Combined Sales Forecasting release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia
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Summary of Combined Sales Forecasting Release Notes for Upgrades from Zurich to Australia
This consolidated guide assists ServiceNow customers in preparing for the Sales Forecasting upgrade from the Zurich release family to the Australia release family. It highlights new features, important upgrade tasks, and key enhancements introduced between these releases to improve sales forecast accuracy, flexibility, and management efficiency.
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New Features
- Forecast Adjustments and Submission (Zurich): Sales agents can modify individual forecast values, while managers can adjust team forecasts. Final forecasts can be submitted within defined periods, locking finalized data for roll-up views.
- Sales Territory Hierarchy Setup (Zurich): Organizations can define sales territories by region to assign agents accordingly, enhancing accuracy and tracking in territory-based sales structures.
- Real-Time Forecast Rollup Updates (Australia): Enables on-demand recalculation of forecast hierarchies to reduce latency and improve pipeline accuracy without waiting for scheduled jobs.
- Configurable Forecast and Rollup Owners (Australia): Allows defining ownership and roll-up responsibility tailored to complex business structures or multiple product lines.
- Support for Multiple Forecast Models (Australia): Up to ten configurable forecast models can be managed simultaneously to accommodate diverse forecasting rules and structures.
- Multi-Period Forecast Rollups (Australia): Supports weekly, monthly, and quarterly forecast periods within a single model for enhanced planning and reporting flexibility.
- Product Family-Based Forecasting (Australia): Enables forecasting by product family as a secondary hierarchy, integrated with primary hierarchies such as territory or sales team.
- Forecasting at Base Source Level (Australia): Provides visibility and adjustment capabilities for forecasts directly at opportunity and opportunity line item levels from dashboards.
- Resubmission of Forecasts (Australia): Users can reopen and modify finalized forecasts within submission windows, with admin control over enabling this feature per forecast model.
- Customizable Forecast Dashboard View (Australia): Forecast viewers can personalize dashboard columns and save preferences per forecast model, improving user experience and data clarity.
Changes, Removals, and Deprecations
No updates, removals, or deprecations were reported for Sales Forecasting features between Zurich and Australia releases.
Activation and Installation
Sales Forecasting is installed by requesting the app from the ServiceNow Store for both Zurich and Australia releases. Customers should visit the ServiceNow Store for app availability and submission instructions.
Additional Information
- Browser and Localization Requirements: No specific changes or updates were noted for browser compatibility or localization.
- Accessibility: The Zurich release introduced a Coral theme with a dark mode option to enhance readability and reduce eye strain. No additional accessibility updates were noted in Australia.
Key Outcomes for ServiceNow Customers
- Improved flexibility in forecast management with adjustment, resubmission, and multiple model support.
- Enhanced accuracy through real-time rollups and hierarchical forecasting by territories and product families.
- Better visibility into forecast components at the opportunity level for granular control.
- Customizable user interfaces to tailor forecast dashboards to individual roles and needs.
- Simplified upgrade preparation with consolidated release notes covering all relevant updates.
Consolidated page of all release notes for Sales Forecasting from Zurich to Australia.
How to use this page
To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Sales Forecasting 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 Sales Forecasting to Australia
Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
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 Sales Forecasting.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
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Australia |
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Changes
Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Sales Forecasting features.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
No updates for this release. |
Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Removed
Between your current release family and Australia, some Sales Forecasting 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 Sales Forecasting 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 Sales Forecasting.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
Install Sales Forecasting by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website 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. |
Australia |
Install Sales Forecasting by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. |
Additional requirements
If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Sales Forecasting 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 Sales Forecasting 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 Sales Forecasting, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
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Australia |
No updates for this release. |
Localization information
If there are specific localization considerations for Sales Forecasting 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 Sales Forecasting we have noted them here.
| Release | Release notes |
|---|---|
Zurich |
See Sales Forecasting for more information. |
Australia |
See Sales Forecasting for more information. |