Types of catalog items

Service Catalog offers a few types of catalog items.

The basic Service Catalog item types include:

• Record producers: giving alternative ways of adding information such as Incidents via the service catalog.
• Order guides: to group multiple catalog items in one request.
• Content Items: catalog items which provide information instead of goods or services.

• Standard catalog items

• Record Producer
  A record producer is a specific type of catalog item that allows end users to create task-based records, such as incident records, from the service catalog.

• Order guides
  Order guide submits a single service catalog request that generates several items.
• Define a content item
  A content item is a service catalog item that provides information instead of goods or services.
• Configure a default width for Service Catalog variables
  Configure the default width for variables on a catalog item page to specify what percentage of the screen size that it can span.
• Define a regular expression for a variable
  Define a regular expression (regex) to validate a variable value.
• Pass variables between tasks
  Pass variables from one step of the fulfillment process to another.
• Create or edit a catalog item
  Define individual catalog items using Service Catalog. You can create, edit, and copy catalog items.
• Add a catalog item
  Service Catalog enables you to add a catalog item to multiple catalogs and categories.
• Service Catalog customization
  Service Catalog enables you to customize the catalog in various ways.

Parent Topic:Exploring Service Catalog