Combined Skills Management release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Xanadu

Consolidated page of all release notes for Skills Management from Vancouver to Xanadu.

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Skills Management 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 Skills Management to Xanadu

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

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	If you’ve customized the URL for the Manage skills page, you must manually update the URL to point to the new page. Here’s the relative path to the new Manage skills page: https://<instance name>.service-now.com/now/nav/ui/manage-skills/params/parent-skill/2eb1c2029f100200a3bc1471367fcfe4/parent-department/221f79b7c6112284005d646b76ab978c/recursive-departments/true/recursive-skills/true/group-by/department. You can replace the existing path with this one. Note: Make sure that the parent-skill and the parent-department sys_ids are the same IDs that are in your existing URL.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	The skills dashboard is automatically migrated to the Next Experience UI in the Xanadu release. When you upgrade, you can automatically access the Skills dashboard in the Next Experience UI.

New features

Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Skills Management.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Using the Next Experience user interface to manage skills Assign skills to users and associate the skill levels for each skill by using the Next Experience user interface.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Using the Skills Management dashboard in the Next Experience user interface Analyze the trends to assess the skill gaps in your organization by using the Next Experience user interface. Multi-lingual capabilities in Skills Management Translate the skill names and the descriptions by using the following fields that support the translated text data type in the Skill [cmn_skill] table: Display Skill Name: Auto-populates the corresponding value in the Name field. Description

Changes

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

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

Removed

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Skills Management 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 Skills Management 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 Skills Management.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Skills Management is available with the activation of the Skills Management (com.snc.skills_management) plugin. For details, see Activating Skills Management.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Skills Management is available with the activation of the Skills Management (com.snc.skills_management) plugin. For details, see Activating Skills Management.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Skills Management 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 Skills Management 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 Skills Management, 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 Skills Management 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 Skills Management we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Manage the skills for your teams by using the intuitive Next Experience UI. Analyze the skills for the departments or groups that you manage. You can also add your own custom group types by using scripted extension points. See Skills Management for more information.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Analyze the skills dashboard by using the intuitive Next Experience UI. Use multi-lingual capabilities in Skills Management so that you can translate the skill names and their descriptions in your preferred language. See Skills Management for more information.