please note that all corrections included in cumulative patch #1 are also rolled up into cumulative #2. The list of corrections included in cumulative #1 can be found here:

[link]
4uTech CEO op Monday 16 November 2009 - 12:24:03
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 ITIL v3.
Support ITIL best practices with Service Desk


While ITIL provides a framework of best practices to help assist companies, these practices must have flexibility for companies to reap the full extent of the frameworks value. 4uTechnologies is a long-time enthusiast of ITIL. The 4uTechnologies solutions are developed to make service management and the ITIL framework flexible, while helping companies amplify efficiencies, shrink risk, augment value and enclose operational costs.

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• Prevent possible service quality issues before and after operation.
• Speedily identify and resolve unexpected service problems after deployment.
• Pin down root causes of troubles and prioritize response according to the impact on the organization.
• Associate IT metrics to key performance indicators (KPIs) for appropriate management of service level agreements (SLAs).
• Liberate expensive staff from labor-intensive tasks so they can support more intentional initiatives.
4uTech CEO op Wednesday 17 June 2009 - 15:42:11
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 Upload: Workflow Tasks for employees
In this archive i included the files that i customized to allow the employees to see and approve workflow tasks. The file contains also a little howto of the steps that i made. You'll probably need to adapt them to your situation.
Hope it helps.
Submitted by DanieleG

Workflow Tasks for employees
4uTech CEO op Sunday 06 December 2009 - 18:06:49
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 Migrate to Service Desk Manager
4uTechnologies has perfected the Unicenter Service Desk migration / upgrade process to ensure your smooth transition to Service Desk Manager r12.

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4uTech CEO op Wednesday 16 September 2009 - 10:28:32
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