Prerequisites

  • Ensure that the (one of the) following WSDL is accessible:

    • For Service Request: http://<host>:<port>/SM/7/ServiceCatalogAPI.wsdl

    • For Incident Request: http://<host>:<port>/SM/7/IncidentManagement.wsdl

    • For Change Request: http://<host>:<port>/SM/7/ChangeManagement.wsdl

    Where <host> is the host name of the system where HP Service Manager is setup and <port> is port number configured for the above web services on HP Service Manager setup.Alternatively, use a Soap UI tool to submit a simple request (for example, incident). For convenience you can use the basic authentication mechanism for authorization with SOAP UI tool to confirm that the web service layer is functional.

  • (Only for Service Request)

Permission for HP Service Manager User

To obtain the minimum permission required for a HP Service Manager User, perform the following:

  1. Create a new contact as follows:

    • On HP Service Manager page, navigate to System Administration > Base System Configuration > Scheduled Maintenance > ContactsUnder the Contact tab, enter Contact Name and Full Name. Click on Add button on the top of the page.

  2. Create new operators as follows:

    • On the left page, navigate to System Administration > Ongoing Maintenance > Operators

    • Enter the following details and click on Add.
      Login Name
      Full Name
      Contact ID
      Default Company

  3. Create new application profiles as follows:

    • Service Request: To create Request Fulfillment in HP Service Manager from IdentityIQ through integration, minimum permission required is Request Co-ordinator as a user role who has right to create any new request fulfillment.

      Administrator can create a customized role to create Request Fulfillment from IdentityIQ. Customized user can be created as follows:

      1. Navigate to System Administration > Ongoing Maintenance > User Roles and enter the following parameters:

        Tab

        Field name

        Supported field value

        Profiles

        Configuration Profile

        Default

        Security Roles

        Default

        Request co-ordinator

        Startup

        Capability Words

        SOAP API

        Data Access

        Table Name

        Application

        • Incident Request: To create incident in HP Service Manager from IdentityIQ through integration, minimum permission required is Incident Co-ordinator as a user role who has right to create any new incident and perform workflow which is capable of closing the incident.

          By selecting user role as Incident Co-ordinator, select the following under the Startup tab:

          • SOAP API as execute capabilities

          • Interactions and Service Desk as Query Groups

          Administrator can create a customized role to create incident from IdentityIQ. Customized user can be created as follows:

          1. Navigate to System Administration > Ongoing Maintenance > User Roles and enter the following parameters:

            Tab

            Field name

            Supported field value

            Profiles

            Configuration Profile

            Default

            Security Roles

            Default

            Incident coordinator

            Startup

            Capability Words

            SOAP API

            Data Access

            Table Name

            Application

        • Change Management: To create change in HP Service Manager from IdentityIQ through integration, minimum permission required is Change Co-ordinator as a user role who has right to create any new change.

          Administrator can create a customized role to create change from IdentityIQ. Customized user can be created as follows:

          1. Navigate to System Administration > Ongoing Maintenance > User Roles and enter the following parameters:

            Tab

            Field name

            Supported field value

            Profiles

            Configuration Profile

            Default

            Security Roles

            Default

            Change coordinator change

            Change coordinator tasks

            Startup

            Capability Words

            SOAP API

            Data Access

            Table Name

            Application

            To perform workflow and close change ticket, select a user with role as Change Manager. This role activates the Next Phase button which helps to move tickets from one phase to another.


            At Change Approval stage, the following users are required to approve the tickets and move them to next phase:
            - Change.Approver: User having group membership of Change.Approver
            - Change.Manager: User having group membership of Change.Manager

            Once these users submit their approval, ticket gets moved to the next phase and then it can be moved to closure phase.

  4. On the Operator Record page, under the Security tab, enter the Password and select the Unlimited Sessions and Prevent Lockout checkboxes.

  5. Create new login profiles as follows:
    On the Operator Record page, under the Login Profiles tab, enter the details of the following parameters (as shown in the following figure) and select the Named User checkbox:

    • Date Format: mm/dd/yy

    • Message Level: Information

  6. On the Operator Record page, under the Startup tab, enter the details of the following parameters and select the Activate Command Line on Startup checkbox:

    Parameters

    Value

    RAD Name

    menu.manager

    name

    MAIN MENU

    prompt

     

    string1

    HOME

    Under the startup, select the values for Executive Capabilities and Query Groups from the drop down list as follows and click the Save button:

    • Execute Capabilities
      partial.key
      SysAdmin
      SQLAdmin
      SOAP API
      user.favorites

    • Query Groups
      Service Desk
      Interactions