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When the Due Date or the Urgency is set on the Action that setting will flow upwards to the Order. The Urgency on the Order will override to the highest level Urgency set on any Action that is on the Order. Likewise, the Due Date on the Order will override to the longest time period of all the Actions set on the Order. For Example, if there are two due dates, one that is one month in the future and another that is two months in the future, the one that is two months in the future will be used.
For more detail on Actions not covered in this article, please see Service Desk: Actions.
Add
The 'Add' Action type will allow the User to Add a Service. In addition to adding the Service, all the relevant information that should be associated with the Service, like the Owner and Equipment can be assigned. Once the User selects all of the information the Action can be completed and Billed separately from the Order. This allows Users to work multiple Actions will being able to bill for Actions that are completed in a real time fashion. One way to think of it is that an Action is a single step, while an Order is a collection of steps that need completion.
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