Combined Flow Designer release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Xanadu

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

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Important information for upgrading Flow Designer to Xanadu

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


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

New features

Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Flow Designer.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Now Assist Recommendations Select the next component in your flow from a list of AI-generated recommendations. The system generates recommendations based on the current position in the flow and the flow component names listed before. Dynamic input support Use the new Dynamic Inputs data type to create arbitrary action inputs. Use data gathering actions to define a dynamic input type and to generate input data. Subflow support in diagramming view Add and configure subflows from the diagramming view. Do the following until support in diagramming view Add and configure Do the following until flow logic in the diagramming view. Flow generation Create multi-step flow outlines with generative AI. Flow outlines require configuration to add input values and data references. Stage support for subflows Add and configure stages to subflows.
Washington DC	Annotations support in diagramming view Add and edit annotations in the diagramming view. Content filtering for flow execution details Restrict access to the sensitive content within the flow execution details with a content filtering rule. Create an action input from a step input Create an action input based on the data type of a step input. Map the step input value to the new action input. Exit Loop flow logic Exit from a flow logic loop when the conditions of an If flow logic are met. Continue running the flow from the next step after the flow logic loop. This flow logic is also known as break. FDIH Dashboard View the average and maximum run times of flows during the last 14 days. Use the trend data to identify the flows that are running unexpectedly. Flow generation Create multi-step flow outlines with generative AI. Flow outlines require configuration to add input values and data references. Generate flow execution details for all iterations of a loop. Create an execution settings record to generate flow execution details for all iterations of a loop rather than just the first and last iterations of a loop. Go back to flow logic Return to a prior step in the flow to repeat a sequence of actions. 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 does not meet your needs, update the text directions, and rebuild the flow outline. Proactive Analytics trigger Use Performance Analytics indicators to start a flow. Define the flow start conditions as a set of Proactive Analytics KPI scores and KPI threshold values. Show approver names in stage field Show the list of approvers assigned to a stage from a stage field. Control whether to show approvers and the maximum number of approvers to show with separate system properties. Skip Iteration flow logic Skip the current iteration of a flow logic loop when the conditions of an If flow logic are met. Continue running the flow logic loop with the next item in the list. This flow logic is also known as continue. Support for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with flow generation Generate flows from directions that refer to custom actions and subflows or content from installed spokes. Include the names of commonly used and recently published actions and subflows available on your instance in your flow generation requests. Try support in diagramming view Add and configure Try flow logic in the diagramming view. Undo and redo support Undo changes that you've made while editing a flow. Redo the changes that you’ve undone. only tracks changes while you're editing a flow. User preference for default Flow Designer view Set the flow diagramming view as the default view.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Changes

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Flow Designer features.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	Flow execution details only record the first and last iterations of loops Flow execution details only record the first and last iterations of a loop. This setting reduces the amount of execution details that the instance has to generate and store. You can change this setting on a flow-by-flow basis by creating a flow execution settings record.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Removed

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Flow Designer features or functionality were removed.


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

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Flow Designer features or functionality were deprecated.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	Deprecated the system property com.snc.process_flow.reporting.iteration.lastn that specifies the number of loop iterations that a flow generates execution details for. This property only applies to flows created prior to the Washington DC release. New flows only generate execution details for the first and last iterations of a loop. To report on all iterations of a loop, create a flow execution settings record for the flow instead. For more information about flow execution settings, see Flow execution settings.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Flow Designer.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.
Washington DC	is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Flow Designer we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
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 Flow Designer we have noted them here.


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

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Flow Designer, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.


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

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Flow Designer we have noted them here.


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

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Flow Designer we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Create a flow by selecting components from a set of Generative AI recommendations. Add and configure subflows from the diagramming view. Use the new Dynamic Inputs data type to create arbitrary action inputs. Use the improved landing page to work with flows. Add and configure Do the following until flow logic in the diagramming view. See Flow Designer for more information.
Washington DC	Create multi-step flows with generative AI. Open from within Workflow Studio. Preview and rebuild flow outlines with Now Assist Save flows automatically as you work on them. Start a flow when Performance Analytics conditions are met. Undo changes that you've made while editing a flow. Use the flow diagramming view to add annotations and Try flow logic. See Flow Designer for more information.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.