--- sourceDocument: australia Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/delta-xanadu-australia Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - australia Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3ax bundleId : - delta3ax --- # Combined Industrial Connected Workforce Core release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia # Combined Industrial Connected Workforce Core release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 6 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Industrial Connected Workforce Core Release Notes for Upgrades from Xanadu to Australia This consolidated release note page provides ServiceNow customers upgrading Industrial Connected Workforce (ICW) Core from Xanadu through to Australia with a comprehensive summary of new features, changes, and important upgrade information. It serves as a single reference to prepare for the upgrade, highlighting enhancements introduced specifically in the Australia release, as no updates were made in prior intermediate releases for this product. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features Introduced in Australia * **Safety and Knowledge Context on Actions:** Users can now view required Lockout Tagout (LOTO) levels, line status, and access related knowledge articles directly within actions, enhancing operational safety and informed execution. * **Self-Assignment of Unassigned Actions:** Users with the *actionuser* role can claim unassigned actions themselves without supervisor involvement, improving task ownership and efficiency. * **ServiceNow AI Platform Tiers:** Introduction of three AI licensing tiers---Foundation, Advanced, and Prime---providing capabilities from basic insights to autonomous AI workflows, enabling customers to select AI functionality that fits their needs. * **Contextualized Documentation:** Ability to contextualize external documents related to deviations and generate action plans to resolve ICW deviations using relevant documentation. * **Vertical Navigation for Functional Location:** Enhanced Digital Factory Workspace navigation with a vertical panel and breadcrumb trail to browse equipment hierarchies and switch functional locations without losing context. * **Centralized Industrial Data Model:** ICW Core consolidates critical industrial entities (organizations, equipment, locations, calendars, workers) into a unified data layer, eliminating silos and supporting consistency across ICW applications. * **Structural Enhancements:** Improved digital models for organizational units, asset hierarchies, shift calendars, and worker attributes reduce configuration duplication and support multiple ICW plugins and workflows. * **Automation and Archival:** Automated archival of inactive Action, Deviation, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) records after a configurable retention period (default 24 months), helping maintain compliance and reduce data clutter. * **User Experience Improvements:** Configurable contextual sidebars provide easy access to assistance, recommendations, related actions, and attachments, with administrator control over visibility and user personalization. * **Expanded Roles and Permission Framework:** Enhanced ICW role structure with domain-specific expert and user roles simplifies governance and administration across actions, deviations, RCAs, and knowledge management. ## Activation and Additional Information * ICW Core installs automatically with the Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience as part of the ICW Foundational SKU. * ICW Mobile app can be requested from the ServiceNow Store, where all related apps and release histories are available. * No additional browser, localization, or accessibility requirements or changes were introduced between Xanadu and Australia releases for ICW Core. ## Performance, Governance, and Integration Enhancements * Faster equipment model navigation and improved user workflows in Digital Factory Workspace via vertical navigation and breadcrumb trails. * AI-enhanced recommended actions offer better access to external documents and structured action plans, improving deviation resolution. * Standardized industrial data structures strengthen operational consistency and governance of task records, worker skills, and compliance. * Expanded workflow orchestration accelerates cross-application task creation and synchronization. * System responsiveness improved through performance optimizations, yielding faster load times and higher record processing throughput. * Enhanced integration capabilities support better interoperability across the ICW suite and downstream applications. These improvements collectively enable ServiceNow customers to streamline industrial workforce management, enhance safety and compliance, leverage AI-driven insights, and maintain a consistent, unified operational data environment. Consolidated page of all release notes for Industrial Connected Workforce Core from Xanadu to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Industrial Connected Workforce Core release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu 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 Industrial Connected Workforce Core to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Industrial Connected Workforce Core. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__12} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | [Safety and knowledge context on actions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=industrial-action-management&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : See the required LOTO(TO) level, line status, and a related knowledge article directly on an action. When these fields are populated, the LOTO(TO) level and line status appear as highlighted values in the action header, and the knowledge article is available from the recommendations sidebar during execution. [Self-assignment for unassigned actions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=action-form&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Claim an unassigned action without waiting for a supervisor to assign it. Users with the action_user role can now assign any unassigned action to themselves, but can't reassign an action that's already assigned to another user. [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. [Explore](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=exploring-ai-enhanced-ra-icw&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Contextualize