Building a Book
Servigistics InService enables you to select service information contained in the system and create a custom PDF book from that content. In addition to specific parts lists and service information, you can also include the contents of entire information or publication structure folders in a custom book.
Note that only the following image type suffixes (not case sensitive) are supporting for building a PDF book:
• GIF
• JPEG
• JPG
• PDF
• PNG
• TIF
Follow these steps to build a custom book:
1. Click the menu 
icon at the upper right corner of the interface to open the menu: 2. Select Build a Book on the menu.
The book
icon appears next to the menu icon.
3. Browse your system content to find and select the information you want to include in the book.
Once you have reached the
Available Content part of the service information, the book select
icon appears with items you can add to your book. You can add entire folders from information and publication structures to the book. You can also browse down further in the structures and add individual parts lists and service information to the book. Click on the book select icon to select an item to add it to the book. The icon changes to indicate this item has been selected for your book:
.
When you have selected an item to add to the book, the book icon changes to indicate the number of items currently added to the book:
. The book select icon in the structure containing a selected item also changes to indicate an items from that structure is selected for the book:
.
4. When you have finished collecting items for your book, click on the book icon to open the Book Preview list:
Enter the name for your book in the
Name option. Click on an item in the preview list to open that item in
Servigistics InService. Click the delete
icon next to an item to remove that item from the list. Click
Remove All to remove all items from the list. Click
Exit to close the build a book process without building a book.
5. Click Generate on the Book Preview window to start the build a book process.
The window and book icon disappear. Servigistics InService displays messages updating you on the status of your book.
6. Click the menu icon and select Books to view your books: The
Books page opens. If
Servigistics InService is still building your latest book, the
In Process
icon appears next to the book in the list. When your book is done, the indication changes to
Completed:
Click the download
icon to save a book on your local system.
Once you have downloaded a book, this icon changes to the rebuild
icon and the indication changes to
Downloaded. You can click this icon to build the book again and have it available in
Servigistics InService.
You can also click the delete icon
to delete the book from the list.
Servigistics InService saves your most recent custom books on the Books page, so they are available in future sessions. By default, the last ten books are saved. Your administrator can change that number to meet the needs of your organization.
