ServiceNow Studio release notes
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Summary of ServiceNow Studio Release Notes - Yokohama
ServiceNow Studio offers a unified development environment for admins and developers to extend system solutions and create custom applications. The Yokohama release enhances Studio with improved performance, a more guided file creation process, and expanded development environment flexibility, enabling users to switch seamlessly between Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE.
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Key Features
- Experience Switcher: Easily switch between Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE to use the best tool for your development tasks.
- Improved File Navigator Performance: For large applications, file loading and searching are optimized by loading subsets of files initially and using server-side search to reduce load times.
- Guided File Creation: A full-page, guided process with built-in security checks streamlines creating new app files, respecting user permissions and scope.
- App Origination Identification: The App Details page now clearly shows whether an app was created in Creator Studio or ServiceNow IDE, facilitating better environment management.
- Now Assist App Summary Generation: Users with write permission on app descriptions can generate app summaries using AI assistance to help prevent duplicate app creation.
- Enhanced App Settings: The app settings icon now opens a comprehensive Core UI view for app management, replacing the previous limited modal window.
- Expanded App Creation Roles: Users with the Guided Application Creator (GAC) role, not just admins, can create applications in ServiceNow Studio.
- Localization Support: Right-to-Left language support is available as of version 27.2.4.
Key Outcomes
- Streamlined Development Workflow: Switching development environments and improved navigation enhance productivity and ease of use.
- Improved Performance and Scalability: Optimized file loading and searching for large apps reduce wait times and improve developer experience.
- Security and Permissions Enforcement: File creation respects user roles and app scopes, providing better governance.
- Better App Management: Clear identification of app origination and comprehensive settings view provide greater control over app lifecycle.
- Simplified App Creation and Documentation: Expanded roles and AI-driven summary generation encourage efficient app creation and reduce duplication.
- Default Activation: ServiceNow Studio is now a default feature on the ServiceNow AI Platform, with no separate download required.
Related ServiceNow Features
ServiceNow Studio integrates with various platform capabilities to support app development and management, including Access Control, Catalog Builder, Workflow Studio, Integration Hub Import, Mobile App Builder, Now Assist, Playbooks, Table Builder, UI Builder, and Workflow Studio features.
The ServiceNow® ServiceNow Studio application provides a unified experience for all ServiceNow development activities, enabling admins and developers to extend base system solutions and easily create custom apps. ServiceNow Studio was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.
ServiceNow Studio highlights for the Yokohama release
- Work in the best development environment for your task by using the experience switcher to switch between developing in Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE.
- As of version 27.2.4, the ServiceNow Studio File Navigator performance has been improved for large applications.
- As of version 27.2.4, you can easily identify apps created in Creator Studio or ServiceNow IDE by looking at the App Details page in ServiceNow Studio.
- As of version 27.2.4, the file creation experience is now a full-page, guided process with built-in security checks. Admins see all application files, while delegated developers only see file types they have permission to create within the specified scope.
- As of version 27.2.4, users with Write permission for an application description can use Now Assist for app summary generation to generate an app summary. The Summarize button is disabled for users without access to edit the app description, preventing failures after clicking.
See Building applications with ServiceNow Studio for more information.
Important information for upgrading ServiceNow Studio to Yokohama
ServiceNow Studio no longer has to be downloaded from the ServiceNow Store. It’s available on the ServiceNow AI Platform by default.
New in the Yokohama release
- Change your development experience in ServiceNow Studio
- Use the best tool for your app development by switching between Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE.
- Summarize the contents of an app in ServiceNow Studio
- Help prevent duplicate app creation by summarizing the contents of an app using Now Assist app summary generation in ServiceNow Studio and using the summary if accurate as the app description.
- Modify an app's settings in ServiceNow Studio
- Change settings or see related links for an app from the app details page. Refresh your app to load updated details.
- Create an application in ServiceNow Studio
- In the November 2024 release, only admins could create apps in ServiceNow Studio. Now, users with Guided Application Creator (GAC) roles can also create applications.
- File Navigator performance has been improved for large applications
- As of version 27.2.4, smaller apps load all files on open, while larger apps (exceeding a configurable limit) load a subset initially, with additional files available on demand. Search for files in larger apps will perform server-side calls to decrease load times. Contact your ServiceNow support team to change the app size limits.
- Create an app file in ServiceNow Studio
- As of version 27.2.4, use the new full-page, guided file creation experience to create any type of file for which you have permission.
- Viewing app origination information in ServiceNow Studio
- As of version 27.2.4, the app details page for each app shows which development environment your app was created in. Use this information to switch between environments as needed in the course of app development and deployment.
Changed in this release
- Modify an app's settings in ServiceNow Studio
- The App settings icon in ServiceNow Studio used to open a small modal where only a few settings could be updated and the app could be deleted. In this release, the icon opens a Core UI view of all the app settings and related links for the app.
- Create an application in ServiceNow Studio
- As of version 27.2.4, the available options at the success page for creating an application changed from Go to app dashboard to View App Details and Create File.
Activation information
ServiceNow Studio is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.
Localization information
As of version 27.2.4, there is Right-to-Left language support for ServiceNow Studio.