<h2>Generate the resolution notes for an incident by using Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM)</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Generate the resolution notes for an incident by using Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM)" /><meta name="abstract" content="Automatically update the resolution notes for an incident. You can improve the quality of the resolution notes by providing a summary of the steps taken to resolve the issue. 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You can enable your agents to understand the chat and incident context so that they can propose quicker resolutions to your requesters.">Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM)</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Generate the resolution notes for an incident by using <span class="ph">Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM)</span></h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">Automatically update the resolution notes for an incident. You can improve the quality of the resolution notes by providing a summary of the steps taken to resolve the issue. By generating the resolution notes, you can provide information about the incident resolution to other agents who might encounter similar issues.</p> <div class="section prereq p"> <p class="p">Role required: itil</p> </div> <div class="section context" id="resolve-incident-now-assist__context_iw2_m2j_wyb"> <div class="p">Incident resolution notes are generated from the information that you enter in the following fields:<ul class="ul" id="resolve-incident-now-assist__ul_v3q_jxg_vyb"><li class="li">Short description</li><li class="li">Description</li><li class="li">State</li><li class="li">Work notes</li><li class="li">Additional comments</li></ul> </div> <p class="p">You can generate the incident resolution notes in <span class="ph">Core UI</span> and <span class="ph">Service Operations Workspace</span> for <span class="ph">ITSM</span>.</p> </div> <ol class="ol steps" id="resolve-incident-now-assist__steps_u5d_kxm_cyb"><li class="li step"> <span class="ph cmd">In <span class="ph">Core UI</span> or <span class="ph">Service Operations Workspace</span> for <span class="ph">ITSM</span>, open an incident that is assigned to you.</span> </li><li class="li step"> <span class="ph cmd">Resolve the incident by using the UI action.</span> <ol type="a" class="ol substeps" id="resolve-incident-now-assist__substeps_ihj_k2j_wyb"><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select <span class="ph uicontrol">Resolve</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">In the Resolve dialog box, the <span class="ph uicontrol">Resolution notes</span> field is updated with the resolution summary.<p class="p"><img class="image" id="resolve-incident-now-assist__image_hq4_3nj_wyb" src="../image/itsm-resolution-notes-generation.png" alt="Resolution notes for an incident." /></p> </div> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"><strong>Optional: </strong> <span class="ph cmd">If necessary, review the resolution summary in the <span class="ph uicontrol">Resolution notes</span> field and make any necessary corrections.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Because the information in these fields is automatically generated, it's a good idea to review the text and make sure it's accurate.</div> </div> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Update the resolution code in the <span class="ph uicontrol">Resolution code</span> field and select <span class="ph uicontrol">Resolve</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info">A resolution code categorizes how the incident is resolved. For example, Known error and Solved (Permanently).</div> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">The resolution information is updated and the state of the incident is set to Resolved.</div> </li></ol> </li><li class="li step"> <span class="ph cmd">In <span class="ph">Core UI</span> or <span class="ph">Service Operations Workspace</span> for <span class="ph">ITSM</span>, resolve the incident by changing its state.</span> <table border="1" frame="hsides" rules="rows" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" class="simpletable choicetable choicetableborder" id="resolve-incident-now-assist__choicetable_uh4_l1f_xyb"><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /><table><thead><tr class="sthead chhead"><th class="stentry choptionhd" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:left;" id="d619777e175-option">Interface</th><th class="stentry chdeschd" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:left;" id="d619777e175-desc">Procedure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="strow chrow"><th style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d619777e175-option" id="d619777e188" class="stentry choption"><span class="ph">Core UI</span></th><td style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d619777e175-desc d619777e188" class="stentry chdesc"> <ol class="ol" type="a" id="resolve-incident-now-assist__ol_xps_m1f_xyb"><li class="li">Change the state to Resolved. The Resolve dialog box is displayed with the generated resolution notes.</li><li class="li">Update the resolution code and select <span class="ph uicontrol">Resolve</span>. The resolution summary is displayed in the <span class="ph uicontrol">Resolution Information</span> tab on the Incident form.</li></ol> </td></tr><tr class="strow chrow"><th style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d619777e175-option" id="d619777e213" class="stentry choption"><span class="ph">Service Operations Workspace</span> for <span class="ph">ITSM</span></th><td style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d619777e175-desc d619777e213" class="stentry chdesc">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Details</span> tab of the incident, change the state to Resolved. The resolution summary is updated in the Resolution section of the <span class="ph uicontrol">Details</span> tab.</td></tr></tbody></table></colgroup></table><div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../product/now-assist-itsm/concept/using-now-assist-for-itsm.html" title="If you have the itil role, you can summarize the chat interactions with a requester, summarize an incident, and generate resolution notes by using the Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM) application. You can also understand the chat and incident context and propose resolutions more quickly to the requester.">Using Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM)</a></div> </div> </div></li></ol></div></body></html></div>