OTRS custom “Additional ITSM Fields”

This article is part 2 of the series dealing with OTRS. It describes a procedure wherein an OTRS admin needs to define some fields with custom content, that the users can select and use. The easiest approach is to define these custom fields and data within the “additional ITSM fields” section of the OTS agent view.

1. Define the new field under:
Admin>SysConfig

Search for “Ticket” and select “Core::TicketFreeText” from the list

2. Enable TicketFreeKey1,  TicketFreeKey1::DefaultSelection, TicketFreeText1 and TicketFreeText1::DefaultSelection, and fill in appropriately, for example:

3. Repeat the above step as needed. Make a note of how many you enable. In our case only FreeKey1 is enabled
4. Enable the new field under:
Admin>SysConfig

Search for “Ticket” and select “Frontend::Agent::Ticket::ViewAddtlITSMField” from the list

5. Scroll down to the “Frontend::Agent::Ticket::ViewAddtlITSMField##TicketFreText” heading and replace the value of “0” with a value of “1” for every FreeKey you enabled in steps 2 and 3 above. In our case only FreeKey1 was enabled, so we place a value of “1” next to key “1”.
Important: Do not change the value of the “Key” field, only the content field

Now when an agent logs on to view a ticket, and clicks on “Additional ITSM fields”

They should see the new field:

The new information will be recorded under “Ticket Information” on the left hand side.