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Version: Release 24.3

DORA Incident Analysis

The Incident Analysis dataset helps you analyze the incidents that occurred within a system or organization. This dataset provides valuable insights into incident management, helping you track, analyze, and improve their response to incidents, ultimately providing user satisfaction. Using this dataset helps you gain insights into business scenarios such as:

  • Address recurring issues, identify root causes, and prevent similar incidents in the future.
  • Track the Incident management process, identify bottlenecks, and implement measures to optimize efficiency.

Attributes

The following list of attributes are available as part of this dataset:

Attribute NameDescription
ApplicationName of the software program designed to perform a specific task
Calendar dateGregorian calendar date displayed in the format 'M/D/YYYY'
Calendar monthGregorian calendar month displayed in the format 'Mon YYYY'
Calendar weekGregorian calendar week displaying the week number. For example, W21, W22
Caused byChange request that caused the incident
IncidentName of the unplanned interruption of a service
Incident close codeField to capture how the Incident was closed
Incident descriptionDescription of a unplanned interruption
Incident source URLLink to ServiceNow instance where the incident is managed
Incident stateCurrent state of the Incident
Lagging 30 days period flagFlag to indicate if an event or count has occurred in the past 30 days
Lagging count of daysCount of number of days since the first data record till current day
Lagging count of monthsCount of number of months since the first data record till the current month
Lagging count of weeksCount of number of weeks since the first data record till the current week
Opened datetimeThe creation date and time of the incident
OrganizationName of the structured group of people with a common goal or purpose
Resolved datetimeThe completion date and time of the incident
TeamName of the group consisting of individuals who work together collaboratively to achieve a shared goal or task

Metrics

The following list of metrics are available as part of this dataset:

Metric NameDescription
Mean time to recover daysTotal number of days taken for Incidents to move from the Open to Resolved state
Mean time to recover hoursTotal number of hours taken for Incidents to move from the Open to Resolved state
No of Resolved Major IncidentsTotal number of major incidents that were successfully closed
Open to resolved durationThe number of Incidents with the Incident status - Resolved as on a specific time period