Using Information Request Playbook

If you're an information request case agent or manager, you can use the Information Request Playbook for Public Sector Digital Services to manage and resolve requests for information and public records.

A playbook provides you with step-by-step guidance through the life cycle of an information request case.

The Information Request Playbook automatically appears in the Playbook tab when you create an information request case by using the CSM Configurable Workspace.

A playbook takes a workflow and breaks it into multiple stages or lanes. Each stage in a playbook includes one or more activities, or steps, for you to complete. Stages can also include automated activities, such as auto-sending an email to a customer when a stage or activity is complete. When using a playbook, you can:

• View the playbook stages and activities.
• Select an activity and perform the work to complete that activity.
• Mark an activity as complete and move to the next activity or stage.
• Complete the stages and activities to resolve the case.

The workflows for a type of case and the activities that you need to resolve these cases are in the playbook. By using a playbook, you can visualize the entire life cycle of the information request workflow.

Playbook stages

The Information Request Playbook stages are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Playbook stages

Task	Description
Intake	Guides you through the record creation process by capturing the details of the information request and assigning it to the right agent.
Review	Acts as a checkpoint for duplicate cases and provides you with an opportunity to review the case details to verify that the issue is valid and needs to be resolved.
Process	Guides you through the activities for the information request fulfillment.
Decision	Captures and communicates the documents and information to the constituent and any other agents or involved parties.

Playbook layout

A playbook is made up of several areas, including the playbook life cycle, the playbook work area, and the contextual side panel. The activity view determines how the stages and activities appear in the playbook.

The default activity view for the Information Request Playbook is the Process-based experience view. This view, which is shown in the following example, shows constituent or business information and case task information at the forefront of the playbook work area as you work on it.

The process-based playbook layout shows the following features:

• A horizontal stage picker that gives the agent a complete view of the entire process and where they currently are in that process. Agents can use the stage picker to track their overall progress as they work on cases.

• Record information on the left side of the page, such as the contact information that is always available.

• Related records in the contextual side panel supported by the dynamic related records component.

Figure 1. Playbook layout with the Process-based experience view

The following table shows the components that you can see in the Information Request Playbook workspace.

Table 2. Playbook components

Playbook area	Description
Playbook header	Appears at the top of the playbook. Shows the title of the playbook and a horizontal stage picker that displays progress through the playbook stages. Includes a filter that you can use to filter the activities by the assigned user or the activity status. Includes the Playbook Actions menu that you can use to select the playbook-level and activity-level actions.
Playbook Lifecycle	Appears in a panel on the left side of the playbook. Displays a list of the activities for each stage. With the horizontal stage layout, you can expand or collapse the entire list of activities for the current stage.
Playbook work area	Appears in the middle of the playbook. Displays the card for the current activity.
Contextual side panel	Appears on the right side of the playbook. Includes the tabs that you can use to display the following types of information: Case or case task activity stream. Ribbon information such as the case overview, customer details, timeline, and service level agreements (SLAs). Dynamic related records. For more information, see Dynamic related records.
Constituent or Business Card	Contact information for the constituent or business that submitted the request. Appears in a panel on the left side of the playbook.