Continuous Improvement with CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Rich Magnuson
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Abstract > Learn how to measure your processes using Out-Of-The- Box KPI reports and advance towards the ITIL continuous improvement goal. This lab will demonstrate the use of CA Service Desk Manager's Key Performance Indicators in enhancing the IT experience. 4 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Agenda > Introduction to KPIs in CA Service Desk Manager > Creating and Configuring KPIs > Hands-On: Leveraging KPIs via CA Business Intelligence 5 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Lab Setup > Credentials: administrator/unicenter > To start/stop SDM and BOXI: Start Start & Stop Services CA Service Desk Manager [Start Stop].cmd > To start/stop just SDM: Start Start & Stop Services Individual Solution Components Service Desk & CDMB [Start Stop].cmd > SDM URL: http://itasm/caisd/pdmweb.exe 6 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
What are CA Service Desk Manager KPIs? > SDM provides mechanics to create, track and report on key performance indicators for business intelligence and continuous improvement > KPIs are metrics that capture an aspect of SDM business or system data at regular intervals > Data interpreted and analyzed via reports 7 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Examples of KPIs and Potential Reports KPI Number of Requests in, Open status Number of web logon sessions Potential Report Average number of Open requests per day in the past 30 days Maximum number of web users per day Peak usage times per day 8 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
How CA Service Desk Enables KPIs > Define one or more metrics in the SDM UI to track Metrics are always the count, sum, duration or max of a query > At regular intervals, SDM captures and writes the metrics to the DBMS > Site authors reports or other analysis tools to interpret the data CA Business Intelligence, supplied with CA SDM, includes reporting tools and sample reports 9 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Viewing KPIs > Select Administration tab; click on Service Desk KPIs in the left-hand navigation menu > Expand Search filter Set Active dropdown to Inactive ; press Search 10 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Viewing KPIs > When activated, a KPI captures one row of data at a regular interval Example below records number of unassigned Changes every hour 11 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
KPI Types > Three types of KPIs System: hard coded KPIs for system metrics; users cannot add these Stored Query: calls a standard Stored Query and records its count SQL: the most flexible; executes a standard SQL statement and records its count, duration, max or sum > Ticket metrics available by activating Option, kpi_ticket_data_table Records ticket attribute changes 12 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Anatomy of a (SQL) KPI > Version: Tracks changes to KPI > Metric Type: Count, Duration, Sum, Max > Refresh Time: Frequency of data capture > SQL Query: SQL statement for metric its result is stored in usp_kpi_data 13 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
The KPI DBMS Table > KPI data stored in the table, usp_kpi_data One row per KPI, per collection point kpi_id column references KPI record > Ticket change data is in, usp_kpi_ticket_data > See Technical Reference Guide for detailed description of each column 14 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
KPI Example Each KPI writes its own row to the DBMS according to the Refresh Time interval 15 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Sample usp_kpi_ticket_data Extract > Example shows changes over time to a specific Request First row is insertion Next few rows show changes to its status attribute Includes values for both the common name ( Acknowledged ) and the data record (id 5209 in the crs table) 16 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Administration Notes > Most out-of-box KPIs shipped as Inactive Ticket KPIs activated by Options Manager > Minimum recording interval is 10 minutes > Optionally specify a user on KPIs to apply data partitions > Archive/Purge rules provided for KPI data > KPIs support multi-tenancy KPI definitions are tenant optional; ticket data is tenant required 17 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Administration Notes, continued > For ticket KPIs, recorded attributes are specified with the KPI UI_INFO flag set in Web Screen Painter > Multiple Object Engines (domsrvr) and Web Engines generate seemingly duplicate data Each server reports its own statistics If three web engines are configured, the web license count KPI will generate three rows with the same (or very close) KPI id and system time, but with their own license count value > Further information in the Administration Guide and online help 18 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Leveraging KPI data > KPI data is not presented in the SDM user interface it is processed and presented in reports > CA Business Intelligence provides jumpstarts Collection of KPI columns, measures and filters for use in Business Objects reports Three sample KPI Crystal reports 19 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Lab Exercise: Creating a Simple KPI Report > Author a report using Business Objects Desktop Intelligence to display maximum number of web licenses utilized per day Your SDM installation has very small number of logons from the past 9 months 20 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Launch Desktop Intelligence > Start Business Objects XI Release 2 BusinessObjects Enterprise BusinessObjects Enterprise Java InfoView Login: administrator Password: unicenter Authentication: Enterprise 21 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Create New Report > Select Universe Data Access 22 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Select CA Service Desk Universe 23 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Blank Report Form > Empty report form, with classes and objects on left > All KPI objects in "Key Performance Indicator folder 24 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
> Drag KPI objects to right-hand panes to build report > From Kpi Data folder, drag to Result Objects pane: Kpi Name Time Stamp 25 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
> From Kpi Measures folder, drag, Max Kpi Value to Result Objects pane 26 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
> Switch to Filter view (bottom left radio button) > From Kpi Filters folder, drag to Conditions pane: Collected System KPI Counts Kpi Data Time Stamp Range 27 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
> Click Run button to view results Earliest Measurement Date: 1/1/2009 Latest Measurement Date: 10/10/2010 (or today s date) Select System Kpi (use Values button): Number of webengine Licenses 28 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Report Results, First Run > Lists max number of licenses each hour 29 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Refactoring Report > Modify report to display maximum number of concurrent license usage by day > Add new variables, reformat report layout 30 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
> Right click in Data tab, select, New Variable 31 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Add Day Only Variable > Name: Day Only > Qualification: Dimension 32 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Modify Day Only Formula 33 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Add Max Per Day varible > Name: Max per Day > Qualification: Measure 34 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Modify Max Per Day Formula 35 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Delete Existing Table > Switch to Structure Mode: View Structure Mode > Right click on every table cell and select Delete 36 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Insert new Table with Two Columns > Select Insert Table from menu > Select radio button, Use existing data from the document 37 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Add Table Variables > Select variables, Day Only and Max per Day > Click Finish 38 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
Success! > Report displays maximum number of licenses per day Sample VM image data is not too interesting > Report may be formatted to taste > Publish to InfoView for use by Service Desk users 39 October 13, 2009 CA Service Desk Manager KPIs Copyright 2009 CA
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