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Incident Report Document Template

Records details of IT or system incidents, including cause, impact, and resolution steps.

Incident Report

Purpose: This document provides a standardized report of IT or system-related incidents, detailing the cause, impact, affected systems/users, and resolution actions taken. It ensures accurate tracking, consistent handling, and effective communication of incident management.

Incident Summary

  • Date of Incident: {incidentDate}
  • Time of Incident: {incidentTime}
  • Reported By: {reportedBy}
  • Incident ID: {incidentId}
  • Incident Severity: {severity}

Incident Description

{incidentDescription}

Root Cause Analysis

{rootCause}

Impact Analysis

Affected Systems:

{#affectedSystems}

  • {systemName}

{/affectedSystems}

Affected Users/Departments:

{#affectedUsers}

  • {userDepartment}

{/affectedUsers}

Actions Taken

  1. Detection: {detectionDetails}
  2. Immediate Actions: {immediateActions}
  3. Resolution Steps: {resolutionSteps}
  4. Preventive Actions: {preventiveMeasures}

Timeline of Events

Time Event Description Performed By
{#incidentTimeline}{eventTime} {eventDescription} {performedBy}{/incidentTimeline}

Status

  • Is the Incident Resolved? {isResolved}
  • Date Resolved: {resolvedDate}

{^isResolved}Status: Open - Resolution in progress{/isResolved}

Additional Notes

{additionalNotes}

Reported and Approved By

Name Role Date
{#approvals}{approverName} {approverRole} {approvalDate}{/approvals}

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Use Cases

Automate Incident Report Using Forms

collect IT incident details via web form to auto-generate incident report PDF
create shareable system outage report form for internal teams
gather post-incident root cause data through online form linked to report template
use web form to document system downtime and generate incident summary
allow tech support to submit incident logs through a custom form with report output

Generate Incident Report Using APIs

generate incident report automatically when ticket is closed in service desk platform
trigger system incident report creation via webhook from monitoring tool
auto-generate IT incident document from log data using API integration
create incident summary PDF when automated test fails using API call
use REST API to batch-generate incident reports from historical alert data

Integrations / Automations

generate incident report from Jira ticket using Zapier automation
create incident documentation in Google Drive when PagerDuty alert is triggered
auto-generate incident report in PDF when new row added to Google Sheet of outages
send incident report to Slack channel when issue is logged in ServiceNow
use Make to create incident report from Opsgenie alert data

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