Combined Now Assist for Creator release notes for upgrades from Washington DC to Xanadu

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To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Now Assist for Creator release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Washington DC to Xanadu.

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Important information for upgrading Now Assist for Creator to Xanadu

Before you upgrade to Xanadu, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

Release

Release notes

Washington DC

To receive Workflow Studio performance improvements, install one of these versions of the Workflow Studio application from the ServiceNow Store. For more information about upgrading Workflow Studio, see Update to the latest version of Workflow Studio.

Table 1. Upgrade path for the flow generation skill
Is Now Assist for Creator already installed?	Version of Workflow Studio to use for upgrade
No	Upgrade Workflow Studio to version 25.1.3
Yes	Upgrade Workflow Studio to version 25.0.0

Xanadu

No updates for this release.

New features

Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Now Assist for Creator.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	Preview and rebuild flow outlines when creating a flow with Now Assist See a diagram preview of the flow outline when creating a flow with Now Assist. If the generated flow preview doesn’t meet your needs, update the text directions, and rebuild the flow outline. Create a playbook outline with Now Assist Create a playbook outline with placeholder activities from text directions. Upgrade to playbook version 25.2 to get the playbook generation skill. Create applications with Now Assist Accelerate application development through a natural conversation with generative AI. Create tables, user roles, and record producers that define your application to quickly reach a starting point for further building. Create a catalog item using Now Assist Create a catalog item of your choice quickly with Now Assist. Describe the catalog item that you want. Now Assist generates the catalog item based on the provided description.
Xanadu	Xanadu Patch 3 Add visualization to any dashboard You can add a generated data visualization to any dashboard you can edit. Previously, you could add a visualization only to a dashboard that was open when you opened the Now Assist panel. Generate a playbook from an image Generate a playbook with out-of-the-box activities from text, an image, or both. Generate a UI experience Generate a UI experience using natural language description. Edit code with Now Assist Edit code by telling Now Assist how to improve the code. You can refactor code, add comments, validation rules, error handling, and rename variables. Generate data pill values during flow generation Generate appropriate data pill values for supported flow triggers and action inputs. Use Now Assist to create spokes and actions Build custom spokes for the required third-party application by using its API documentation. Kickstart spoke creation by copying and pasting the required API documentation snippet in Workflow Studio. This feature is useful when the required third-party application doesn't have an OpenAPI specification or Postman collection. To use the feature, activate the spoke generation skill in the Now Assist for Creator feature. Modify generated data visualizations After you generate a data visualization, you can go on through an iterative conversation to modify the visualization. Reference specific tables with hash tags during flow generation Enter a hash tag character in the flow directions to refer to a specific table by name. Use auto-complete to select a table name from the options that match your partial entry. Support more chart types for generating data visualizations The Analytics Generation data visualization generation skill now supports dial, gauge, horizontal bar, area, column, scatter, spline, and step charts, in addition to the original chart types. Edit in ServiceNow Studio after generating an application Use Now Assist for App Generation in ServiceNow Studio, which offers an advanced application development environment. Preview an application before generating Visually preview an application in a new tab before generating to review for accuracy and reduce the amount of corrective work. Update applications that have already been generated Augment existing applications with new application objects, such as tables, roles, ACLs, and record producers. Create new tables by extending existing tables Create new tables for an application created with app generation by extending existing tables, such as the task table. Edit existing applications without having the admin role Non-admin users with the delegated developer role can edit applications. Use Now Assist to call Microsoft Active Directory v2 actions Install Now Assist for Conversational Spokes plugin and start utilizing the conversational ability of Disable User, Enable User, and Look up User actions. You can call these actions from a conversational interface like Now Assist. Xanadu Patch 1 Get Playbook recommendations Get suggestions on which activities to replace placeholder activities with. Re-prompt and preview while generating a playbook Preview and modify your prompt before generating your playbook outline. Show annotations of the text directions used by flow generation Show annotations of the text directions used for each item added by flow generation. Receive feedback about how your directions map to specific actions, flow logic, and subflows. Data visualization generation Generate Platform Analytics charts through conversations.

Changes

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Now Assist for Creator features.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Removed

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Now Assist for Creator features or functionality were removed.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Now Assist for Creator features or functionality were deprecated.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Now Assist for Creator.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	Install Now Assist for Creator 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.
Xanadu	Install Now Assist for Creator 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.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Now Assist for Creator we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Now Assist for Creator we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Now Assist for Creator, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Now Assist for Creator we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Now Assist for Creator we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Washington DC	Generate applications using a conversational experience. Generate playbook outlines from text directions. Preview and rebuild a flow outline with Now Assist. Generate a catalog item by describing the catalog item you want. See Now Assist for Creator for more information.
Xanadu	Xanadu Patch 3 Generate appropriate data pill values for supported flow triggers and action inputs. Generate a playbook with out-of-the-box activities from text, an image or both. Generate a UI experience with natural language description. Xanadu Patch 1 Preview and modify your text directions before generating your playbook outline with Now Assist. Show annotations of what text directions were used to generate actions, flow logic, and subflows during flow generation. See Now Assist for Creator for more information.