Connectors / Integration
Connect BMC Remedy and ServiceNow to Unify Your IT Service Management
Automate incident, change, and problem management workflows across both ITSM platforms — no manual data entry required.
BMC Remedy + ServiceNow integration
BMC Remedy and ServiceNow are two of the most widely deployed IT service management platforms in the enterprise, and plenty of organizations run both — whether during a migration, across separate business units, or inside a multi-vendor IT environment. Keeping incidents, changes, problems, and service requests in sync between the two systems matters for operational continuity, SLA compliance, and accurate reporting. Integrating BMC Remedy with ServiceNow via tray.ai removes the data silos and manual handoffs that slow IT teams down and introduce expensive errors.
When BMC Remedy and ServiceNow coexist, IT teams end up duplicating work — logging the same incident in two systems, manually updating ticket statuses, and reconciling data that falls out of sync almost immediately. That wastes analyst time, creates compliance risks, causes missed SLAs, and breaks visibility into IT health. Integrating Remedy and ServiceNow through tray.ai lets enterprises establish a single source of truth for ticket data, automate bi-directional record synchronization, and make sure every stakeholder — regardless of which platform they use — is working from accurate, real-time information. Running a phased migration, managing a multi-division IT organization, or coordinating with an external MSP on a different ITSM tool? This integration cuts operational overhead and improves service quality across the board.
Automate & integrate BMC Remedy + ServiceNow
Automating BMC Remedy and ServiceNow business processes or integrating data is made easy with Tray.ai.
Use case
Bi-Directional Incident Synchronization
When a high-priority incident is created or updated in BMC Remedy, tray.ai automatically reflects those changes in ServiceNow, and vice versa. Fields like priority, assignee, status, and resolution notes stay in sync in real time, so both platforms always display consistent data. This matters most for organizations running parallel ITSM instances across business units or during a migration.
- Eliminate duplicate incident logging across both ITSM platforms
- Keep SLAs intact by making sure priority and status updates propagate instantly
- Give every IT team member accurate ticket context regardless of which tool they use
Use case
Automated Change Request Coordination
Change requests initiated in BMC Remedy can be automatically mirrored as change tickets in ServiceNow, with all relevant details — risk level, affected CIs, approval status, and scheduled windows — transferred accurately. Approval workflows in one system can trigger corresponding notifications or approvals in the other, so governance processes are respected across both platforms. This is particularly useful when different teams own change management in different systems.
- Prevent change conflicts by making sure both platforms reflect the same CAB decisions
- Cut manual re-entry of change request data between systems
- Speed up change approval cycles by automating cross-platform notifications
Use case
Problem Management Record Bridging
When a problem record is raised in either BMC Remedy or ServiceNow, tray.ai creates a linked counterpart in the other system and keeps root cause analysis notes, workaround documentation, and resolution status in sync. Problem managers on either platform get full visibility into investigation progress, and reporting stays consistent across both ITSM environments.
- Give analysts on either platform full visibility so they can contribute to investigations
- Keep workaround and resolution details consistent across both systems
- Support accurate ITSM reporting by preventing duplicate or missing problem records
Use case
Service Request Fulfillment Handoffs
Service requests submitted through ServiceNow's service catalog can be automatically routed to BMC Remedy when fulfillment teams work inside Remedy, and vice versa. tray.ai maps catalog item fields to Remedy request forms, triggers fulfillment workflows, and updates the originating ServiceNow request with progress and completion status — bridging the gap between end-user portals and back-end fulfillment teams on different platforms.
- Keep the end-user experience consistent even when fulfillment systems differ
- Automate cross-platform ticket routing without custom middleware
- Push real-time status updates back to end users in their native portal
Use case
CMDB and Asset Data Synchronization
Configuration items and asset records maintained in BMC Remedy's CMDB can be synchronized with ServiceNow's CMDB so both platforms reflect the same infrastructure inventory. tray.ai can run scheduled syncs or trigger updates on change events, mapping CI attributes, relationships, and lifecycle states between the two data models. Consistent CMDB data reduces the risk of incidents and changes being managed against outdated configuration information.
- Eliminate CMDB discrepancies that lead to incorrect impact assessments
- Make sure incident and change records are linked to accurate CI data in both platforms
- Reduce audit risk by maintaining consistent configuration records enterprise-wide
Use case
SLA Breach Alerting and Escalation
tray.ai can monitor ticket SLA timers across both BMC Remedy and ServiceNow and trigger escalation workflows when thresholds are approaching or breached. Alerts go to management in either system, Slack, email, or other communication channels — so the right people are notified regardless of which platform the ticket originated in. This closes the gap for organizations where SLA ownership spans multiple ITSM tools.
