Abstract: Systems and methods for providing service level agreement (SLA) definition and validation of SLA parameters are disclosed. An SLA may be defined with parameters and goals to achieve desirable business results for information technology (IT) software updates, configuration changes, security incidents, and other functions performed by IT personnel. Once a proposed SLA definition is available and before it is put into production use, historical data may be applied to the SLA. This historical application of data may be used to determine a level of conformance to the proposed SLA based on real world historical information for a particular customer. Because different corporations have different capabilities and expectations, a one-size fits all SLA may not be appropriate. A timeline visualization with zoom capability and state transition icons is disclosed. Disclosed, visualization techniques of proposed definitions may enhance the accuracy and acceptability of those proposed definitions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are enterprise applications and platforms that manage databases containing documents and may employ search systems that allow users to retrieve documents based on queries. The search systems may be configured to retrieve data from several different data sources and may be associated with many of the applications. Furthermore, the search systems may include a faceted interface based on database or document attributes for further search refinement. The faceted interface may be template-based and modular, allowing reconfiguration of the interfaces without substantial rewriting of the application code base.

Abstract: A system implements user permissions and user subscriptions with regard to content posted on one or more peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platforms (e.g., Community pages). Permissions are assigned to groups of users, rather than individual users. Permissions are determined by the groups of which the user in question is a member.

Abstract: A system implements user permissions and user subscriptions with regard to content posted on one or more peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platforms (e.g., Community pages). Permissions are assigned to groups of users, rather than individual users. Permissions are determined by the groups of which the user in question is a member.

Abstract: An issue tracking system capable of predicting the likelihood that an outcome of interest will occur during the lifecycle of an active support ticket. The likelihood can be represented as a severity index score. The issue tracking system can apply a predictive algorithm on attributes of the active support ticket to generate the severity index score. The predictive algorithm to use can depend on the outcome of interest while the correlation factors used to configure the predictive algorithm can depend on support tickets that have already been completed.

Abstract: Techniques are described for providing additional content that is relevant to an upcoming service appointment in an audible format. The additional content can be retrieved from remote sources and aggregated to form an audio package to be played back to the technician as the technician travels to a destination address that corresponds with the upcoming service appointment. The additional content retrieved can depend on the estimated travel time to the destination address. By presenting the additional content audibly at the same time as route directions are being presented graphically, the driver can multi-task which results in time savings since the additional content has been consumed during the drive to the upcoming appointment rather than when the technician arrives at the destination address.

Abstract: Techniques are described for providing additional content that is relevant to an upcoming service appointment in an audible format. The additional content can be retrieved from remote sources and aggregated to form an audio package to be played back to the technician as the technician travels to a destination address that corresponds with the upcoming service appointment. The additional content retrieved can depend on the estimated travel time to the destination address. By presenting the additional content audibly at the same time as route directions are being presented graphically, the driver can multi-task which results in time savings since the additional content has been consumed during the drive to the upcoming appointment rather than when the technician arrives at the destination address.

Abstract: An issue tracking system capable of predicting the likelihood that an outcome of interest will occur during the lifecycle of an active support ticket. The likelihood can be represented as a severity index score. The issue tracking system can apply a predictive algorithm on attributes of the active support ticket to generate the severity index score. The predictive algorithm to use can depend on the outcome of interest while the correlation factors used to configure the predictive algorithm can depend on support tickets that have already been completed.

Abstract: A recommendation engine analyzes metrics on an active support ticket to provide recommended solutions, technicians and offers. The recommendation can communicate with a predictive analysis engine to identify solutions, technicians, or offers that are highly correlated with the input parameters. In some embodiments, instructions can be provided to a client device for measuring a metric that is used as an input parameter of the predictive analysis engine. The customer or the technician can follow the instructions to measure the metric.

Abstract: An issue tracking system capable of predicting the likelihood that an outcome of interest will occur during the lifecycle of an active support ticket. The likelihood can be represented as a severity index score. The issue tracking system can apply a predictive algorithm on attributes of the active support ticket to generate the severity index score. A graphics engine can present each active support ticket as a line positioned along the perimeter of an inner circle where the length of the line represents the severity index score of the corresponding active support ticket. In some examples, the lines can extend towards an outer circle that represents a predefined threshold value for the severity index score.

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing synchronous supplemental experiences are presented. According to one or more aspects, a video signal may be transmitted to a display device, and a sync signal may be transmitted to at least one other device. The sync signal may include an identifier of a program currently being displayed and a time value indicating a current point in time of the program. In at least one arrangement, the sync signal may cause the at least one other device to access content synchronization data; determine, based on the content synchronization data, that at least one supplemental experience corresponds to the identifier of the program and the time value; and present the at least one supplemental experience to a user.