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Manage BigPanda Biggy AI Reports

Improve incident management workflows by creating reports and summaries of incidents as they occur. View and customize these reports in the Web App within the Reports section. 

Key Features

  • View summaries and reports generated by Biggy AI.

  • Modify incident reports to fit the needs of your organization's workflows.

  • See a list of your organization's changes, and the predicted risk associated with them.

Incident Reports

In the Incident Reports module, you can view all incident reports that were generated by Biggy AI using the Generate Incident Report or Managed Incident Channel action plans.

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Incident Report List 

By default, all reports from the last 30 days appear on the page. You can filter the list by a different date or by the incident creator. The list of the reports can be sorted by Created date, or Last modified date.

To find a specific incident report, use the Search bar.

Manage Incident Reports

Click any report in the list to open the report details screen.

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Incident Report 

Incident reports can be exported as PDF or HTML files by clicking either the Download PDF or Download HTML buttons.

The name of the incident and the time and date it occurred appear at the top. You can click the pencil icon to the right of the title to edit it. 

The incident report is divided into five sections: Summary, Timeline, Action Items, Participants, and Event Log.

Summary

The Summary section provides all of the high-level details of the incident. You can modify any of the summary fields by clicking the Edit button.

Field

Description

Associated ticket IDs

The ID(s) of the ticket(s) associated with the incident.

Priority

The priority of the incident.

Start date

The date the incident started.

End date

The date the incident ended.

Duration

The amount of time that the incident lated.

Impacted users

The groups of users who were impacted by the incident.

Affected services

The services impacted by the incident.

Assignment group

The name of the assignment group assigned to handle the incident.

Description

The incident description generated by Biggy AI.

Resolution

The summary of the resolution steps taken to resolve the incident, generated by Biggy AI.

Follow-up

The recommended post-incident follow-up steps. 

Timeline

The Timeline section displays all major events related to the incident in chronological order. Within the timeline, you can also see the incident duration and the time it took to detect, assign, diagnose, recover, and resolve. 

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Incident Report Timeline

Click the Edit button to edit, add, or delete events in the timeline. 

Each event in the timeline displays the following information: 

Field

Description

Type

The type of event that occurred. The following event type options are available:

  • Info

  • Resolved

  • Follow up

  • Reopened

  • Recovered

  • Root Cause Identified

  • Assigned

Source

The system where the event occurred. 

Date

The date and time when the event occurred.

Title

The title is a short summary of the event. The event title appears in the timeline at a glance. 

Description

A detailed description of the event. 

Action Items

The Action Items section displays recommended actions based on the incident details.

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Incident Report Action Items

Identified Action Items are the action items that were identified by a participant within the channel. 

Suggested Action Items are action items that were recommended by Biggy AI.

Click Edit to make changes to action items, or add additional action items. 

You can accept or deny  Suggested Action Items, or Edit or Delete Identified Action Items.

Participants

The Participants section displays all users who were part of the incident channel. 

Click the arrow on the right side of the participant row to view additional information. Details appear for each participant:

  • Title

  • Phone number

  • Email

  • Timezone

  • Contributions

Participants may be given a badge depending upon their level of contributions to resolving the incident. The following badges are available:

  • Helpful AIOps Copilot - automatically given to Biggy AI.

  • Top Contributor - awarded to individuals whose actions, expertise, and coordination efforts were instrumental in managing the incident's impact and recovery. 

  • Key Contributor - awarded to those who significantly contributed to handling the incident as a key supporting part of the team. 

Click Open in Slack to open the user's Slack profile. 

Event Log

The Event Log is a comprehensive list of all activities that took place in the incident channel. You can click any event in the log to open the conversation in Slack. 

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Incident Report Event Log

Change Risk Dashboard

Within the Change Risk Dashboard, you can view all change requests in your system and their associated risk, predicted by Biggy AI. 

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By default, all changes for the next 30 days appear on the page. You can filter the list using the Date Range or Assignment Group filters.

To find a specific change, use the Search bar. You can search for a change number or keyword.

Below the filters and search bar is the Change Volume by Risk Level graph. This displays the total number of changes broken down by risk level.

The following information about each change appears on the Change Risk Dashboard screen:

  • Change number

  • Short description

  • Full description

  • Assignment group

  • Scheduled start

  • Risk rating

  • Risk score

Click any change in the dashboard to open the Change Risk Assessment screen. 

Change Risk Assessment

The Change Risk Assessment screen shows you details about the potential risk associated with the selected change. 

The assessment screen is divided into the following tabs:

Change Details

The Change Details tab displays high-level information about the selected change. 

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The screen is divided into the following sections:

Section

Description

Change Information

High-level information about the change. The following details are displayed in this section:

  • Change number 

  • Short description 

  • ServiceNow link

  • Assignment group

  • Assigned to

  • Priority

  • Business service

  • Scheduled start

  • Scheduled end

  • Current state 

  • Created date

  • Last updated

  • Full description

If the change requires attention, a red box with an exclamation point will appear describing the requirements. 

AI Risk Assessment

The risk assessment score and risk rating. Click View Details to open the Risk Prediction tab.

