Node map Experience Component release notes

  • Release version: Store
  • Updated August 6, 2026
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    Summary of Node map Experience Component release notes

    The Node map Experience Component is a ServiceNow Store application designed to visualize complex relationships and structures through interactive node maps. It offers various layouts and customization options to help users better understand connections between entities such as database tables or interconnected systems. The release notes document continuous improvements, new features, and bug fixes to enhance performance, visualization options, and usability.

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    Key Features

    • Layouts: Multiple layouts are available to visualize node relationships:
      • Force layout: Introduced in November 2024, supports multiple and self-referencing edges, custom nodes, and configurable popovers.
      • Radial layout: Added in December 2025, arranges nodes in a circular pattern to clearly depict dependencies.
      • Horizontal layout: Added in August 2025, supports custom nodes, node animation, and all edge types with improved spacing.
      • Layered-groups layout: Introduced in August 2022, supports nested group containers and orthogonal edges with optimized routing.
    • Customization and Controls: Includes a configurable control panel, ability to suspend and control node spacing in layouts, custom popovers for nodes and edges, and support for custom node shapes and macros.
    • Visualization Enhancements: Features such as rich text multi-line tooltips, compact mode, merging of edges and edge ports, programmatic node and edge selection, and fit-to-screen functionality.
    • Export and Performance: Supports exporting maps as PNG and PDF formats with improved export performance to handle large maps without browser unresponsiveness.

    Key Outcomes

    • Improved clarity in visualizing complex network structures with multiple layout options tailored to different use cases.
    • Enhanced user experience through better performance, asynchronous data loading fixes, and control panel customization.
    • Greater flexibility for administrators to create customized node maps with advanced configuration options and visual controls.
    • Robust handling of large data sets and complex edge relationships, enabling clear, interactive, and exportable visualizations.

    Version history for the Node map Experience Component application on the ServiceNow Store.

    Important:
    For details on system requirements and family compatibility, view the application listing on the ServiceNow Store website.

    Version history

    Version 27.3.2 - August 2026
    • Fixed Node Map mutating original node data by injecting a typeproperty, causing Data Broker serialization failure.
    • Improved export (PDF/PNG) performance to prevent browser unresponsiveness on large maps.
    • Fixed control panel not showing when data is loaded asynchronously.
    Version 27.3.0 - December 2025
    • Feature: Radial Layout for Node Map
    • Description: The radial layout introduces a new way to visualize connections between nodes. It arranges nodes in a circular, ring-like pattern to highlight relationships and dependencies. Each node is positioned based on its connection to a related node, creating a clear and balanced visual representation of the network structure
    • Use Case: Use the radial layout to illustrate relationships between enities such as tables in a database or interconnected systems where a circular visualization provides a clearer understanding of how nodes are connected to each other
    Version 25.6.0 - August 2025
    • Key features added:
      • New layout type: Horizontal. Horizontal layout supports all key capabilities such as custom nodes, node animation, and supports all edge types
      • Updated spacing behavior to improve space utilization.
    • Removed unified node from the UI builder. Admins can still use it as a custom node in supported layouts
    Version 25.1.0 - February 2025
    • Suspend re-layout support in the Force layout
    • Ability to control space between nodes in the Force layout
    • Support for node shape to improve the connecting edges
    • Support of reduced animation in Force layout
    • Fixed bugs to improve popover and edge stability
    Version 24.10.1 - November 2024
    • Introduced a new 'force' layout to allow users to visualize any data in a force layout
    • Support for multiple edges & self referencing edges in the new layout
    • Support for custom nodes in the new force layout
    • Allowing configuration of custom popovers for nodes and edges
    • Support to export a map as a PNG
    • Added support for search on map on all layouts
    • Addressed multiple defects to improve the experience
    Version 24.9.2 - August 2024
    • More configuration options for the control panel to allow customization
    • Top down layout improvements:
      • Node repositioning
      • Added option to suspend relayout
      • Visualization for adding a connection
    Version 22.1.3 - November 2022
    • New:
      • New rich text multi-line tooltip
      • Merging edges when too many edges between the same set of nodes
      • Compact mode on nodemap
    Version 22.0.2 - August 2022
    • New layout layered-groups
      • Group nodes expand as containers. Supporting nested group containers.
      • Orthogonal edges: 90 degrees lines with more optimal edge routing
    • Merging of edge ports
      • Reducing the number of lines that enter/leave a node.
    • More status colors for the default node macroponent
      • Added support for now-icon for the node status
    • Programmatic selection of nodes and edges
    • Programmatic fit-to-screen