How to Create a Service Offering
Updated: December 20, 2012
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager
Service offerings are logical groups of request offerings in System Center 2012 – Service Manager. Both service offerings and their request offerings are available to Self-Service Portal users, when their status is set to Published and if end users have been assigned a corresponding Service Manager user role. Only users who have been assigned a user role that is associated with a catalog group that contains catalog items can use the Self-Service Portal to access the service catalog.
To create a service offering
-
In the Service Manager console, select Library.
-
In the Library pane, expand Service Catalog, and then select Service Offerings.
-
In the Tasks pane under Service Offerings, click Create Service Offering to open the Create Service Offering Wizard.
-
On the Before You Begin page, read the instructions, and then click Next.
-
On the General page, complete these steps:
-
In the Title box, type a title for the service offering. For example, type Access Services.
-
Optionally, next to Image, you can either Browse to an image file or leave the default selection.
-
In the Category list, select a category that this service offering will be a part of. For example, select Access and Security.
-
In the Language list, either leave the default selection or select a language.
-
In the Overview text box, type a short overview to describe the service offering that will be shown on the Self-Service Portal home page. For example, type Access to AD Group, Access to Labs.
-
In the description box, type a description that will appear on the service offering page in the Self-Service Portal.
-
Next to Management pack, select an unsealed management pack of your choice, and then click Next. For example, if you previously created the Sample Management Pack, select it.
-
In the Title box, type a title for the service offering. For example, type Access Services.
-
On the Detailed Information page, complete these steps:
-
In the Service level agreement information box, type a summary of the service level agreement (SLA) information. For example, type The SLAs for these requests, depending on the criticality of the requests, range from 1-2 business days. For more information, click the link below.
-
In the first Link for additional information box, type a hyperlink that users can click to view additional information about the SLA for this service offering.
-
In the Cost information box, type a summary of any costs associated with requests that will be grouped in this service offering.
-
In the second Link for additional information box, type a hyperlink that users can click to view additional information about any costs associated with requests that will be grouped in this service offering.
-
Click Next.
-
In the Service level agreement information box, type a summary of the service level agreement (SLA) information. For example, type The SLAs for these requests, depending on the criticality of the requests, range from 1-2 business days. For more information, click the link below.
-
Optionally, on the Related Services page, add related business services associated with the service offering, and then click Next.
-
Optionally, on the Knowledge Articles page, add related knowledge articles associated with the service offering, and then click Next.
-
Optionally, on the Request Offering page, add related request offerings associated with the service offering, and then click Next.
-
On the Publish page, in the Offering status list, select Published and set the Offering owner to yourself, and then click Next.
-
On the Summary page, review the information, and then click Create.
-
On the Completion page, click Close.
See Also
-----
For additional resources, see Information and Support for System Center 2012.
Tip: Use this query to find online documentation in the TechNet Library for System Center 2012. For instructions and examples, see Search the System Center 2012 Documentation Library.
-----
