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Overview
You can use this account type to connect ServiceNow Snaps with data sources that use the ServiceNow OAuth2 account.
Prerequisites
Create an app in ServiceNow portal for your ServiceNow instance.
Limitations and Known Issues
None.
Account Settings
Field names marked with an asterisk ( * ) are mandatory.
Field Name | Field Type | Field Dependency | Description |
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Label* | String | N/A | Specify a unique label for the account. Default Value: [None] |
Instance* | String/Expression | N/A | Specify the instance to access ServiceNow endpoint. Default Value: N/A |
Client ID* | String | N/A | Provide the client ID to use for authorization. Default Value: N/A |
Client Secret | String | N/A | Provide the client secret for authorization of OAuth2 account. Default Value: N/A |
Access Token* | String | N/A | Provide the access token for the application that you obtain when setting up the account for the endpoint. Access tokens have limited lifetimes; you must get a new access token after it expires. Default Value: N/A |
Refresh token | String | N/A | Specify the refresh token for the application that you obtain when setting up the account for the endpoint. To access the API beyond the lifetime of a single access token, your application can obtain a refresh token. The application stores the refresh token for future use and automatically refreshes the access token before it expires. Default Value: N/A |
Access Token Expiration | Integer | N/A | The time (in seconds) until which the access token must be valid. It represents the number of refresh tokens per user account per client. If there is no date of expiration, -1 is the default value. In such cases, the access token is refreshed on a regular interval, for instance, every hour. Default Value: N/A |
OAuth2 Endpoint* | String | N/A | Specify the OAuth2 endpoint in the following format to authorize the application.
Default Value: N/A |
OAuth2 Token* | String | N/A | Specify the value for OAuth2 token in the following format to get the access token. Default Value: N/A |
Grant Type | Dropdown list | Enables Username and Password fields for password grant type. | Choose an authentication grant type for your ServiceNow instance. Available options are:
Default Value: authorization_code |
Username | String | Enabled on selecting password for Grant Type. | Specify the username to connect to ServiceNow. Default Value: N/A |
Password | String | Enabled on selecting password for Grant Type. | Specify the password connect to ServiceNow. Default Value: N/A |
Auto-refresh Token | Checkbox | N/A | Select this checkbox to enable auto-refresh of the access token before it expires. Default Value: Deselected |
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See Also
Application Configuration in ServiceNow Portal for OAuth2 Account to use in ServiceNow
https://docs-snaplogic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SD/pages/1439233/Glossary
https://docs-snaplogic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SD/pages/1438341/Getting+Started