Update and publish changes to plan configurations

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title: Update and publish changes to plan configurations
description: Plan owners update plan configurations and publish the changes for review and approval.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-dsgnr-update-and-publish-plncnfg.html
release: australia
product: Journey Designer
classification: journey-designer
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Journey designer plan configuration owners, Plan configuration components, Use, Journey designer, Employee Journey Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
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# Update and publish changes to plan configurations

Plan owners update plan configurations and publish the changes for review and approval.

## Before you begin

Role required: Owner or co-owner of a Journey designer plan configuration.

## About this task

Journey designer plan configuration owners update and publish plan configurations from the Employee Center service portal.

**Important:** In the Employee Center, Plan configurations are also referred to as Journey templates.

Plan configuration owners can:

-   Add, reorder, rename, or delete stages.

    **Note:** Only empty stages can be deleted.

-   Add task templates to a stage.
-   Create a task template.
-   Preview a template as a selected employee.
-   Publish a journey template \(plan configuration\) for approval by reviewer.

    **Note:** If a plan configuration doesn't have any assigned approver, the plan configuration is immediately published when the changes are submitted.

-   Plan configurations that are published and currently in use aren’t impacted by changes.

## Procedure

1.  From the Employee Center service portal, navigate to **Journeys** page.

2.  Select the **Journey templates** tab.

3.  Select the plan configuration that you want to update.

4.  Update the plan configuration.

    Owners and co-owners can change different parts of the plan configuration.

    -   **Stages**: logical containers of task templates.
    -   **Task templates**: individual tasks assigned to employees, mentors, or managers.
    For details about the see, [Journey designer journey template reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-dsgnr-plncnfg-info.md).

5.  Select **Publish journey template**.

    **Note:** Only new task templates need an approval.

6.  Select **Submit**.

    After the request is submitted, an approval task is sent to all the approvers assigned to the plan configuration.

    **Important:** Only one approval triggers the publication of the plan configuration. If an approval is needed from a certain approver, owners should let all the approvers know.

    Owners and co-owners can cancel an approval request as long as an approver hasn’t approved or rejected the request.


**Parent Topic:**[Journey designer plan configuration owners](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-dsgnr-owner-role-and-responsibility.md)