- Prevent SLA breaches from going unnoticed because of platform siloing
- Automate escalation routing to the correct team or manager in real time
- Improve SLA reporting accuracy by capturing breach data from both systems
Challenges Tray.ai solves
Common obstacles when integrating BMC Remedy and ServiceNow — and how Tray.ai handles them.
Challenge
Divergent Data Models and Field Mapping Complexity
BMC Remedy and ServiceNow use fundamentally different data schemas, terminology, and picklist values for the same ITSM concepts. Priority levels, category taxonomies, status workflows, and CI relationship models all differ between the two platforms, making direct field mapping error-prone and brittle without a solid transformation layer.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai's visual data mapper and built-in transformation functions let you define precise field-level mappings between Remedy and ServiceNow schemas, handle picklist value translations, and apply conditional logic to manage edge cases. Those mappings are version-controlled and easy to update as either platform evolves, without touching custom code.
Challenge
Preventing Infinite Update Loops in Bi-Directional Sync
When synchronizing records bi-directionally between two ITSM platforms, a change in System A triggers an update in System B, which then fires a webhook or poll event back to System A — creating an infinite loop of updates that floods both systems with redundant API calls and can corrupt data.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai has built-in deduplication and loop-prevention mechanisms, including the ability to write and check sync tokens or timestamps on records before processing an update. Workflows can skip updates that originated from the integration itself, so only genuine user-initiated changes propagate across systems.
Challenge
Authentication and API Security Across Enterprise Boundaries
Connecting BMC Remedy and ServiceNow often means authenticating with systems in different network zones — sometimes across organizational boundaries in MSP scenarios. Managing credentials, handling token refresh, and transmitting sensitive ticket data securely between systems is a real operational headache.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai's credential management system securely stores and manages authentication tokens for both BMC Remedy and ServiceNow, handling OAuth token refresh automatically. All data in transit is encrypted, and tray.ai supports IP allowlisting and other enterprise security controls to meet the requirements of cross-organizational integrations.
Templates
Pre-built workflows for BMC Remedy and ServiceNow you can deploy in minutes.
Bi-Directional Incident Sync: BMC Remedy ↔ ServiceNow
BMC Remedy 
ServiceNow This template monitors for new and updated incidents in both BMC Remedy and ServiceNow and synchronizes fields — including priority, status, category, assignment group, and resolution notes — between the two platforms in real time. Deduplication logic prevents update loops, and field mapping handles differences in terminology and picklist values between the two systems.
Change Request Mirror: Remedy to ServiceNow
BMC Remedy ServiceNow This template automatically creates a corresponding change request in ServiceNow whenever a new change is logged in BMC Remedy, carrying over all essential attributes — change type, risk level, affected configuration items, planned start and end times, and approver information. Status updates and approvals in Remedy propagate to the ServiceNow record, keeping both change management teams aligned.
Problem Record Bridge: ServiceNow to BMC Remedy
ServiceNow BMC Remedy When a problem is identified and logged in ServiceNow, this template creates a linked problem record in BMC Remedy for teams that manage investigations on that platform. Root cause analysis updates, workaround notes, and known error status stay in sync between both records, so all stakeholders have full visibility regardless of their ITSM tool.
CMDB Configuration Item Sync: Remedy to ServiceNow
BMC Remedy ServiceNow This template runs scheduled or event-driven synchronization of configuration item records from BMC Remedy's CMDB to ServiceNow's CMDB, so both platforms share consistent asset data. It handles attribute mapping, relationship data, and CI lifecycle states, and flags discrepancies for review rather than overwriting data blindly.
MSP Ticket Exchange: ServiceNow to BMC Remedy
ServiceNow BMC Remedy Built for enterprises with managed service providers, this template automates the forwarding of specific incident categories from ServiceNow to a partner organization's BMC Remedy instance. It handles secure data transfer, field mapping between organizational schemas, and return propagation of resolution updates from Remedy back into the originating ServiceNow ticket.
SLA Breach Escalation Across Both ITSM Platforms
BMC Remedy ServiceNow This template monitors open tickets in both BMC Remedy and ServiceNow for approaching SLA deadlines and triggers multi-channel escalation workflows when thresholds are crossed. Escalation actions can include updating ticket priority, reassigning to a senior queue, and sending notifications via email or Slack to the relevant managers in both organizations.
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