Data products release notes
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Summary of Data products release notes
The ServiceNow® Data products application, introduced in the Australia release, empowers data stewards to create governed, reusable data interfaces and package them into discoverable data products. These data products are accessible to teams via the Data Catalog, facilitating secure and consistent data consumption across the organization without moving data from source systems.
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Key Features
- Data Interfaces: Define durable, schema-based contracts providing consistent data access layers supporting single tables, JOIN, and UNION operations. They maintain schema stability to protect consumers from breaking changes, with access controlled via role-based access controls (RBAC) and ACLs.
- Data Products: Package data interfaces into reusable, business-aligned entities with ownership, lifecycle management, and metadata. These are published to the Data Catalog for discovery, access requests, and governed consumption.
- Zero Copy Connectors: Enable live access to external systems such as Snowflake, Databricks, and Oracle through federated queries without replicating data into ServiceNow, ensuring real-time or near-real-time data availability.
- Catalog-First Authoring Experience: Allows discovery and onboarding of data assets directly from the Data Catalog to create data interfaces and products, improving reuse and reducing duplication.
- Edit Published Interfaces: Modify published data interfaces (e.g., add columns, change joins) while existing consumers continue to access the interface and reconnect to adopt changes.
Activation and Plugins
Data products must be installed via the ServiceNow Store. The Australia release introduces several new plugins supporting this functionality:
- Data Products (sndataproduct): For creating data interfaces and packaging governed data products.
- ServiceNow Data Catalog (UI and Core): For consumer self-service search, discovery, and catalog asset management.
- Metadata Collectors (UI and Core): To synchronize schema information from external platforms to the Data Catalog.
- Connect Hub (snwdfconnecthub): Central configuration for zero-copy connectors enabling live data integration.
Related Applications
The Data products application builds on the Workflow Data Fabric, which provides the foundational platform for managing data interfaces and products. The Data Catalog serves as the discovery layer where consumers find published data products, review metadata, and request access through governed workflows.
The ServiceNow® Data products application enables data stewards to create governed data interfaces and package them into discoverable, reusable data products that teams can access through the Data Catalog. Data products is a new application in the Australia release.
Data products highlights for the Australia release
- Create governed data interfaces from single tables, JOIN operations, or UNION operations using the Data Workbench wizard.
- Package data interfaces into data products to provide consumers with a single, governed entry point for related data assets.
- Publish data products to the Data Catalog so that consumers can discover, request access, and query data through stable interfaces.
- Access data from external systems such as Snowflake, Databricks, and Oracle without moving data into ServiceNow using zero-copy connectors.
- Protect consumers from source system changes through schema stability — published data interfaces maintain their structure even when underlying tables change.
See Explore data products for more information.
Data products features
- Data interfaces
- Define durable, schema-based contracts that provide a consistent access layer for data consumers in analytics, workflows, and AI applications. Data interfaces support multi-source composition through UNION and JOIN operations and maintain schema stability so that downstream consumers are protected from breaking changes when underlying source systems change. Control access to data interfaces using ServiceNow role-based access control and ACLs.
- Data products
- Create reusable, business-aligned data entities built on data interfaces with defined ownership, lifecycle management, and metadata. Package and govern data assets as publishable collections that consumers can discover in the Data Catalog and request access to through governed workflows. Control access to data products using ServiceNow role-based access control and ACLs.
- Zero Copy Connectors
- Access data from external systems in place without replication using federated queries with pushdown query execution. Query sources such as Snowflake, Databricks, and native ServiceNow data in real-time or near-real time without moving data into your instance.
- Catalog-First Authoring Experience
- Discover and onboard data assets directly from the Data Catalog and create data interfaces and data products from catalog assets without switching contexts. Build on catalog-registered data sources to improve reuse and reduce duplication of data efforts across your organization.
Changed in the release
- Edit a published data interface
- Modify a published data interface to add columns, swap source tables, change the combination method, update column mappings, or adjust join conditions. Existing consumers continue to use the interface and must reconnect to pick up structural changes.
Activation information
Install Data products 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.
Plugin information
- New plugins
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The following plugins are new in Australia:
- Data Products (sn_data_product): Enables data stewards to create data interfaces and package them into governed data products for sharing and consumption across the organization.
- ServiceNow Data Catalog (UI) (sn_dcg_ui): Provides the self-service search and discovery interface for consumers to browse and access data products and data interfaces in the Data Catalog.
- ServiceNow Data Catalog (Core) (sn_dcg_core): Provides the core data model and business logic for catalog asset management, classifications, and lineage.
- ServiceNow Data Catalog - Metadata Collectors (UI) (sn_meta_collectors): Provides the interface for configuring and running metadata collectors that synchronize schema information from external data platforms to the Data Catalog.
- ServiceNow Data Catalog - Metadata Collectors (Core) (sn_dcg_cc): Provides the core connectivity services for integrating external data platforms with the Data Catalog through metadata collection.
- Connect Hub (sn_wdf_connect_hub): Provides the central hub for configuring and managing zero-copy connectors that establish live data pathways between ServiceNow and external data sources.