an external document to get an explanation of why the document is relevant to the selected deviation. For more information, see [Contextualize an external document](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=use-ai-enhanced-ra-icw&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US).Create an action plan to help resolve your ICW deviation using relevant documentation. For more information, see [Generate an action plan to resolve an ICW deviation](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-action-plan-ai-enhanced-ra-icw&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). [Vertical navigation for Functional Location](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=functional-location-vertical-navigation&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Browse the equipment hierarchy and switch between functional locations using a vertical navigation panel in the Digital Factory Workspace.Use the breadcrumb trail to track your place in the equipment model and open a different functional location without losing context. [Industrial Connected Workforce Core](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=industrial-connected-workforce-core-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Centralize all critical industrial entities like organizations, equipment, functional locations, calendars, and workers into a single authoritative data layer to eliminate data silos and drive consistency across your operations.ICW Core enables consistency across all ICW applications and eliminates data duplication. ICW Pro plugin (app-icw-analytics) uses this unified structure to provide advanced reporting and analytics across plants, production lines, and maintenance groups. [Structural Enhancements](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-icw-core&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Align your operational data and execution by using enhanced digital models for organizational units, asset hierarchies, shift calendars, and worker attributes.These models support the standards plugin (app-icw-std), guided tasks plugin (app-icw-igt), deviations, and actions and reduce configuration duplication across sites. [Automation \& Archival](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=archive-rules-icw&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Reduce data clutter and maintain compliance by automating the archival of Action, Deviation, and root cause analysis (RCA) records after inactivity.Default retention period of 24 months, configurable via system properties.Administrative controls to activate or deactivate archival rules. [User Experience \& Usability](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-contextual-sidebar&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Access assistance, recommendations, related actions, and attachments through a configurable contextual sidebar to streamline your daily workflows.Administrator-controlled visibility options and personalized user preferences. [Roles and Permission Framework](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=components-installed-with-icw&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Simplify administration and improve governance by using the expanded ICW role structure, which includes domain‑specific expert and user roles for actions, deviations, RCAs, and knowledge.Permission inheritance is refined across operational workflows and content types to simplify administration and improve governance. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Industrial Connected Workforce Core features. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__22} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some Industrial Connected Workforce Core features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Australia, some Industrial Connected Workforce Core features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Industrial Connected Workforce Core. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__52} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | Activation information : ICW Core is automatically installed when you install Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience as part of the ICW Foundational SKU. You can request ICW Mobile 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). Note: ICW Core is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Industrial Connected Workforce Core we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Industrial Connected Workforce Core we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__72} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Industrial Connected Workforce Core, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Industrial Connected Workforce Core we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__92} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Industrial Connected Workforce Core we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-industrialconnectedworkforcecore-summary__entry__102} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | * Navigate the equipment model faster in the Digital Factory Workspace using vertical navigation and a breadcrumb trail to move between functional locations. * Use the AI Enhanced recommended actions for Industrial Connected Workforce (ICW) feature to access external sources related to a deviation and review why the document is relevant to the incident. * Use the action plan skill available with AI Enhanced recommended actions for Industrial Connected Workforce (ICW) to create and organize resolution action items related to deviation. * Standardize your industrial data across equipment hierarchies, functional locations, calendars, and workforce structures to drive operational consistency. * Strengthen governance of industrial task records, worker skills, and operational compliance across your organization. * Accelerate cross-application task creation and record synchronization with expanded workflow orchestration. * Improve system responsiveness with performance optimizations that reduce load times and increase record processing throughput. * Enhance interoperability across the ICW suite applications with improved integration capabilities for downstream applications. See [ICW Core](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=industrial-connected-workforce-core-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]