Services tab

The Services tab includes the views and tools to search for, create, submit, organize, and manage automated services.

The Services tab enables users to do the following:

• View services and filter them using tags.
• Create custom tags or tag groups using Organize Tags.
• Using the Card view or Table view, see service details, status, and actions.
• Create and submit service requests.
• Copy a service to make a new service.

Tag Search pane

The Tag Search pane enables users to filter services that have been tagged.

Tags are organized into groups, such as Applications, Hypervisors, and Storage Operations. Each group has one or more tags.

To use tags, click a tag name to see only services tagged with that name in the Services pane. Click the tag again to expose all tags in that group and all services that were filtered out.

You can only use one Service Group tag at a time.

You can click Organize Tags to create your own tag groups and then add tags to the groups. You can also add tags to the provided groups.

Services pane

The Services pane displays all the services that a user can use, based on the user's permissions.

The Services pane has two views; Card View and Table View. You can toggle between these views in the Services window.

The Card View includes graphical representations of services that can include badges and watermarks.

The following table contains the watermarks that are visible in the services Card View.

The following badges are visible in the services Card View:

• OUTDATED: The service is using an outdated version of a service template. You can use Apply Latest Version to update the service.
• NEW: The service is fewer than 14 days old.

You can click a service card to open the service preview and view information about the service and access additional controls as shown in the following figure.

The following actions are available to manage services in the Services tab or in the service preview:

• Create: Opens the Select Service Template window, where Admin, Develop and Modify users can select a template and use it to create new services.
• Create Request: Runs the service by creating the tasks required to perform the service.
• Edit: Modifies a service.
• Delete: Deletes a service.
• Copy: Copies a service to create a new service.
• Release: Changes the status of the service to Released.
• Enable: Allows the service to be submitted.
• Disable: Prevents the service from being submitted and changes its status to Disable.
• Maintenance: Allows only the Admin, Develop, or Modify roles to submit the service for maintenance purposes.
• Edit tags: Allows modification of the tags associated with the service.
• Mark as Favorite: Adds the service to the My Favorite Services list of reports on the Dashboard for quick access.
• Unmark as Favorite: Removes the service as a favorite.
• Related Tasks: Displays the tasks related to the service under the Tasks tab.
• Reset Counter:
• Apply Latest Version: Applies the latest version of the template on which the service is based.
• Apply Specified Version: Enables user to choose among version of the template on which the service is based.