Combined Impact release notes for upgrades from Australia to Brazil

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Consolidated page of all release notes for Impact from Australia to Brazil.

How to use this page

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

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 Impact to Brazil

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

Release

Release notes

Australia

  • Upgrade information

The Impact Store Application configuration requires a sequence of tasks in a unified registration process. See Configuring Impact.

Brazil

  • Upgrade information

Impact configuration requires a sequence of tasks in a unified registration process. See Configuring Impact.

## New features

Between your current release family and Brazil, new features were introduced for Impact.

Release

Release notes

Australia

Version 9.0.0

-   Explore product-level outcome performance in the Product Value  page. You can use it to review operational metrics, monetized value, trend charts, calculation transparency, and assumptions. 
-   Explore Enhanced outcomes built on current ServiceNow platform capabilities, with updated data instrumentation and calculation logic. 
-   Enhanced outcomes are currently only available for IT Service Management

Get timely notifications of pending jobs based on their lateness duration and act on them to reduce the risk of downstream failures and SLA misses. The Long Pending Jobs alert card identifies jobs that breach predefined lateness thresholds.

Receive timely notifications on failures in customer-configured webhook integrations caused by invalid URLs or credentials that go unnoticed until runtime.

-   All URLs are now validated before integrations.
-   Daily system notifications are indicated by a bell icon and through email notifications.
-   Alert Console alerts provide real-time visibility.

Grant selected users with partner accounts access to the Impact Store Application through the new Impact Partner role. Users assigned with the partner role can efficiently manage Impact for their customers. You can view the users added as partners on the Impact homepage.

Version 7.0.0: The Capabilities Map homepage now shows true application capabilities organized by product line.

Version 9.00

-   Directly deactivate base system definitions without requiring an override record or approval.
-   Use Full Scan or Suite Scan to validate update sets against all active definitions or a curated suite.

Version 8.0.0

-   Access summarized findings in one line grouped by findings level. Use the statistical and sys property scan types to view scan results in a statistical section.
-   Create exceptions directly from Recommend-level findings and view approved exceptions which are required for every Recommend-level finding. Previously, the logic confirmed only that at least one approved exception existed, leaving a gap when multiple findings were present.

Version 7.0.0

-   Proactively identify, prioritize, and resolve technical debt by using the collection of AI-native tools embedded within the Impact Platform Health experience.
-   Track and resolve issues in developer code throughout the end-to-end workflow by reviewing and applying AI-recommended fixes to [\[Placeholder link text to key prevent-resolve-technical-debt-ai\]](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=prevent-resolve-technical-debt-ai&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) , which provides AI-generated code fixes for leading practice violations.

Version 8.0.0

-   Explore AI data, learn AI governance, and improve Virtual Agent performance.
-   Configure ServiceNow Vault, optimize HR and service management, and build skills for the EA Workspace.
-   Explore AI data, learn AI governance, and improve Virtual Agent performance.
-   Configure ServiceNow Vault, optimize HR and service management, and build skills for the EA Workspace.
-   Evaluate and improve the performance of your platform teams and assess their AI governance with On-demand accelerators.
-   Sustain ServiceNow platform adoption and business value using OCM accelerators that offer structured coaching in alignment with the OCM Readiness framework.
-   Enhance platform capabilities and drive product adoption through focused engagements including Capability Design and Capability Configuration with Optimization Accelerators.

Version 7.0.0

-   Accelerate Platform health, Data privacy, Walk-up experience, Digital product release, Modern change management, Major incident management, CSDM for service operations, and Integration hub with technical accelerators.
-   Improve your change readiness by using the OCM: Preparing for change and adopt AI governance impact strategy accelerators.
-   Assess CSDM maturity, improve CSDM Data modeling, and accelerate portal’s user experience with usage insights and virtual agent experience design from the architecture accelerators.
  • Self-serve Accelerator fulfillment process
    • Provide Self-service capabilities with improved session persistence, an entitlement-aware catalog, and a downloadable 90-day action plan.
    • Access engagement-type filtering, progress tracking, questionnaire persistence, and self-serve directly within the catalog.
  • Impact Conversations

Collaborate with your Impact squad through organized, category-based conversations where you can ask questions, get expert guidance, and share files without leaving your ServiceNow instance.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Changes

Between your current release family and Brazil, some changes were made to existing Impact features.

