Self Service Mobile Portal

if you are assigned the self service mobile user role, you can view the portal on a variety of ios and android devices, such as smart phones and tablets the portal is a web based user interface that is similar to the classic application, except the pages are sized to display appropriately on a mobile device google chrome is the recommended browser for viewing the portal the following browsers are not supported microsoft internet explorer 8 (ie8), microsoft internet explorer 9 (ie9), or native/embedded android browsers if you're using a smart phone to access the portal, you will first need to download the app for free on your device from either the google play store or apple app store when you use on mobile devices including tablets, only mobile based user roles are available if you want to login to non mobile based user roles, use your desktop or a laptop the user interface for is designed to be flexible, supporting desktop, tablet and mobile form factors when viewing in desktop, it is recommended to view in 1280 x 1024 resolution when the mobile app is idle for a longer time, you will be logged out this is based on the sso session timeout configuration accessing the self service mobile portal when the enterprise self service welcome page is enabled when you log in to as a self service mobile user, the enterprise self service welcome page is the landing page you will need to select a department to be able to access the self service mobile portal the self service mobile portal will display content ( service catalogs , announcements , faqs , my items , and knowledge articles ) specific to the department you selected for example, if you select human resources on the enterprise self service welcome page, you are redirected to the self service mobile portal which displays content specific to human resources only when the enterprise self service welcome page is not enabled when you log in to as a self service mobile user, the self service mobile portal is the landing page all self service content is available here without any department based categorization, unlike when the enterprise self service welcome page is enabled navigating the self service mobile portal once you are logged into the portal, you will notice that the interface may have a different look and feel from the image below based on how your administrator has setup and the device you're viewing it from, the colors and the exact modules might not be the same for all user roles all procedures described in the self service help also apply to the portal, with slight differences for example, instead of clicking items and scrolling the window, you may need to tap and swipe the screen when performing actions navigate the portal using the left menu panel – expand or collapse the menu panel on smart phones, the menu closes after you select an option – the default page when you log in to the portal—use it to access the service catalog, browse knowledge articles, access your submitted incidents and requests, and so on – open the service catalog to submit a service request or report an incident for details, service requests and incidents docid\ d1y1u7 6kfcxhrs38yj t – view all published knowledge articles click search icon to find specific titles or content by using keywords click to focus the search by using one of the drop down lists for filtering or sorting – find answers or solutions to faqs before reporting an incident search for specific titles or content by entering keywords focus the search by filtering from the all categories drop down list – view all incidents or service requests created by you (and for some user roles, assigned to you) search for specific incident titles or content by using keywords focus the search by using one of the drop down lists for filtering or sorting – view announcements, which are messages sent out to the entire organization click search icon to find specific announcements by using keywords – use keywords to search for items that are configured for your environment—these usually include announcements, faqs, and knowledge articles you can filter results by categories and date and sort by ascending or descending order – change your personal settings, as allowed by your administrator you may have privileges to change the default language of the application, default login role, and so on – log out of the application