Combined Regulatory Change Management release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia

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title: Combined Regulatory Change Management release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia
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# Combined Regulatory Change Management release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Regulatory Change Management from Zurich to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Regulatory Change Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Zurich to Australia.

**Tip:** If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

## Important information for upgrading Regulatory Change Management to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

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Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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</table>## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Regulatory Change Management.

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Zurich

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-   **[ServiceNow Otto for Integrated Risk Management \(IRM\)](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-for-irm-rn&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

You can review the ServiceNow Otto for Integrated Risk Management \(IRM\) release notes for full descriptions of the Now Assist in Regulatory Change Management \(RCM\) features.


 -   **[Add multiple regulatory tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=regulatory-change-tasks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Add multiple regulatory tasks to an alert. Each task can represent a distinct area of impact or required action. By organizing work into separate change tasks, your teams can assign responsibilities, track progress, and manage dependencies more effectively.

-   **[Add multiple source document import tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=source-document-import-tasks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Associate multiple source document import tasks with one regulatory alert to simplify the management and tracking of your regulatory content ingestion. Each import task adds the relevant documents to the regulatory library to help ensure that all source materials that are related to the alert are accurately captured and organized. You can help to improve traceability throughout the regulatory change management process.

-   **[Close a regulatory task](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=regulatory-change-tasks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Close a regulatory task automatically when it's approved. You can also manually close a regulatory task while it's in the Implementation state, if all the associated action tasks are completed and closed. By closing a task manually, you get flexibility in managing the regulatory changes that don’t require formal approval workflows.

-   **[Reopen action tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=action-tasks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Reopen the action tasks for a regulatory task when it's rejected and transitions back to the Implementation state. You can review and rework the tasks to address the feedback or incorporate the updated requirements. You can also modify and resubmit the reopened action tasks so that the implementation aligns with regulatory expectations before you resubmit the change task.

-   **[Close a regulatory alert](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=list-view-of-reg-alerts&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Close a regulatory alert manually after all the associated regulatory tasks are complete. By closing the alert, you help to ensure accurate record-keeping by signaling that a compliance life-cycle for the specific regulatory alert is complete.

-   **[Work on action tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=action-tasks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Initiate and complete the action tasks independently without requiring prior approval from users who are assigned with the `sn_grc_reg_change.manager` role. You can execute assigned responsibilities in a timely manner and reduce unnecessary approval bottlenecks. The access to action tasks remains governed by user permissions and role-based access controls to ensure proper accountability and oversight.


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Australia

</td><td>

-   **[Smart assessment versioning of regulatory assessment templates](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=update-reg-assessment-template&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

You can create a version of an existing regulatory assessment template to revise the questionnaire and response options, without disrupting assessments that are already in progress. New regulatory assessments use the latest published version of the template.


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</table>## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Regulatory Change Management features.

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Release notes

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Zurich

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-   **Administrator role enhancements**

After upgrading to version 21.1.x, if you have a feature admin role you can now complete tasks that were initially reserved for users with the broader administrator role.

-   **Read-only field enhancements**

Starting with version 21.1.x, the following Regulatory Change Management plugins have security enhancements for read-only fields in this release:

    -   GRC: Taxonomy management \[com.sn\_grc\_taxonomy\]
    -   GRC: Regulatory Change Management integration with RSS Feeds \[com.sn\_grc\_rcm\_rssfeed\]
    -   GRC: Regulatory Change Management \[com.sn\_grc\_reg\_change\]
    -   GRC Case Management Core \[com.sn\_grc\_case\_mgmt\]
    -   GRC integration with Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence \[com.sn\_grc\_int\_tr\]
    -   Regulatory Agency Library \[com.sn\_reg\_body\_mgmt\]

 -   **Coral theme**

Coral is now the default theme for new portal, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI enabled. This theme provides a fresh look and feel, featuring brand-neutral illustrations to enhance your user experience. A dark theme option is available for web and mobile experiences.

-   **[Default column list](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=action-tasks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Starting with the Zurich release, the default column configuration for regulatory tasks and action tasks, linked to a regulatory alert, has been updated. This change enhances usability and ensures better visibility of the key information that is relevant to each task type.


 -   **[Tasks widget](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=list-view-of-reg-alerts&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

The overview page of a regulatory alert includes a newly added Tasks widget that enables you to get more visibility into related activities. This widget displays the total number of associated action tasks and change tasks that are linked to the specific regulatory alert. By using this widget, you can assess the level of effort that is required for compliance.

-   **[Workflow of regulatory task](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=reg-change-task&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

A regulatory task progresses through the following states:

    -   New
    -   Work In Progress
    -   Implementation
    -   Awaiting Approval \(optional\)
    -   Completed
While in the Implementation state, requesting approval is optional. If all associated action tasks are completed, the regulatory task can be closed directly from the Implementation state without requiring additional approval.

