How does the IP address field type works?

[Amit104]

Hello,

I would like to understand how does the IP address field type works?

From the docs i understood that it supports dot-decimal e.g.10.34.51.20 and hex notation e.g. 0x0A223314. In the DB, the values are always stored in four-digit groupings in dot-decimal notation.

Is there anything else that I am missing? Or does it have any other function or purpose?

Thanks in advance!

[Ashwini Suryava]

Hi,

The basic use of IP Address (Validated IPV4, IPV6) [ip_addr] field type stores valid IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.And as you know it supports the dot-decimal and hex notation.

It can be used in service catalog where there is variable type as IP Address and there is also a IP Address (validated IPV4,IPV6) field type predefined in the Form Design,

Refer to the below link for more information

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=883f3669db58dbc01dcaf3231f96...

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Regards

Ashwini

[emir]

in case someone else also ends up here, the docs have this covered:

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/orlando-platform-administration/page/administer/reference-pages/r...

[Kunal Varkhede]

Hi,

As per the servicenow doc Standard IPv6 address in dot-decimal notation are like

1507:f0d0:1002:0051:0000:0000:0000:0004

And the same IPv6 address above using the double-colon in place of zeros:

1507:f0d0:1002:51::

The main thing i noted in doc that

.If you enter an IPv6 IP address in an using double-colons, the value in the database is actually expanded to its full IP address without compression: 1507:f0d0:1002:51::4 is saved in the database as 1507:f0d0:1002:0051:0000:0000:0000:0004

.If you enter an IPv4 address in hex notation, it is saved in the database as the standard dot-decimal notation: 0x0A223314 is saved as 10.34.51.20.

Thanks,

Kunal.