Configure ServiceNow
  • 31 Dec 2019
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Configure ServiceNow

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Article Summary

ServiceNow automates enterprise IT operations, creating a single system of record for all IT processes within an organization. The advantage with BizTalk360 is that ServiceNow is one of the pre-defined notification channels along with Slack, WebHook and Microsoft Teams that are available with BizTalk360. All that you need to do is, configure the ServiceNow Notification Channel and map the notification channel with the Alarms in the environment in order for BizTalk360 to be able to trigger notifications into ServiceNow.

To do this, you must perform the following - Configure ServiceNow channel in BizTalk360 by entering the Service URL, Username, and Password

  • Enabling ServiceNow Notification channel in BizTalk360 Alarm

These steps will be described below.

Configuring ServiceNow Channel in BizTalk360

  • Log into the BizTalk360 application
  • Click the 'Settings' icon found at the top right corner of the page
  • Click 'Monitoring and Notification' from the Menu panel on the left side of the screen
  • Click Manage Notification Channels
  • Select the checkbox against the ServiceNow Channel name (B360.Notifier.ServiceNowNotification)
  • Click Configure
  • ServiceNow URL - Enter the URL of the ServiceNow instance
  • Username - Enter the username of the ServiceNow instance
  • Password - Enter the password for the ServiceNow instance
  • Notification Settings - Enable "Notify only Error(s) and Warning(s)" to notify only the error and warning state artifacts in the alert. Else the artifacts which are in a healthy state will also be listed in the alert.
  • With this, the basic settings are completed. Enter the proxy server details if BizTalk360 environment is behind a proxy (This is optional)
  • Click the Configure button to save the ServiceNow configuration settings
  • Once you click configure, the Is Configured field changes from No to Yes

Enabling ServiceNow Notification Channel in BizTalk360 Alarm

Once you have configured the ServiceNow channel in BizTalk360, you can enable this notification channel from the Alarm creation blade to complete the process. BizTalk360 will start monitoring the status of the artifact based on the threshold condition. If there is any threshold violation, you will receive the alerts to the configured ServiceNow notification channel.

To enable the ServiceNow notification channel, you need to follow the steps as shown below:

  • From the Home dashboard, click the Monitoring tab
  • Select Manage Alarms
  • Click New Alarm
  • Select Threshold Monitoring to create a threshold monitoring alarm
  • Enter a descriptive name for the Alarm (ServiceNow Notifications), Email id, and Alarm Description
  • Click Next. Make the necessary settings for Threshold violation.
  • In the Notification Channel(s) section on the Advanced (Notifications) screen, you will notice ServiceNow is listed with a toggle icon. Toggle the icon to enable the ServiceNow Notifications.
  • In order for BizTalk360 to be able to trigger notifications into ServiceNow, you need to enter the short description, the impact, and urgency into the corresponding fields
  • Click OK to create the alarm
  • Map the alarm with any Application artifacts and the BizTalk Server environment
  • Once the mapping is done, whenever there is any threshold violation in the environment, you will receive the alert notifications on the ServiceNow portal. You need not log into BizTalk360 to view the status of the environment at any point of time.

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Sample Notification

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