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Recommendation rules for an incident in Service Operations Workspace

Recommendations for an incident are based on rules defined in Recommendation Framework.

Recommendation Framework is now deprecated and no longer supported or available for new activation. Recommended Actions for ITSM feature provides the latest experience for this functionality. To get the advanced version, you must install the Advanced Recommended actions for ITSM (com.snc.uib.sow_itsm_ra_advanced) plugin and you must procure ITSM Pro package subscription.

Note: The best practice to get the advanced version is to install the Task Intelligence for ITSM (com.snc.itsm_ml_task) plugin and procure the ITSM Pro package subscription. For more information, see Exploring Recommended Actions for ITSM in Service Operations Workspace.

For each recommendation rule to work, install the relevant plugin that installs the corresponding solution definition. Based on this solution definition, the recommendation rule predicts values or records for an incident.

For information about the plugins and the corresponding solution definitions, see .

Recommendation ruleSolution definitionIncident field where the recommendation is available
Assignment group recommendation

Incident Assignment

Predicts values for the Assignment group field based on the short description of the incident.

Assignment group
Configuration item

Incident Configuration Item

Predicts values for the Configuration Item field based on the short description of the incident.

Configuration item
Service recommendation rule

Incident Service

Predicts values for the Incident Configuration Item field based on the short description of the incident.

Service
Recommendation ruleSolution definitionAssociated card group in the Recommendations panelPrimary action for the card groupOther actions for the card group
Knowledge articlesSimilar Knowledge Articles Predicts knowledge articles that the current incident can be linked to.Knowledge articlesAttach: Attaches the recommended knowledge article to the current incident. On the incident record page, this article is displayed in the Attached Knowledge list of the Related records tab.Discard: Discards the recommendation and moves it to the History tab in the Recommendations panel.
Propose major incidentMajor Incident Recommendation Recommends the current incident to be proposed as a major incident.Propose major incidentPropose major incident: Proposes the current incident as a major incident. The Major incident state field is set to Proposed for the incident.View similar incidents: Displays a list of similar incidents related to the current incident. After viewing similar incidents, you can decide if the current incident can be proposed as a major incident.
Relevant problemsSimilar Open Problems Predicts relevant problems that the incident can be linked to.Relevant problemsLink problem: Links the recommended problem to the current incident. On the incident record page, this problem is displayed in the Related Records section of the Details tab.Discard: Discards the recommendation and moves it to the History tab in the Recommendations panel.
Similar major incidentsMajor Incident Recommendation Predicts similar active major incidents that the current incident can be linked to.Similar major incidentsAdd as a child incident: Adds the recommended incident as a parent to the current incident. On the current incident record page,the parent incident is then displayed in the Related Records section of the Details tab.Discard: Discards the recommendation and moves it to the History tab in the Recommendations panel.
Similar open incidentsSimilar Open Incidents Predicts similar open incidents that the current incident can be linked to.Similar open incidentsLink as a parent incident: Adds the recommended incident as a parent to the current incident. On the current incident record page, the parent incident is then displayed in the Related Records section of the Details tab.Discard: Discards the recommendation and moves it to the History tab in the Recommendations panel.
Similar resolved incidentsSimilar Resolved Incidents Predicts similar resolved incidents to help with incident investigation and resolution processes.Similar resolved incidentsLink incident: Links the recommended incident to the current incident. On the current incident record page, the linked incident is then displayed as the parent incident in the Related Records section of the Details tab.Discard: Discards the recommendation and moves it to the History tab in the Recommendations panel.

Parent Topic:Recommendation Framework in Service Operations Workspace