Combined Skills Foundation release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama

Consolidated page of all release notes for Skills Foundation from Xanadu to Yokohama.

How to use this page

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

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 Foundation to Yokohama

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

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

New features

Between your current release family and Yokohama, new features were introduced for Skills Foundation.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	Skills import Import skill sets from the Workday Employee spoke using the existing import flow in the Skills Workspace. The imported sets of skills can either be the full list of skills from a given input or a subset. Import skills data from the external systems with the new Integration option in the Skills import. Automatically identify skills that are similar to the existing skills in the library (cmn_skills) and display them in the Existing matches section. Import skills from any external source and harmonize them with the new Custom import option.

Changes

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

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Removed

Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Skills Foundation features or functionality were removed.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Skills Foundation features or functionality were deprecated.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Skills Foundation.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	Install Skills Foundation 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 Skills Foundation we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	The Skills Workspace plugin (sn_skills_int_ws) must be installed to access the workspace experience.

Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Skills Foundation we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Skills Foundation, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Skills Foundation we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Skills Foundation we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	Skill Harmonization lets you import and combines skills from the external learning management system (LMS) to have one source for skills. Integrating Workday Learning skills and Workday Employee skills into the current import flow and relate them to the respective employees in the ServiceNow system. Support for dynamic skills import requests from Credly (OOTB source) and other external sources. The skills are verified with the skills library (exact or mapped match), and new skills are added to the queue for processing. The harmonized skills are then linked back to the source using metadata. See Skills Intelligence for more information.