Connection String Options
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | The authorization scheme to be used when server authorization is to be performed. |
| URL | The base URL of your ServiceNow instance. |
| User | The ServiceNow user account used to authenticate. |
| Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
| Property | Description |
| SSOLoginURL | The identity provider's login URL. |
| SSOProperties | Additional properties required to connect to the identity provider in a semicolon-separated list. |
| CredentialsLocation | The location of the settings file where MFA credentials are saved. |
| Property | Description |
| InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
| OAuthClientId | The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
| OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
| OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
| OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://'. |
| CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
| OAuthGrantType | The grant type for the OAuth flow. |
| OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
| OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
| OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
| OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| ProxyAutoDetect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. |
| ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
| ProxyPort | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyUser | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyPassword | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
| Property | Description |
| Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
| Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
| LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
| MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
| MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
| BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
| Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
| Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
| IncludeDatabaseViews | Controls whether to expose the Database Views or not. |
| IncludeSystemTables | Controls whether to expose the system tables or not. |
| Property | Description |
| AutoCache | Automatically caches the results of SELECT queries into a cache database specified by either CacheLocation or both of CacheConnection and CacheProvider . |
| CacheDriver | The database driver used to cache data. |
| CacheConnection | The connection string for the cache database. This property is always used in conjunction with CacheProvider . Setting both properties will override the value set for CacheLocation for caching data. |
| CacheLocation | Specifies the path to the cache when caching to a file. |
| CacheTolerance | The tolerance for stale data in the cache specified in seconds when using AutoCache . |
| Offline | Use offline mode to get the data from the cache instead of the live source. |
| CacheMetadata | This property determines whether or not to cache the table metadata to a file store. |
| Property | Description |
| BatchSize | The maximum size of each batch operation to submit. |
| ConnectionLifeTime | The maximum lifetime of a connection in seconds. Once the time has elapsed, the connection object is disposed. |
| ConnectOnOpen | This property specifies whether to connect to the ServiceNow when the connection is opened. |
| DisplayValue | Based on this value, the provider retrieves the display value or the actual value from the database. |
| DisplayValueColumnName | Pattern for displaying column names when DisplayValue property is set to ALL. |
| EnforceColumnValues | Controls whether available values for an element are retrieved and checked when executing INSERT or UPDATE statements. |
| ExcludeReferenceLink | Based on this value, the additional information provided for reference fields will be suppressed or not. |
| GetColumnsMetadata | Indicates the user preference as to when and how the provider should get the columns metadata. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from ServiceNow. |
| PoolIdleTimeout | The allowed idle time for a connection before it is closed. |
| PoolMaxSize | The maximum connections in the pool. |
| PoolMinSize | The minimum number of connections in the pool. |
| PoolWaitTime | The max seconds to wait for an available connection. |
| PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to ServiceNow from the provider. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| ShowDescriptions | Controls whether column and table descriptions are returned via the sys_documentation and sys_db_object API endpoints. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| UseConnectionPooling | This property enables connection pooling. |
| UseDisplayTableNames | Boolean determining if the display names for the table should be used instead of the API names. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |