ITSM / Services

Service Catalog

The catalog is how employees discover IT services without Slack, each entry routes to the right team with a form that captures what you need to fulfill the request.

Real-world scenario

Maya Chen · IT Manager at Bluewave Labs

Engineering keeps asking for the same three things: Figma, external monitors, and VPN access. Maya wants one catalog page where Sophie can self-serve instead of guessing which channel to use.

Before you begin

  • ITSM license enabled
  • Admin role to create or edit services

Overview

Services are repeatable IT offerings, software installs, access requests, hardware orders, policy attestations. You organize them with categories so employees find the right form in seconds, not after scrolling past unrelated options.

For example

WorkVerge catalog (simplified):
  • Software Access. Figma License Request, JetBrains IDE
  • Hardware. External Monitor Request
  • Security. VPN Access Request

How it works

  1. 1

    Browse the catalog

    In ITSM, open Services. You'll see every published offering with category filters on the left.

  2. 2

    Review categories and forms

    Each service has a description, assignee team, and a custom request form employees complete.

  3. 3

    Employees submit from the portal

    Staff open Employee Portal → Services, pick a catalog entry, and submit. WorkVerge creates a service ticket automatically.

  4. 4

    IT fulfills via queues

    Tickets land in Team Requests (team-scoped) and Service Requests (org-wide). Maya monitors volume on the ITSM Dashboard.

Manage services

From ITSM → Services you can:

Publish before you announce

Draft services are invisible in the Employee Portal. Publish only after the form and assignee team are correct, otherwise Sophie submits and nobody gets notified.

What employees see

Published services appear in the Employee Portal under Services. Sophie searches "Figma," opens Figma License Request, fills in her manager and justification, and tracks status on My Requests. The same ticket record appears in IT queues, no duplicate data entry.

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