Release

Release notes

Australia

ServiceNow Otto is the new AI experience brand. This change is reflected in the name of ServiceNow products, including Impact. Your product entitlements remain unchanged. Check your entitlements to determine your access to specific features.

Optimization accelerators catalog displays across dashboards, catalog filter and navigation, accelerator creation flows, and accelerator detail views inline with the other accelerator catalogs Flash cards now reflect the Optimization accelerator catalog category, and dashboards include platform optimization usage and consumption metrics.

Open the Real-time Messaging panel directly alongside the development workspace; a slide-in side panel that stays visible until dismissed. Findings are organized into tabs by severity level, each showing a total count, and ordered by impact to the instance.Hover over the Level of Finding field in the findings table and definition records now displays a tooltip explaining Act, Recommend, Suggest, and Review.Select and open a filtered back-end list view for donut chart segments.

Dashboard data refresh timing and status jobs trigger at the enhanced time frame and frequency for near real-time data. The dashboard also displays status messaging about job progress and any delays.

The Impact Guided Setup provides a more efficient, streamlined way for you to configure the Impact Store Application. For information about how to upgrade, see Configuring Impact.

Review enforcement messages for Update Set completion: Enforcement messages clarify which suite or scan type is required to meet completion criteria.Fix violations from JPMC issue analysis: Use new Scan Engine definitions that address real-world JPMC-identified violations.Deactivate base system Scan Engine definitions: Remove OOTB definitions from your instance without requiring an override.Sync exception reasons across instances: Synchronize exception reasons across multi-instance environments.Register your instance with streamlined guidance: Follow improved setup instructions for initial Scan Engine configuration.

Recommended capabilities has been renamed Squad-prioritized capabilities.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Removed

Between your current release family and Brazil, some Impact features or functionality were removed.

Release

Release notes

Australia

No updates for this release.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Brazil, some Impact features or functionality were deprecated.

Release

Release notes

Australia

On-demand value report and Value potential accelerators have been removed.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Impact.

Release

Release notes

Australia

  • Activation information

For information on package entitlement and features activation, see [Placeholder link text to key impact-packages1].

For details on configuring Impact and its features, see [Placeholder link text to key configuring-impact-platform].

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

Brazil

  • Activation information

Install Impact by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store 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.

## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Impact we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Australia

No updates for this release.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Browser requirements

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

Release

Release notes

Australia

No updates for this release.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Impact, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release

Release notes

Australia

No updates for this release.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Impact we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Australia

No updates for this release.

Brazil

No updates for this release.

## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Impact we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Australia

  • Version 9.0.0
    • Initiate update set scans: Use Full Scan or Suite Scan to validate update sets against all active definitions or a curated suite.
    • View the full financial story behind every product outcome using product value. The new Product value page brings together operational metrics, monetized value, trend charts, calculation transparency, and the assumptions behind them.
  • Version 8.0.0
    • Identify problematic lines and receive proposed solutions by engaging an AI analysis panel with the Prevent technical debt with real-time code fixes feature.
    • Submit exception requests directly from Recommend-level findings Submit exceptions for Scan Engine findings
    • Get a high-level estimate of your Impact app storage usage so you can proactively plan your storage management.
    • Discover, filter, launch, and complete accelerators independently and also download a self-served 90-day action plan with On-demand accelerators.
    • Manage Impact accounts with the dedicated partner role support where partners can manage Impact on behalf of customers without manual intervention.
  • Version 7.0.0:
    • Streamline the Impact Store Application configuration with the updated Impact guided setup.
    • Proactively identify, prioritize, and resolve technical debt with the Impact Health Agent, a collection of AI-native tools embedded within the Impact Platform Health experience.
    • Provide access to partners with the impact_partner_role.
    • View true applications capabilities organized by product lines.

See Impact for more information.

Brazil

  • Achieve success your way with tailored resources, driving outcomes aligned to your business priorities.
  • Accelerate business outcomes faster with AI Control Tower, reducing time to measurable impact.
  • Adopt ServiceNow products and AI innovations rapidly, ensuring your team moves at the speed of transformation.
  • Maximize your ServiceNow investment, proving its value to stakeholders through measurable adoption and outcomes.
  • Improve platform health with proactive guidance, keeping your instance optimized and future-ready.

See Impact for more information.

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