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How to filter procedures
Step 1: Go to ITSM > CONFIGURATION TEMPLATES > ‘Procedures’ and click Filter icon
Step 2: Fill the form expanding from Filter icon (** User can fill any of the fields in the form and apply for filter the procedure)
1. Name – complete name or partial name of the procedure you would like to filter
Step 3: Select an appropriate value from the Type drop-down
1. All – The result includes all type of procedures2. Custom – The result includes only the procedures which are created by users3. Predefined – The result includes only the predefined procedures which are packed with ITSM
Step 4: Select appropriate value from the Status drop-down
1. All – Filters all available status of procedures2. Created – The result includes only the procedures which are just created3. Edited – The result includes only the procedures which are just edited4. Ready to Review – The result includes all procedures which are ready for review5. Approved – The result includes all approved procedures6. Declined – The result includes all declined procedures
Step 5: Select appropriate value from the Content Type drop-down
1. All – both ‘script’ and ‘patch’ type of procedures become in the result2. Script – ‘script’ procedures be filtered3. Patch – ‘patch’ procedures only be filtered
Step 6: Fill the rest of the fields one by one and click “Apply” button from the form to get the result that matches the applied parameters
1. Created By – enter email id of the user who created the procedure2. Created On – enter the date when the procedure was created3. Last Modified By – enter email id of the user who lastly modified the procedure4. Updated at – enter the date when the procedures was modified recently5. Description – enter text to explain about the procedure6. Script – enter any content that parts of the body of the script or code to filter out the contained procedures
How to create and run script procedure in devices?
Comodo python procedures are available in ‘Predefined Procedures’ Folder. Additionally, ITSM User can create custom python procedure and run the same over enrolled devices.
Step1: Go to “Configuration Templates” > “Procedures” > “Create” > “Create Script Procedure” and fill the form
Step 2: Go to “View Procedure” tab and Click the ‘Edit’ icon.
Step 3. Review and Approve the procedure by Clicking Ready to Review and Approve icon one after another.
Step 4: To run the procedure over “Selected Devices” or “All devices”, follow the steps below.
Step 5: To run the procedure from the specific device, follow the steps below,
How to schedule the procedure using profiles
Technicians can schedule script procedures in profiles and apply it on desired devices.
Step 1: To schedule procedure, Go to “ITSM” > “Configuration Templates” > “Profiles”
Step 2: If “Procedure” tab not available in profile follow the step otherwise go to Step 3.
Step 3: Click “Add” button from “Procedures” tab. A popup screen will appear to add existing script procedure.
Step 4:
Step 5: Click ‘Add’ button to successfully complete schedule of the procedure.
Once the steps are completed, the scheduled procedure will be run automatically on devices where the profile is applied.
How to use script categories and keep them organized?
Step 1: Go to ITSM -> Configuration Templates and then click “Procedures” menu.
Step 2: ITSM has two folder categories:
1. My Procedures folder – The Custom patch Procedures or Custom script procedure can be saved in this folder.2. Predefined Procedures folder – Built-in patch procedure or script procedures were stored in this folder.
Step 3: Click Expand Icon to View the Sub-folders.
Example 1: Main Folder – My Procedures
Sub-folder – The My Procedures folder has inbuilt sub-folders namely1. Ready For Review
Example 2: Main Folder – Predefined Procedures
Sub-folder – The Predefined procedure folder has inbuilt sub-folders namely:1. Application2. System3. File Operations4. Task Scheduler5. Log Collection6. Patch deployment.
Step 4: A User can add, delete, edit the sub-folder in “My Procedure folder”.
Note: The User cannot the edit the predefined procedures and its sub-folder, but he can clone the procedure.
Step 5: To add a sub-folder to “My Procedure folder”, click the Add button.
1. Give a name for sub-folder and then click the add button.Example: Log Script is added as a sub-folder for My Procedures.
Step 6: Click Edit icon to rename the sub-folder.
Step 7: Click delete icon to remove the sub-folder.
Step 8: Click the folder name to view the saved procedures.
Example: Click ” Ready for Review” Folder, the procedures which are be reviewed will be saved here.
Step 9: While creating a new procedure, follow below steps
1. [*=1]Click create procedure button and fill the form by providing a name and a description.In the folder drop-down, choose the category folder to which the user want to add the procedure.
Example: Procedure Name: Restarts ServiceDescription: Service that has been stopped can be restarted.Folder: To add the procedure to Service Child folder, select services from the drop down.
Step 10: For existing procedures, Click the name of the procedure and click edit button set,
1. Change the folder by clicking the drop down.
2. Choose the appropriate folder and save.
Example: “Network” child folder is being chosen from the drop down.
Save
How to create and apply patch procedures to devices
Create a custom patch procedure
Step 1: Go to ITSM -> “Configuration Templates” menu and select “Procedures”.
Step 2: Click on the “Create” icon and click “Create Patch Procedure”.
Step 3: Click ”Add Profile Section” icon and select “Procedures” from the drop-down.
Step 4: Select the patch procedure, to set and apply settings
Apply patch procedures to Devices
You can run a patch procedure on a device in three different ways,
Apply patch procedures to Device via “Procedures” :
Step 1: Go to “Configuration Templates” and select “Procedures” menu.
Step 2: Select the checkbox of the patch procedure for which you want to apply to the device and click “Run” button.
Step 3: A ‘Run Procedure’ dialog box appears, choose appropriate options and click “Run” button.
