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ServiceNow to TiDB integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep ServiceNow and TiDB in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect ServiceNow and TiDB

Mirror ServiceNow's data into TiDB so your own code can read and write it like any other table, with changes flowing both ways in seconds.

Engineers integrate with tools like ServiceNow through APIs, which means auth, pagination, rate limits, webhooks, and retry logic, all maintained forever and all different for every tool. Meanwhile the data would be trivial to use if it simply lived in TiDB.

Stacksync mirrors Users and Groups, Tasks, Knowledge Articles, Custom Tables from ServiceNow into Columns, Indexes, Sequences, Databases in TiDB and keeps both sides in sync in real time. Your services query the database directly, and inserts or updates your code makes flow back into ServiceNow, so the tool and the database never disagree.

Common use cases

  • Sync sys_user records with the HR system or identity provider so assignment groups stay accurate
  • Mirror incident and task data into Postgres or a warehouse for SLA and workload reporting
  • Two-way sync between TiDB tables and SaaS tools so operational edits made in either system converge
  • Stream row-level changes to a warehouse or Kafka via CDC for near-real-time analytics

Automate ServiceNow from your codebase

Write to the synced tables in TiDB and Stacksync propagates the change into ServiceNow, replacing custom integration code.

React to changes as they happen

Updates in ServiceNow arrive as row changes in TiDB, so triggers, jobs, and services can respond in near real time.

One integration pattern for the whole stack

Every synced tool looks the same from the database, so each new integration is configuration, not a new codebase.

What you can sync between ServiceNow and TiDB

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

ServiceNow objects TiDB objects
Service Catalog Requests Requested items and approvals that often trigger provisioning in other systems. Databases MySQL-style schemas addressed by any MySQL-compatible client.
Configuration Items (CMDB) Asset and infrastructure records synced with discovery tools and asset databases. Tables Row data stored in TiKV; the primary unit for reads, writes, and CDC.
Users and Groups Sys_user and group tables synced with HR systems and identity providers. Views Logical views for shaping reads before syncing outward.
Tasks The base task table that incidents, changes, and requests extend. Columns MySQL-compatible types mapped to fields in the paired system.
Knowledge Articles Support content that can be mirrored to help centers or search indexes. Indexes Secondary indexes that keep incremental sync queries efficient.
Custom Tables Scoped or u_-prefixed tables are addressable through the same Table API as standard ones. Sequences Server-side ID generation relevant when external systems write rows.
What ships with ServiceNow ⇄ TiDB

Connect ServiceNow and TiDB for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every ServiceNow–TiDB connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in ServiceNow or TiDB instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever ServiceNow or TiDB data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single ServiceNow or TiDB record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your ServiceNow ⇄ TiDB sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between ServiceNow and TiDB.

How the ServiceNow and TiDB connectors work

ServiceNow

Integration surface
REST API (Table, Import Set, and Aggregate APIs); SOAP remains for legacy integrations
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 or basic authentication against the instance
Change detection
Polling on sys_updated_on timestamps; instance admins can configure outbound push through business rules or Flow Designer
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Subject to instance-level API rate limits and concurrency semaphores configured by administrators

TiDB

Integration surface
MySQL wire protocol (SQL)
Authentication
Database credentials (MySQL-compatible username/password)
Change detection
Log-based CDC via TiCDC, which captures row changes from TiKV and streams them to downstream sinks; polling also works
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Throughput scales with cluster size rather than fixed API quotas
How it works

How to connect ServiceNow to TiDB — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate ServiceNow and TiDB with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    ServiceNow connected
    TiDB connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the ServiceNow and TiDB objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · ServiceNow ⇄ TiDB
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    ServiceNow TiDB
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

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SECURITY

Security teams love Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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