> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.statuspal.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.statuspal.io/platform/services-components.md).

# Services/components

The product or application your status page is about will most likely have multiple services that comprise it or dependencies it relies on.

You'll want to represent the services for which you want to report incidents on your status page.

<figure><img src="/files/BzRVmw3szX95sb1vYr3A" alt=""><figcaption><p>Services in StatusPal Admin UI</p></figcaption></figure>

### Nested services

In StatusPal, you can group services in parent/child relationship in order to represent your system logical grouping. This can be useful to represent regions, individual product categories, data-centers, etc.

In order to assign a service as a child of another, simply edit the child service, and select the parent service from the `Parent` dropdown.

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/hpZajVRXFkq5tRLaV5Yf" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

### Private service

Set a service as "private" when you want it to be visible ***only*** to your managing team. This is handy for services you want to monitor and get alerted if they have disruptions, but only internally instead of customer-facing.

To set a service as private, check the "Private" checkbox in the service form.

{% hint style="info" %}
Private services are not to be confused with [Private Status Page](/platform/private-status-page.md), where you want to allow authenticated users access to your status page.
{% endhint %}