Change Plan

A list of steps to take to implement the change.

Justification

Reasoning behind the change plan. 

Test Plan

A list of steps to take to test after the change to ensure it was successful. 

Backout Plan

A list of steps that can be taken if the change needs to be reversed. 

User-Declared Risk

The risk level of the change declared by the user who opened it.

User-Declared Risk Analysis

The risk analysis of the change declared by the user who opened it.

Approval Information

List of people who need to review the change before it can be implemented. The following information about each approver is displayed:

  • Approval Status - the status of the change (Approved, Pending, or Not Approved)

  • Approval History - Actions that have occurred related to the approval

Affected Services

List of services potentially affected by the change. 

Affected CIs

Systems and services that will potentially be affected by this change. The following information about each CI is displayed:

  • CI Name

  • Category

  • Subcategory

  • Class

  • Environment

  • Status

Related Change Tasks

A list of tasks that need to be completed as part of the change. The following information about each task is displayed:

  • Task ID

  • Description

  • Assigned to

  • Assignment group

  • Scheduled date

  • Status

Historical Analysis

The Historical Analysis tab displays similar changes and related incidents that were used as part of the change risk profile. These changes and incidents may provide additional context. 

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The Historical Analysis screen is divided into the following sections:

Section

Description

CI Risk Analysis

The risk assessment for configuration items affected by this change, based on historical incident data. This information can be displayed in Card View or Table View.

The following information appears for each CI:

  • Change success rate

  • Total changes

  • Total incidents

  • Incidents from changes

  • Incident rate

  • Incident priority distribution

Similar Changes

Changes that are similar in nature or affect the same CIs.

A box displaying the change number, description, and date appears for each similar change. 

Click a box to view additional information including the full description, similarity reasoning, resolution of the incident (if applicable), and linked incidents.

Additional Relevant Incidents

Incidents that were not linked to a change, but are considered relevant given the nature or affected CIs of the current change.

A box displaying the incident number, description, date, and shared CIs appears for each relevant incident. 

Click a box to view additional information including the full description, similarity reasoning, and resolution of the incident (if applicable).

Relevant Ancillary Context

Potentially useful information across all available contexts that was deemed relevant to the current change.

Team History

The Team History tab shows the historical performance records of the team and the individual responsible for the change.

You can view history by Team Metrics or Individual Metrics.  

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The Team History screen shows the following information:

Field

Description

Team

The team name, reliability score, and deployment frequency score. 

Individual

The individual's name, reliability score, and deployment frequency score. 

Total Changes

The total number of changes deployed by the team.

Incident Rate

The incident rate compared to the number of changes the team was responsible for.

Success Rate

The percent of changes that the team was responsible for that were successful. 

Change Timeline

A timeline of changes over the past 12 months. The blue bars represent changes, the orange bars represent incidents, and the green line represents the success rate. 

Recent Team/Individual Incidents

The most recent incidents caused by changes the team or individual was responsible for. The following information about each incident is displayed:

  • Incident number

  • Description

  • Priority

  • Date

  • Related change

Organization-Specific Risk Evaluation

The Organization-Specific Risk Evaluation tab displays a custom risk evaluation based on factors and context specific to your organization. 

Configuration

To view org-specific risk information, you must configure org-specific settings in the Change Risk Prediction action plan.

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The following information is displayed:

Section

Description

Risk Evaluation Summary

Short summary of the org-specific risk evaluation.

Org-Specific Risk Assessment

The risk score.

Evaluation Confidence Level

Score of how confident Biggy AI is in the evaluation.

Specific Risk Factors

List of specific factors contributing to the risk score.

Ambiguities

Ambiguous factors related to the change that contribute to the risk score.

Risk Prediction

The Risk Prediction tab displays widgets containing information about the predicted risk level of the change. 

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The following widgets are displayed:

Widget

Description

Risk Prediction

AI-powered risk assessment based on previous changes.

The following scores are displayed:

  • Implementation Complexity Risk - based on characteristics and timing.

  • Topological Impact Risk - based on the parts of the environment that are affected or involved with the change. 

  • Team and Individual Risk - based on the calculated reliability and success rate of the team or individual implementing the change. 

  • Historical Incident Risk - likelihood of causing an incident based on historically similar changes that caused incidents. 

Overall Risk Rating

The risk assessment of the change with all factors combined.

The date and time of the last assessment appears under the risk rating. 

Risk Reasoning

Reasoning behind the risk assessment.

Suggested Mitigations

Suggested steps that can be taken to mitigate risks associated with the change.

Graph View

The Graph View tab visualizes the relationships between the change, similar changes, and related incidents.

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The graph view is coded by color:

  • Current change - purple

  • Similar change - purplish blue

  • Incident - red

  • Configuration item - blue

Hover over any of the items in the graph to view additional information such as the number, description, and risk level. 

To see a larger view, click the Full screen button.

To view a text version of the visualization, click the List View tab.

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Next Steps

Get a high-level overview of how Biggy AI works in the BigPanda Biggy AI documentation.

Learn how operators can Manage Incidents with BigPanda Biggy AI.