Combined Order Management release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia
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Summary of Combined Order Management Release Notes for Upgrades from Zurich to Australia
This document consolidates the key release notes for ServiceNow Order Management upgrades from the Zurich release family to the Australia release family. It is designed to help ServiceNow customers understand the new features, changes, and important upgrade considerations when moving to Australia, ensuring a smooth transition and effective use of enhanced capabilities.
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Important Upgrade Information
- There are no updates for the Zurich or Australia releases specifically labeled as “no updates for this release”.
- Before upgrading, customers should review and complete designated pre- and post-upgrade tasks to ensure a successful upgrade process.
- Order Management installation continues to be available via the ServiceNow Store for both Zurich and Australia releases.
New Features Introduced Between Zurich and Australia
- Move Order: Enables agents to handle move journeys involving changes to location and product attributes efficiently.
- Pricing Adjustments for Order Line Items: Allows agents to view, add, and edit manual price adjustments directly from list views, simplifying workflows and providing a complete view of automatic and manual adjustments.
- Order Summarization: Summarizes complex orders involving products, services, and fulfillment tasks to improve agent productivity and decision-making.
- Support for Complex Characteristics: Defines complex product attributes using various data types and hierarchical rules for compatibility, decomposition, and attribute propagation.
- Order Header Discount: Provides the ability to apply discounts across multiple order lines in a single action, streamlining pricing consistency and speeding order processing.
- Delta Pricing on Orders (Australia): Calculates pricing and quantity changes during modifications and renewals, improving accuracy by deriving deltas from existing contracts or purchases.
- Price and Quantity Ramps: Displays planned pricing and quantity changes over time on order line items within a single order for better visibility.
- ServiceNow Otto Integration: Introduces a conversational AI assistant to assist with order triage and guided updates such as shipping addresses and quantities.
- Customer Entities on Order Capture: Captures Deal Type and Route to Market details to ensure correct assignment and consistent deal structure from quote through order.
- Order Header Tasks: Enables creation and tracking of tasks at the order and top order line level, supporting operational workflows across the order lifecycle.
- Derived Pricing on Order Line Items: Automates management of system-generated lines based on pricing rule evaluations, enhancing pricing accuracy and integrity by restricting manual edits on these lines.
Changes and Enhancements
- Order Management Integration with Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM): Enhanced support for managing in-flight orders, site projects, program projects, and sub-project hierarchies.
- Improved Order Approval Accuracy: Validates contract start/end dates and terms for recurring and entitlement orders, preventing errors on one-time orders and supporting correct processing and contract tracking.
- Visibility and Management Enhancements: Improves visibility of all entities involved in a deal including billing, shipping, entitlement, and partner details; supports dependent task chains for streamlined task sequencing.
Removed and Deprecated Features
There are no feature removals or deprecations between Zurich and Australia releases for Order Management.
Additional Notes
- No changes were noted in browser requirements, accessibility, localization, or additional requirements for Order Management between Zurich and Australia.
- Activation and installation instructions remain consistent, with apps available via the ServiceNow Store.
What This Means for ServiceNow Customers
Upgrading to Australia equips your Order Management environment with advanced pricing accuracy, enhanced task and workflow management, improved order visibility, and AI-assisted triage, all designed to streamline complex order processing and improve agent productivity. Enhanced integration with Strategic Portfolio Management ensures better handling of project-related orders. The new capabilities reduce manual tasks, increase pricing consistency, and provide a holistic view of orders, enabling faster and more confident decision-making.
Consolidated page of all release notes for Order Management from Zurich to Australia.
How to use this page
To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Order Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Zurich to Australia.
Important information for upgrading Order Management to Australia
Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.
| Release | Release notes |
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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 Order Management.
| Release | Release notes |
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Zurich |
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Australia |
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Changes
Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Order Management features.
| Release | Release notes |
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Zurich |
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Australia |
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Removed
Between your current release family and Australia, some Order Management features or functionality were removed.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
No updates for this release. |
Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Deprecations
Between your current release family and Australia, some Order Management features or functionality were deprecated.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
No updates for this release. |
Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Activation information
Review information on how to activate Order Management.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
Install Order Management by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. |
Australia |
Install Order Management 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 Order Management we have noted them here.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
No updates for this release. |
Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Browser requirements
If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Order Management we have noted them here.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
No updates for this release. |
Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Accessibility information
Review details on accessibility information for Order Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.
| Release | Release notes |
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Zurich |
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Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Localization information
If there are specific localization considerations for Order Management we have noted them here.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
No updates for this release. |
Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Highlight information
If there are specific highlight considerations for Order Management we have noted them here.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
See Order management for more information. |
Australia |
See Order management for more information. |