ServiceNow IGA Connector

The EmpowerID ServiceNow IGA connector lets you create, synchronize, and manage ServiceNow users, groups, roles, locations, companies, user roles, and group membership within EmpowerID. Imported user data can be managed and synchronized with data in any connected back-end user directories.

Supported Features and Attribute Mappings

  • Account Management

    • Inventory ServiceNow users

    • Create, Update and Delete users

    • Enable, Disable and change passwords of users

  • Group Management

    • Inventory groups

    • Inventory group memberships

    • Create, Update and Delete groups

    • Add and Remove members to and from groups

  • Locations and Companies

    • Inventory ServiceNow Locations and Companies (ExternalOrgZones in the EmpowerID Identity Warehouse)

  • Roles

    • Inventory ServiceNow Roles (ExternalOrgRoles in the EmpowerID Identity Warehouse)

     

  • Account Attribute Flow
    Users in ServiceNow are inventoried as accounts in EmpowerID. The below table shows the attribute mappings of ServiceNow user attributes to EmpowerID Person attributes.

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

name

User

Name

Name of a user

first_name

User

FirstName

First name of a user

last_name

User

LastName

Last name of a user

middle_name

User

MiddleName

Middle name of a user

user_name

User

LogonName

UPN that is an internet-style logon name for a user,

sys_id

User

SystemIdentifier

Unique system identifier for a given user

phone

User

Telephone

Phone number of a user

mobile_phone

User

MobileNumber

Mobile number of a user

home_phone

User

HomePhone

Home phone number of a user

gender

User

Gender

Gender of a user

email

User

Email

Email of a user

preferred_language

User

PreferredLanguage

Preferred written or spoken language for a user

active

User

Active

Indicates whether the user is active

street

User

StreetAddress

Street address for a user

city

User

City

City of the user

zip

User

ZipCode

Zip code of the user

state

User

State

State of the user

country

User

Country

Country of the user

title

User

JobTitle

Title of the user

manager

User

ManagerAccountID

Manager of the user

employee_number

User

EmployeeID

Employee number of the user

locked_out

User

LockedOut

Indicates whether the user is locked out

last_login

User

LastLogonTime

Last login time stamp for the user

password_needs_reset

User

MustChangePasswordAtNextLogon

Indicates whether the user needs to reset the password

name (department name)

Department

Department

Department name of the user

sys_id

Department

DepartmentNumber

Department ID of the user

name (company name)

Company

Company

Company name of the user

name (location name)

Location

Location

Location of the user

 

  • Group Attribute Flow
    EmpowerID inventories Groups in ServiceNow as Groups in EmpowerID. The below table shows the attribute mappings of ServiceNow group attributes to EmpowerID group attributes.

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

name

Group

Name

Name of the group

email

Group

Email

Email of the group

description

Group

Description

Description of the group

active

Group

Active

Active status of the group

sys_id

Group

SystemIdentifier

Unique identifier of the group

 

  • Role Attribute Flow
    EmpowerID inventories Roles in ServiceNow as ExternalOrgRoles in EmpowerID. The below table shows the attribute mappings of ServiceNow Role attributes to EmpowerID ExternalOrgRole attributes.

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

name

Role

Name

Name of the role

sys_id

Role

SystemIdentifier

Unique identifier of the role

description

Role

Description

Description of the role

 

  • Location/Company Attribute Flow
    EmpowerID inventories Locations in ServiceNow, along with Companies located in those locations, as ExternalOrgZones in EmpowerID. The below table shows the attribute mappings of ServiceNow Location attributes to EmpowerID ExternalOrgZones attributes.

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

ServiceNow Attribute

ServiceNow Table

EmpowerID Attribute

Description

name (company_name)

Location (Company)

Name

Name of the location along with the name of the company in that location

parent

Location

ParentID

Parent of the location

L=sys_id;CO=sys_id

Location/Company

SystemIdentifier format: 
L="location_sys_id";CO="company_sys_id"

System identifiers of the location and company respectively

 

Group Membership

With the ServiceNow connector, you can have EmpowerID inventory Group memberships from the GroupAccount table. You can also add members to groups and remove members from groups in either EmpowerID or ServiceNow, and the changes will propagate to the other system on the next inventory.

User Role and Location Mapping

EmpowerID stores User Roles along with their corresponding Locations and Companies in the EmpowerID AccountExternalOrgRoleOrgZone table.

Tasks

The ServiceNow connector provides the functionality to create, update, and close ServiceNow Tasks. ServiceNow tasks can be of any type including ticket, incident, change request, and problem.

Inventory

The ServiceNow connector supports two types of inventory functionality.

  • Incremental Inventory — Keeps track of the inventory run's LastTimeStamp, and brings in only users and groups updated after that time.

  • Full Inventory — Inventories every user and group every time it runs.

 

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