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Common Integration Questions

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  What is the difference between the put and POST? The difference between POST and PUT is that  PUT requests are idempotent . That is, calling the same PUT request multiple times will always produce the same result. In contrast, calling a POST request repeatedly have the side effects of creating the same resource multiple times.      2.  Difference between  PUT ,  POST ,  GET ,  DELETE  and  PATCH  in HTTP Verbs: The most commonly used HTTP verbs POST, GET, PUT, and DELETE are similar to  CRUD  (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations in the database. We specify these HTTP verbs in the  capital  case. So, the below is the comparison between them. Create - POST Read - GET Update - PUT (Need to send all the values with updated fields, if we do not send all the data then the other field will be made empty). Delete - DELETE PATCH:  Submits a partial modification to a resource. If you only need to u...

Transform Maps

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Transform Script    OnStart : Runs once at the start of the Transform Process. Can have multiple onStart scripts and can run them based on the order. OnComplete: Runs when the entire transaction is completed. OnBefore: starts before the row transformation before the source row is transformed into the target row. OnAfter: runs after the source row has been transformed and saved. OnForeignInsert: Runs before a reference record is created. (If we have a Location as a Reference, then we can use this to add a new option). OnChoiceCreate : Runs before a new choice list entry is created. OnReject : This can be used when the OnForeignInsert and OnChoiceCreate both fail. This Skips the current row and processes the next record. This field is available if the target field is a choice list or reference field. This field specifies what to do if the import set contains a reference or choice value other than those available. Select one of these options: create : Create a new choice o...

How user name populates and not some other field value when we select user

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 If we select the user name from a reference field the user name gets populated because the Display  value is made true only for the Name. Note : We can have only one true value in a Table.

Easy way to understand the approval process of Change management - ServiceNow

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 There are three types of  Change requests based on ITIL. Normal Standard Emergency Normal - It is the only change request which goes through all the approvals and states of the Change process.  Standard - It is used for a less impactful implementation with a standard template and prior approval. Emergency - this is raised because of a Major Incident or a serious Outage that has to be rectified ASAP.  It bypasses the peer approval process( Asses stage).