When you set up service management, you have to decide what services to offer customers and the schedule for those services. A service is a type of work performed by one or more resources and provided to a customer. For example, a service could be a type of computer repair. A service item is the equipment or item needing servicing, for example, the computer needing repair, installed at a specific customer. You can set up services as part of a group of related repair or maintenance items.

The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to the topics that describe them. These tasks are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.

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Enter information about the service items that your service organization is tracking.

How to: Create Service Items

Establish a workflow for service when the service items consists of several components. The component list is always connected to a service item, but these components can also be based on bill of materials (BOMs).

How to: Set Up Service Item Components

Use the Service Item window to associate groups of service items into logical groups.

How to: Set Up Service Item Groups

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