Combined Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Xanadu

Consolidated page of all release notes for Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio from Vancouver to Xanadu.

How to use this page

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

Tip:

If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

Important information for upgrading Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio 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	After upgrading, users who previously had the fd_read_operations role will now see only basic execution details such as the run state and duration. This restriction prevents users with this role from seeing sensitive information in execution details. To provide read access to all execution details such as input configuration and runtime values, grant the user the new role fd_read_operations_all.

New features

Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Xanadu Patch 3 Generate data pill values during flow generation Generate appropriate data pill values for supported flow triggers and action inputs. Run an action from a conversation Run a Workflow Studio action from a Now Assist conversation. Create and configure the conversational action from Workflow Studio. View and edit conversational actions within Virtual Agent Designer. Run a subflow from a conversation Run a Workflow Studio subflow from a Now Assist conversation. Create and configure the conversational skill from Workflow Studio. View and edit conversational subflows within Virtual Agent Designer. 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. Xanadu Patch 1 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. Xanadu family release Control what users with read access can see in execution details Grant a user role to control what users with read access can see in execution details. To limit read access to basic execution details only, grant a user the existing fd_read_operations role. To allow read access to all execution details, grant a user the new fd_read_operations_all role. Sign flows, subflows, and actions Sign and validate any flow, subflow, or action.

Changes

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio features.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Flow generation configures action and flow logic inputs Use the Now Assist for Creator flow generation skill to create and configure a flow from text directions. Flow generation uses data pills to set input values for actions and flow logic.

Removed

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio features or functionality were removed.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Removed the system property com.snc.process_flow.reporting.iteration.lastn that was used to specify the number of loop iterations that a flow would generate execution details for. 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. The user preference for flow authors to include draft actions in the list of available actions has been removed. To see a custom action during flow design, publish the action. For more information, see Create an action in Workflow Studio.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio features or functionality were deprecated.

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

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio.

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

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio 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 Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio 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 Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio, 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 Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio 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 Flows, subflows, and actions in Workflow Studio we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Protect sensitive data in execution details by using the operations read role. Provide improved support of the variables data type for subflow and action inputs. Show annotations of what text directions were used to generate actions, flow logic, and subflows during flow generation. Sign and validate any flow, subflow, or action. See Workflow Studio for more information.