Step 4: The patch procedure will be sent and executed in that devices. Go to “Execution Log” tab and click “Details” link to view the result.
Apply patch procedures to Device via “Device List”:
Step 1: Go to “Devices” and select the “Device List” menu.
Step 2: Select the device, in which you want to run the patch procedure.
Step 3:
Step 4: The procedure will be sent to that device and executed.
Apply patch procedures to Device via “Profiles”:
A patch procedure can be scheduled to run on the devices using profiles. Thus the patch procedure run on the devices under that profile at the mentioned time. It saves the time of the user.Step 1: Go to ‘Configuration Templates’ -> ‘Profiles’.
Step 2: Select the profile to which you want to add the profiles from the list.
Step 3: Click “Add Profile Section Icon” and Select “Procedures” from the drop-down.
Step 4: Add the procedure to the “Procedures” section of the profile by clicking the “Add” icon button. The “Add Existing Procedure Dialog” box appears. Fill the form:
Step 5: Click Save button in the “Procedures” tab. The procedure will be added to the profiles then the patch procedure will execute in the devices as scheduled.
How to generate an alert when patch procedure fails to execute as intended
In ITSM alert can be configured for scheduled procedures in profiles. Alert will be triggered when procedure fails to execute as expected.
Step 1: Go to ITSM -> “Configuration Templates” and click “Procedures”.
Step 2: Click existing patch procedure name to which you want to add the alert settings from the list. Example: “Windows Update” patch procedure.
Step 3: Go to “General” tab and click “Edit” button.
Note: Only the existing alerts can be added to the procedure.
Step 5: The changes will be applied to the procedure. Thus the user will receive the alert based on the alert setting, if a patch procedure fails.
How to import, export and clone procedures
Procedures can be exported from ITSM application to a local computer. Similarly, a procedure can be imported from the local computer to ITSM application hence the both way helps the user to easily create a procedure on ITSM. Also as ITSM user, you can clone a procedure from a procedure that already exists in the ITSM so that user can use the existing procedure so quickly and easily.
Step 1: Launch ITSM and go to ‘CONFIGURATION TEMPLATES’ -> ‘Procedures’.
To Export a Procedure
Step 2: Select any procedure from the Procedure List Table and click ‘Export’ icon
Step 3: Click the Save button with choosing of the respective location
Step 4: A JSON file will be saved in the location you have chosen
To Import a Procedure
Step 2: Click the “Import” icon
Step 3: Click the ‘Save’ button with choosing of the respective location.
Step 4: A JSON file will be saved in the location you have chosen.
Step 2: Click the “Import” icon.
Step 3: Click the ‘Browse’ button from the ‘Import Procedure’ popup window.
Step 4: Select a Script file (JSON) from the local computer and click the button “Open”.
Step 5: Check whether you have chosen the right file from the ‘Import Procedure’ window and click “Import” button
Step 6: Check the ‘Procedures’ List Table whether you have the Script file on the top of the list.
To Clone a Procedure
Step 2: Choose any procedure from the ‘Procedures’ Table List and click ‘Clone’ icon.
Step 3: Fill the ‘Clone Procedure’ form then click the button “Clone”.
You can change the name of the procedure, description, and folder while cloning a procedure otherwise keep the default values on the fields.
Step 4: Check the ‘Procedures’ List Table whether you have the Script on the top of the List.
How to combine procedures to build broader procedures
The guide explains and instructs that as an administrator, how I can combine more than one procedures suppose they collect data (to generate a whole report without having user interaction) and when they perform actions (to do some tasks silently) and to do etc in the endpoint
Step 1: Launch ITSM
Step 2: Go to ‘CONFIGURATION TEMPLATES’ -> ‘Procedures’.
Here is the two cases are available such as combining with selecting Existing Procedure and combining with new procedure.
If the user selects existing procedure then the steps below are followed.
Condition: Clone the existing procedure that you want to select is a safe idea suppose if you have any exception on combination.
Example Scenario: As a user, I would like to combine the script “Check and Fix Default Disk Problem” to another existing script “Copy and Install specific MSI package from valid Network Location”
Step 3: Select Existing Procedure from the table.
Example: Copy and Install specific MSI package from valid Network Location.
Step 4: Click ‘View Procedure’ tab.
Step 5: Click ‘Edit’ button.
Step 6: Click ‘Add Existing Procedure’.
Step 7: Type the specific Procedure Name you want to combine with the Procedure.
Step 8: Select the script from the drop down and click the ‘Add’ button.
Repeat the steps 6, 7 and 8 if you would like to add more scripts here.As per the example scenario, you have the code for both the procedure now.
Step 9: Click ‘Save’ button to update the script and Run the script to get the desired outcome.
If the user create new procedure to combine the existing procedures then follow the steps below.
Example Scenario: As a user, I would like to combine the scripts “Check and Fix Default Disk Problem” and “Copy and Install specific MSI package from valid Network Location” in a new procedure.
Step 10: Click Create icon and Select “Create Script Procedure” from the drop down
Step 11: Fill the fields from the pop-up forms such as Name, Description, and Folder and click ‘Create’ button.
Step 12: Click ‘View Procedure’ tab.
Step 13: Click ‘Edit’ button.
Step 14: Click ‘Add Existing Procedure’ from the Editor.
Step 15: Select the Script you want to add here and click ‘Add’ button.
Repeat the steps 14 and 15 if you would like to add more scripts here.
Step 16: Click ‘Save’ button to save the script and Run the script to get the desired outcome.
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