Connecting to ServiceNow

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to ServiceNow and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from Visual Studio

The CData ADO.NET Provider for ServiceNow provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.

Visual Studio Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for ServiceNow supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and above.

.NET Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for ServiceNow supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.

ServiceNow Version Support

The provider models ServiceNow APIs as bidirectional tables. The SOAP API is used to dynamically resolve the metadata from ServiceNow, regardless of the platform version. The REST API is then used to work with data.

See Also

See the following for information about creating connections, building models, and creating real-time reports:

• See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
• See Using Entity Framework to build an EF model based on the ServiceNow connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to ServiceNow and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to ServiceNow from generic ADO.NET code.