ServiceNow alerts reach the person on duty as an SMS or a phone call. SMSEagle sends them through its own SIM card, with no cloud SMS provider in between.
You add SMSEagle as an SMS notification provider in ServiceNow, so notifications go out by SMS without a separate ServiceNow SMS add-on.
No cloud SMS provider
SMSEagle sends alerts through its own SIM card straight to the mobile network, with no cloud SMS provider in between.
No per-message fees
SMSEagle sends SMS through a regular SIM card, so you only pay for your mobile plan.
How it works
1
Incident event
An incident or ticket update in ServiceNow triggers a notification, addressed to the recipient in the format SMSEagle’s Email-to-SMS plugin expects.
2
Email notification
ServiceNow’s Notification Service Provider sends that notification by email straight to SMSEagle’s IP address, with the phone number encoded in the recipient address.
3
SMS & voice alert
SMSEagle delivers the alert over its own cellular connection, not through a third-party service, as an SMS or a phone call to the recipient’s phone.
Set up in about 10 minutes
Don’t build a custom SMS provider from scratch. With SMSEagle’s Email-to-SMS plugin and ServiceNow’s built-in Notification Service Provider, ticket alerts are texting your team in a few minutes, no code, no separate SMS subscription.
SMSEagle sends ServiceNow alerts to the right person by SMS or phone call, day and night.
An SMS followed by a phone call
After the SMS with a ServiceNow alert, SMSEagle can also call: a ring-only call or a call that reads the alert aloud. You set it once in the Email to SMS rule.
If the first person doesn't respond, the alert is sent to the next
Escalation groups and shift schedules make sure the ServiceNow alert reaches the person on duty, and the next person on the list if nobody responds.
Alerts keep working even if one device fails
Two SMSEagle devices can work as an HA cluster: if one fails, the other takes over sending.
SMSEagle configuration
This integration will use Email To SMS plugin (see details: Email To SMS plugin). This plugin is included in each version of SMSEagle device.
Enable Email To SMS plugin in the web interface: Settings > Channels > Email > Email to SMS.
Create a forwarding rule in Automation > Email > Email to SMS. You can forward all emails to SMS or emails from specific domains.
Check Active checkbox
ServiceNow configuration
In Notification Service Provider create a new configuration. In the configuration settings add:
Name: name of your choice (for example: SMSEagle)
Type: SMS
SMS Provider Email Suffix: the IP address of your SMSEagle device (for example: 192.168.1.101)
Check Active checkbox
ServiceNow will now send email notifications to recipient in format: PHONE_NUMBER@IP.ADDRESS.OF.SMSEAGLE (for example: 123456789@192.168.1.101), which is the exact format required by Email2SMS feature.
That’s it!
Wake-up Calls & Text-to-speech Calls (optional)
SMSEagle has a voice feature that offers wake-up calls for urgent ring-only alerts or text-to-speech calls to convert text alerts into voice calls. Complete the following steps if you want to add a follow-up voice call:
in the SMSEagle web interface: Automation > Email > Email to SMS edit the forwarding rule you created earlier
in the parameter “Call after sending SMS” choose a desired value:
Ring only: SMS will be followed with a wake-up (ring only) call
Yes – text to speech: SMS will be followed with a simple text-to-speech voice call (English language only)
Yes – text to speech (advanced): SMS will be followed with a text-to-speech voice call (better quality & multiple language support)
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