Before starting the ServiceNow configurations, please make sure you have admin roles in ServiceNow
1. Create a technical user or choose an existing user
You need a technical user on ServiceNow side for communication from SAP Solution Manager to ServiceNow.
Logon to your ServiceNow Instance with the technical user
Please check the logon to your ServiceNow Instance with the technical user created in the step before.
Verify authorizations
Required role: Admin
Go to All → System Security → Users and Groups → Users
Click “New” to create a new user.
Make sure “Internal Integration User” is selected and a password is set.
This users logon will be needed for the definition of the RFC destination on SAP side.
2. Configuration REST Message
Go to All → System Web Services → Outbound → REST Message
Look for CC4_rest and open the record.
Choose under tab Authetification
Authentification type - Basic
Basic auth profile - create a authentification profile with SAP logon user and password
3. Activation/Deactivation Business Rules (Automations)
Navigate to All → System Definition → Business Rules:
Filter for: Application is CC4.
You can activate/deactivate BR as needed
Also, you can add conditions to the BR, but do not delete predefined conditions.
4. Activation/Deactivation UI Actions (Buttons)
Navigate to All → System Definition → UI Actions:
Filter for: Application is CC4.
You can activate/deactivate UI Action as needed.
Also, you can add conditions to the UI action, but do not delete predefined conditions.
5. Configuration Customizing
Required role: x_calmg_cc4.customizing_user
Go to All → CC4 → Customizing
Create new entries:
With “Parameter” you can select what to configure.
After installing the application, there will be some demo data for the configuration of the payloads (“parameter” set to *_payload). But first we concentrate on the configuration of some last technical base information.
5.1 Configuration ext_sys_guid
configuring the ext_sys_guid is not necessary if the payloads for the tasks (incident task or change task) contain a GUID attribute.
The ext_sys_guid defines the name of the configuration profile on SAP-side.
Choose “ext_sys_guid” for Parameter and enter as Value the name of your SAP-side configuration profile.
This will address the given configuration profile and is the default value for all tickets, unless redefined in specific payload definition (see section 3.3.2)
5.2 Configuration URLs
“host endpoint” and “jump url” are required to enable the communication to the SAP system and creation of a jump-link to the connected ticket.
5.2.1 Host endpoint
Select host endpoint for Parameter and enter the url to your SAP instance in Value.
Your url may look something like https:// <instance name>.sap.<firm name>.com:<port>.
Please use https:// to ensure security.
As a BETA version we offer the possibility to rewrite the extended url-endpoint to intermediate a middleware:
this middleware endpoint should redirect to the OData-GET endpoint of SAP side; this will be used for all kind of synchronization actions
this middleware endpoint should redirect to OData Statusupdate endpoint (PUT); it will be only used to trigger a status change on SAP side
Connection Check
To ensure a connection to the SAP Solution Manager there are some components and an additional configuration on SAP side required before a connection can be established between ServiceNow and SolMan:
Integration components on SolMan side required
o SAP user with logon data
o Endpoint url (to call into SAP system)
o Access url (to open SolMan page)
To configure the above, please follow the SAP-side configuration instructions
Testing the Connection
To ensure successful configuration of the host endpoint url (and implicitly Authentication profile) you can click the “Check Connection” button after creating the entry in Customizings:
Is the configuration correct and a connection can be established to the SAP SolMan a pop-up with an info will come up:
If there is an error in the url or the logon data from the authentication profile an error message will come up:
Please check the troubleshooting & support section for help.
5.2.2 Jump url
Select jump url for Parameter and enter the url of your SAP instance in Value.
Your url may look something like https:// <instance name>.sap.<firm name>.com:<port> (most likely will the port differ from the url in “host endpoint”).
5.3 integration user
To trace (successful) inbound calls from SolMan in ServiceNow the definition of the integration user is required:
Enter the user_id of the technical user previously created (see https://crossalm2.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JXFB/pages/edit-v2/6894452756#1.-Create-a-technical-user-or-choose-an-existing-user).
Configuration Payloads
For a detailed description see next page CC4 / ServiceNow- ServiceNow Side - Payload configuration