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Close the incident test as follows:
Figure 18. Close incident test – explore REST API
{
"alertId": "Unity-A007_Pool_Test-Pool93_Threshold Exceeded",
"severity": "1",
"eventType": "DURABLE",
"timestamp": "1623403895",
"systemName": "Unity-A007",
"systemType": "UnifiedArray",
"componentType": "Pool",
"componentName": "Test-Pool93",
"source": "Unity-GenericEvent",
"category": "Capacity",
"description": "Storage pool Test-Pool93 has exceeded its critical threshold of 95%",
"active":"false",
"acknowledged":"N/A",
"owner":"N/A"
}
An alert triggers the incident closure due to the property active=false and the existing alertId in the incident database.
Figure 19. Close incident test – request body
The explore REST API webapp responds with the following request summary:
Figure 20. Close incident test – request summary
The status code must be 200 OK. The Response Body message reflects the specific action being performed in ServiceNow (Incident closed).
Figure 21. Close incident test – response
The existing incident is updated with a Closed state.
Figure 22. ServiceNow incident closed
The detailed view shows the relevant resolution code and notes.
Figure 23. ServiceNow Closed incident details