Halo Service Solutions Migration Guides
How to generate client secret and client ID in Halo Service Solutions?
To facilitate a smooth data migration from or to Halo ITSM, you require Authorization Server, Client ID, and Client Secret. This way, you can connect your Halo ITSM account to Migration Wizard.
Here’s a simple guide to generate Сlient Secret and Client ID:
1. Go to your Halo ITSM account.
2. Click on Configuration in the left sidebar.
3. Select Integrations under Advanced.
4. Choose Halo ITSM API from a drop-down.
5. Click New in the right corner.
6. Click on View Application under Applications.
7. Apply the following settings in the tab “Details”:
- Fill in the Application name.
- Mark a checkbox next to active.
- Select Client ID and Secret (Services) under Authentication method.
- Choose Agent as login type.
- Select agent as log in as.
8. Copy Client ID and Client Secret.
9. Mark a checkbox next to All in the tab “Permissions”.
10. Click Save to apply settings.
How to deactivate notifications and approval process in Halo Service Solutions?
Disabling notifications is vital for a smooth data migration to Halo. This precautionary measure will safeguard against any unwelcome notifications that might disturb the migration process and ensure the accurate transfer of ticket statuses like "Open" or "Closed" to the Target.
Switch off notifications during data migration. Navigate to Configuration → Advanced Settings → Backend Service Monitoring → check the Pause all background services box to disable notifications.
The Pause all background services also deactivates the Approval Process. After the Full Data Migration, you can turn back all notifications.
How to edit the required to non-required fields in the Halo Service Solutions?
To modify the required fields in the incidents in Halo Service Desk, you need to
1. Sign in to your Halo Service Desk account. Go to Tickets > Ticket Types and choose Incidents.
2. Go to Field List and click edit.
3. Then click the pencil icon to edit Incident Details.
4. In Details, select Field List and click on a pencil icon next to Category to edit it.
5. Modify the required fields to your specific migration needs.
6. You can apply this setting to related tickets as well. Once done, click the Save button at the bottom of this window.
7. Save the Details changes.
8. And save the changes in the Incident.
