Problems

A problem is the cause of potential incidents and, once identified, can be managed in GLPI.

Creating a problem object can be done either from the ticket form, in tab Problem, or directly from menu Assistance > Problems.

The problem creation form is very similar to the ticket creation form and shares with it many concepts: Requester, Watcher, Assigned to, Status, Urgency, Impact, Priority, Category. For more information, see Manage tickets.

Check what is means From tickets list, an alternative solution can be associated to linked tickets without solving the problem. Depuis la liste des tickets, une solution de contournement peut être associé massivement aux tickets liés sans pour autant résoudre le problème.

Problems use their own notifications, see configuration of email follow-ups.

Statistics similar to tickets are available for problems, see Display statistics.

The different tabs

Analysis

This tab contains problem analysis.

It consists of 3 inserts:

• Impacts

• Causes

• Symptoms

View analysis

Statistics

Statistics similar to tickets are available for problems.

Go to Statistics

Tickets

List all tickets are linked to the problem. You can add a new ticket or link an existing ticket.

Go to Tickets

Changes

This tab allows to display changes associated with the problem and add new changes.

Go to Changes

Costs

The cost represents the financial impact of the problem encountered. It can be human, material or fixed.

Go to Costs

Projects

You can attach or add one or more projects to your problem.

Go to Projects

Tasks

A task is an action linked with a problem, usually a technical intervention.

Go to Task

Items

This tab allows to attach an item to the problem by choosing the type and the selected item.

Go to Items

Impact analisys

Impact analysis enables you to visualise the impact of failures on an entire infrastructure.

Go to Impact analisys

Notes

The Notes tab provides a free text field for storing additional information. Notes are displayed in the order of their creation. You can also add a document

Go to Notes

Knowledge Base

You can link an article from the knowledge base.

Go to Knowledge base

History

The History tab is used to show any changes made to an item. The following information about the changes is available:

• ID of the change.

• Date and time the change was made.

• User who made the change. If this field is not filled, it means that the action was done automatically (For example: automatic inventory update).

• Field that was changed.

• Description of the change that was made.

The description of the change represents either the difference between the old and the new value (For example with location field: Change HQ to Remote Office A), or the explanation of the action which was carried out (For example: Uninstallation of a software: "Gimp 2.0").

For dropdowns or objects with a parent/child relationship, the modification of a child will appear in the history of the parent element.

All Information

For an item, all information is displayed on one page from the All tab. This shows all of the tabs of an object's form in one view, one below the other.