-   **[Workflow of source document import task](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=reg-change-task&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

A source document task progresses through the following states:

    -   New
    -   Ready to Import
    -   Work In Progress
    -   Implementation
    -   Completed.
-   **[Create action tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-reg-action-tasks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

You can create action tasks for a regulatory task when the task is in any of the following states:

    -   New
    -   Work in Progress
    -   Implementation
You can now break down a regulatory task into smaller, manageable components so that you can more efficiently track and execute the required activities. You can plan, assign, and monitor tasks now in a structured manner that supports your compliance objectives and regulatory requirements.


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Australia

</td><td>

-   **[ServiceNow Otto® name announcement](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-ai-implementation-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

ServiceNow Otto introduced AI on the platform. As that experience has evolved, there's a new name for the experience. ServiceNow Otto® is the conversational AI platform integrated into ServiceNow workflows. It provides agentic capabilities, supports multimodal interactions across web, mobile, and messaging channels, and enables autonomous orchestration for cross-system workflows.The Now Assist for IRM \(sn\_irm\_gen\_ai\) plugin, which provides generative AI capabilities for RCM, has been renamed to ServiceNow Otto for IRM.


 -   **[Large language models on the ServiceNow AI Platform](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=exploring-large-language-models&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

The Now LLM Service is no longer the default model provider for new or inactive AI assets. A third-party LLM is now selected by default, while existing configurations using the Now LLM Service continue unchanged. The Now LLM Service is still available for manual selection.

-   **[Default AI model provider for regulatory alert recommendation skills](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-recommendation-skill-for-a-regulatory-alert&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

After upgrading to version 22.4.0, the regulatory alert recommendation skills in ServiceNow Otto for Integrated Risk Management \(IRM\) use AWS Claude as the default model provider.

-   **[Default AI model provider for agentic workflows](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=using-agentic-ai-workflows&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

After upgrading to version 22.4.0, the Get regulatory analysis and Generate regulatory action plans agentic workflows use AWS Claude as the default model provider.


 -   **Now Assist skills for Risk &amp; Sustainability**

The skill family name Regulatory change management has been updated to Regulatory change to improve naming clarity and consistency within Now Assist skills for Risk &amp; Sustainability under the Technology workflow module in the AI Admin Hub Center.


 -   **[ServiceNow product tiers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ai-native-sku-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available:

    -   Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights
    -   Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases
    -   Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets, and create your own
Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents.


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</table>## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Regulatory Change Management features or functionality were removed.

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Regulatory Change Management features or functionality were deprecated.

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Regulatory Change Management.

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Zurich

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-   **Activation information**

Install Regulatory Change Management and ServiceNow Otto for IRM by requesting them from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US).


**Important:** Regulatory Change Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

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Australia

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Install Regulatory Change Management and ServiceNow Otto for IRM by requesting them from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US).


**Important:** Regulatory Change Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

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</table>## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Regulatory Change Management we have noted them here.

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Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Regulatory Change Management we have noted them here.

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Regulatory Change Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

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Zurich

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-   **Accessibility information**
    -   **Dark theme**

The new Coral theme includes a dark theme option for web and mobile experiences. This option is commonly used to alleviate eye strain and improve readability.


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Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Regulatory Change Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Regulatory Change Management we have noted them here.

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Release

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Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

-   Add multiple regulatory tasks or source document import tasks to a regulatory alert to manage the associated compliance activities efficiently. You can help to ensure that each task aligns with the regulatory requirements to maintain structured tracking and accountability.
-   Close a regulatory task during the Implementation state after you verify that all required actions and documentation are complete. You can also confirm that no pending activities remain before you close a task.
-   Change the workflow of a regulatory task to reflect the updated compliance procedures or organizational processes.
-   Create action tasks when a regulatory task is in the New, Work in Progress, or Implementation states to drive progress. You can also assign responsibilities to help ensure that the compliance actions are executed in a timely manner.
-   Close regulatory alerts manually when all associated tasks and compliance obligations have been successfully addressed. You can verify that each related item meets the closure criteria before confirming that the alert is resolved.

 See [Regulatory Change Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=reg-change-mgmt-landing-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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Australia

</td><td>

-   ServiceNow Otto is the new name for the Now Assist experience, delivering agentic AI, multimodal interactions, and autonomous cross-system workflow orchestration.
-   Update an assessment template to send new assessments with the latest version, without disrupting the ones that are already in progress.

[Early availability](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=australia-all-other-fixes&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)

 Review the updated skill family name for Regulatory change management Now Assist skills.

 [Australia Patch 1](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=australia-patch-1&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)

 Review the updated AI experience with three licensing tiers.

 See [Regulatory Change Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=reg-change-mgmt-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Products combined by family](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/delta-zurich-australia/rn-combined-intro.md)