Combined Process Mining release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Zurich

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated May 4, 2026
  • 8 minutes to read
  • Consolidated page of all release notes for Process Mining from Xanadu to Zurich.

    How to use this page

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

    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 Process Mining to Zurich

    Before you upgrade to Zurich, 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.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Zurich, new features were introduced for Process Mining.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Process Mining evaluation version available
    Try sample mining and limited features on the Incident table without an entitlement so you can decide whether the advanced features are beneficial to your organization.
    Process Mining graph enhanced with perspectives

    Filter the Process Mining graph by the activity definitions you want to view at a particular time.

    Understanding the root cause of inefficiency made easier
    Generate a summary of all work notes to see the history of the inefficiency rather than having to read each individual work note separately.
    Configure finding definitions
    Configure and view automated and rule-based finding definitions efficiently using a comprehensive guided setup.
    Include additional use case analysis in a project automatically
    Set Approval analysis or SLA breach analysis automatically for applicable processes when creating a project so you don't need to make this selection manually.
    Variation analysis introduced in Summary and Insights page
    Analyze various routes the records in the process took based on parameters like mostly traversed, more steps, and so on. This information is accessible on the Summary and Insights page.
    Customize the outline of the process mining graph dashboard
    Customize the orientation of the outline of the process graph set for the current project workbench for nodes within the graph. For example, when using a vertically oriented widget, you might prefer the graph and star diagram to be displayed in a vertical layout rather than a horizontal one.
    Inflow and outflow analysis: node star diagram
    View the records for any node or arc from the map dashboard.
    Option to filter out incoming or outgoing arcs

    View only incoming or only outgoing arcs to see the inflow/outflow of work for a particular process with respect to other related processes on the graph.

    Yokohama

    Now Assist based work notes analysis
    Work notes analysis is now enhanced using Now Assist to understand the operational reasons behind activity transitions by examining the work notes and comments recorded around the time of these transitions.
    Process configuration builder introduced
    Configure and view the process configurations efficiently by using the new comprehensive Process configuration builder. It is a guided setup to configure and view the process configurations.
    Content pack importer introduced for process configurations
    Import and customize the content pack process configuration templates to activate new features. Content pack process configuration templates are now read-only.
    Process Mining evaluation project available for HR and CSM
    Ability to try out the sample mining and limited features available for HR and CSM without an entitlement. For the advanced features, you can purchase a license.
    Access control (ACL) rules updated
    The ACL rules have been updated for broader visibility on the try-out version while also increasing the security.
    • No Process Mining role is required to access a shared project and to generate Platform Analytics insights for some tables.
    • Some breakdown filters or activity definitions are blocked for certain users based on the column access.
    Process Mining performance improved

    The following improvements boost Process Mining performance and lead to quicker insights:

    • Introduced lazy loading of improvement opportunities and variants for faster workspace loading.
    • Introduced applying a transition filter before mining to reduce scope of data and speed up the mining process.
    • Improved Process Mining workbench load time.
    Transition filters enhanced

    The enhanced transition filters now provide more flexibility and precision in filtering the process map by providing the following:

    • Ability to use OR clause on steps to create a more complex and nuanced criteria for process transitions.
    • Include predicates like "is empty" and "is not empty" allowing for more refined control over the conditions under which transitions occur, ensuring that workflows are both comprehensive and adaptable to a variety of scenarios.
    • Ability to select more than one value with a single click that contains a specific text.
    Enhanced the Process Mining engine
    Key updates include:
    • Defining integer fields as activity definitions.
    • Grouping journal fields to identify how quickly an agent reacted to an assigned case.
    • Defining the order of simultaneous activities on the graph.
    Additional breakdown capacity for Process Mining on external data
    Ability to import a maximum of 10 breakdown fields enabling to segment and analyze specific subsets of the external process data using Process Mining.
    API for accessing Process Mining data
    Create, mine, and access Process Mining data via an API (ProcessMiningIntegrationAPI). For more information, see the API documentation.

    Zurich

    Opportunity details page

    Generate highlights to surface key drivers behind process patterns that accelerate decision-making and prioritization of process changes on the Opportunity details page. This page provides the detailed context of every improvement opportunity. It uses Now Assist to help generate highlights.

    Idle time analysis
    Analyze where cases are waiting to be assigned to agents by tracking and analyzing the time during which the case is assigned to a team but not yet to an agent. Idle time analysis helps identify inefficiencies, such as delays in task assignment or workflow bottlenecks, and helps improve coordination and reduce waiting time within processes. Idle time analysis must be configured in the process configuration.
    Touchpoint analysis

    Identify where and how human involvement occurs in a process by using touchpoint analysis. Analyzing the fields that involves human involvement helps you improve your processes, enhancing performance and reducing operational costs. Touchpoint analysis enables you to analyze the workload of transitions and cases. Touchpoint analysis must be configured in the process configuration.

    Enhanced data security

    Mark a project as restricted to help protect sensitive data and avoid security breaches. Restricted project data is available only to the owner and the users with whom the project is shared.

    Share a Process Optimization project
    Share projects through a link that remains unchanged even when the project is updated and remined.
    Creation of automation requests and CIMs simplified
    When creating an automation or Continual Improvement Management (CIM) request from Process Mining, mandatory fields are pre-populated, reducing friction and accelerating time-to-action.
    Process Mining integrated with ServiceNow playbook

    Process Mining has been integrated with ServiceNow playbook. After analyzing and identifying a process for improvement, export the process to playbook and add subflows or triggers to analyze and refine the flow.

    Use the Playbooks icon on the Process Mining Analyst Workbench to export up to 5 routes of a project to ServiceNow playbook. This feature is enabled by Now Assist.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some changes were made to existing Process Mining features.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Process Mining features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Process Mining features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Process Mining.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Process Mining is available with activation of the sn_po plugin.

    Yokohama

    Process Mining is available with activation of the sn_po plugin. For details, see Activating Process Optimization.

    Zurich

    Process Mining is available by default. For details, see Activating Process Optimization.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Process Mining we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Process Mining, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Process Mining we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Process Mining we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    • Process Mining evaluation version available
    • Process Mining graph enhanced with perspectives
    • Finding Builder introduced
    • Additional use case analysis included in a project automatically
    • Show records action available on Process Mining graph dashboard (Star diagram)

    See Process Optimization for more information.

    Yokohama

    • Now Assist based work notes analysis
    • Process configuration builder introduced
    • Content pack importer introduced for process configurations
    • Process Mining evaluation project available for HR and CSM
    • Access control (ACL) rules updated

    See Process Optimization for more information.

    Zurich

    • Generate highlights of the improvement opportunities in the Opportunity details page.
    • Identify inefficiencies by focusing on the delays in task assignment by using idle time analysis.
    • Analyze the workload of transitions and cases by using touchpoint analysis.
    • Enhance data security by marking projects as restricted.
    • Process Mining is integrated with ServiceNow playbook.

    See Process Optimization for more information.