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title: "Common Catalog Task"
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The  Common Catalog Task  document is an XML schema that contains default fields for mapping catalog task form values from one system to another. The common catalog task format mirrors what one would see in an ITIL view of a Catalog Task form with related lists expressed in embedded XML form.   Common Catalog Task  is found available as part of the  Common Request  update set. A sample  Common Catalog Task  looks like this: <common_catalog_task>
    <action />
    <active />
    <activity_due />
    <additional_assignee_list />
    <affected_cis>
        <affected_ci>
			<ci_class />
            <ci_name />
            <ci_id />
        </affected_ci>
    </affected_cis>
    <approval />
	<approvers>
      <approver>
         <created />
         <approver_name />
         <assignment_group_name/>
         <approver />
         <state />
         <comments/>
         <approver_email />
         <assignment_group/>
      </approver>
   	</approvers>
    <approval_history />
    <approval_set />
    <assigned_to_name />
    <assigned_to_email />
    <assignment_group_name />
    <assignment_group />
    <attachments>
        <attachment>
            <data />
            <size_bytes />
            <file_name />
            <sys_id />
            <content_type />
        </attachment>
    </attachments>
    <business_duration />
    <business_service_name />
    <business_stc />
    <calendar_duration />
    <calendar_stc />
    <caller />
    <caller_id />
    <caller_full_name />
    <caller_first_name />
    <caller_last_name />
    <caller_email />
    <category />
    <caused_by />
    <child_incidents />
    <close_code />
    <close_notes />
    <closed_at />
    <closed_by_id />
    <closed_by_full_name />
    <cmdb_ci_id />
    <cmdb_ci_name />
    <comments />
    <comments_and_work_notes />
    <company_id />
    <company_name />
    <contact_type />
    <correlation_display />
    <correlation_id />
    <delivery_plan_display />
    <delivery_task_display />
    <description />
    <due_date />
    <escalation />
    <expected_start />
    <follow_up />
    <group_list />
	<group_approvals>
		<group_approval>
			<approval />
			<approval_user />
			<short_description />
		</group_approval>
	<group_approvals>
    <impact />
    <incident_state />
    <knowledge />
    <location_id />
    <location_name />
    <made_sla />
    <notify />
    <number />
    <opened_at />
    <opened_by_id />
    <opened_by_full_name />
    <opened_by_email />
    <order />
    <parent_id />
    <parent_incident_number />
    <priority />
    <problem_id />
    <problem_number />
    <provider />
    <reassignment_count />
    <reopen_count />
    <resolved_at />
    <resolved_by_id />
    <resolved_by_full_name />
    <resolved_by_email />
    <rfc_id />
    <rfc_display />
    <severity />
    <short_description />
    <sla_due />
    <state />
    <subcategory />
    <time_worked />
    <urgency />
    <variables />
    <watch_list />
    <work_end />
    <work_notes />
    <work_start />
</common_catalog_task> Embedded records Embedded records  are fields in the Common Catalog Task document that cannot be mapped by singular values. Instead, they are entirely different records included inside the Common Catalog Task document to be created on the subscribing system. The following are examples of the embedded records in Common Catalog Task:  Configuration Item's Affected Embedded Record The  CI affected  field in the Common Catalog Task is an embedded record that, when populated, will create a new ci affected on the system receiving the Common Catalog Task. Table Map Source Field Definition ci_class Class name of the configuration item ci_name Name of the configuration item ci_id Unique record identifier of the configuration item Group Approval Embedded Record The  group approval  field in the Common Catalog Task is an embedded record that, when populated, will create a new ci affected on the system receiving the Common Catalog Task. Table Map Source Field Definition approval Status of the catalog task's approval approval_user Unique record identifier of the approval user assignment_group Unique record identifier of the assignment group short_description Short description of the group approval Approver Embedded Record The  approver  field in the Common Catalog Task is an embedded record that, when populated, will create a new approver on the system receiving the Common Catalog Task. Table Map Source Field Definition created Date the record was created on approver_name Name of the approver assignment_group_name Name of the assignment group approver Unique record identifier of the approver record comments Comments of the approver approver_email Email of the approver assignment_group Unique record identifier of the assignment group record Attachment Embedded Record The  attachment  field in the Common Catalog Task is an embedded record that, when populated, will create a new attachment on the system receiving the Common Catalog Task. Table Map Source Field Definition data Attachment data in an encoded string format size_bytes Measurement of how much the attachment data contains file_name Name of the attached file  sys_id Unique record identifier of the attachment content_type Attachments content type (i.e jpeg, png, txt, etc.)  Similar topics Contact Perspectium Support US:  1 888 620 8880 UK:  44 208 068 5953 support@perspectium.com