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Issue Search Fields

The following fields are available for filtering searches of issue tickets. All search fields that allow text entry support use of the % wildcard character.

Note: If multi-tenancy is installed, the list page displays Tenant and Public Data settings in the search filter. Public Data can be Excluded or Included with Tenant data; Only searches for public objects exclusively. On detail pages, select the appropriate tenant from the list. If you select <empty>, the object is public.

Assignment Status

Specifies tickets based on whether they have or have not been assigned to an individual or group. Various combinations of the status of a ticket Assignee and Group fields are available in a drop-down list. For example, you can include tickets that have an assignee but no group, a group but no assignee, and other combinations of the two field values.

Assignee

Specifies only tickets assigned to a specified individual. Click the magnifier to search for the assignee by name.

Group

Specifies only tickets assigned to a specific group. Click the magnifier to search for a group.

Status

Specifies only tickets with a specific status code. For example, you want to list only the tickets with a status code of Fix in Progress, or Close Requested; click the magnifier to search for the status of interest.

Priority

Specifies the priority ranking of the record to determine the amount of attention it receives. The predefined priority levels are 1 (highest) through 5 (lowest).

Active

Specifies tickets based on whether tickets are active or inactive.

Category

Specifies only tickets assigned to a specific change category. For example, you want to list only tickets assigned to the Hardware.pc.install category; click the magnifier to select from the available categories.

Affected End User

Specifies only tickets associated with a specific user. Click the magnifier to search the contact list for the appropriate user.

Parent Issue

Specifies tickets that have a child relationship with a specified parent issue ticket.

Special Handling

Specifies a special handling type, such as a visitor or security risk type.

(Optional) Click the first Click the Spigot icon to display the Additional Search Arguments field. link to display the following additional fields:

Reporting Method

Specifies only tickets that were created through a specified reporting method, such as e-mail or telephone.

Root Cause

Specifies only tickets that have a specified root cause code attached.

Service Type

Specifies only tickets with a specific service type. Service types define the support level assigned to tickets. For example, to list only tickets with a 4-hour service requirement, select 4-hour service.

Legacy Service Type

If your system has the classic_sla_processing option installed, the legacy service types used in Unicenter Service Desk r6.0 are enabled and you can filter the list to include only tickets with the specified legacy service type.

Template

Specifies only tickets that were created with a template, or not created with a template.

Template Active

Specifies only tickets that were created with a template that is currently active, or a template that is currently inactive.

SLA Violation

Specifies only tickets that have entered SLA violation, or tickets that have not entered SLA violation.

Description

Specifies only tickets with a specified search string in their Description field.

Summary

Specifies only tickets with a specified search string in their Summary field.

Notes

Specifies only tickets with a specified search string in the Notes field.

Effort

Specifies only tickets with a specified search string in the Effort field.

Backout Plan

Specifies only tickets with a specified search string in the Backout Plan field.

Child Type

Specifies tickets with a specified parent/child relationship. Select Child to include tickets with parent tickets, Not a Child to include tickets with no parent ticket, or leave the field blank to disregard parent/child relationships.

External System Ticket

Specifies an identification for a ticket that belongs to an external system that integrates with CA SDM.

Earliest Time To Violation

Specifies only tickets that enter violation after the specified date and time.

Latest Time To Violation

Specifies only tickets that enter violation before the specified date and time.

Earliest Need By Date

Specifies only tickets with a "need by" date after a specified date and time.

Latest Need By Date

Specifies only tickets with a "need by" date before a specified date and time.

Earliest Open Date

Specifies only tickets opened after a specified date and time.

Latest Open Date

Specifies only tickets opened before a specified date and time.

Earliest Resolve Date

Specifies only tickets with a "need by" date after a specified date and time.

Latest Resolve Date

Specifies only tickets with a "need by" date before a specified date and time.

Earliest Close Date

Specifies only tickets opened after a specified date and time.

Latest Close Date

Specifies only tickets opened before a specified date and time.

Earliest Est Comp Date

Specifies only tickets with a "need by" date after a specified date and time.

Latest Est Comp Date

Specifies only tickets with a "need by" date before a specified date and time.

Earliest Actual Comp Date

Specifies only tickets opened after a specified date and time.

Latest Actual Comp Date

Specifies only tickets opened before a specified date and time.

Least Est Cost

Specifies only tickets with a total estimated cost greater than a specified value.

Greatest Est Cost

Specifies only tickets with a total estimated cost less than a specified value.

Least Est Duration

Specifies only tickets with a total estimated duration shorter than a specified value.

Greatest Est Duration

Specifies only tickets with a total estimated duration longer than a specified value.

Least Actual Cost

Specifies only tickets with a total actual cost greater than a specified value.

Greatest Actual Cost

Specifies only tickets with a total actual cost less than a specified value.

Least Actual Duration

Specifies only tickets with a total actual duration shorter than a specified value.

Greatest Actual Duration

Specifies only tickets with a total actual duration longer than a specified value.

Note: You can click the More icon to display the Additional Search Arguments field. This field is intended only for expert users who understand SQL and Majic and can use it to specify search arguments that are not available in the standard search filter fields. You can enter a SQL WHERE clause in this field to specify an additional search argument.