--- sourceDocument: zurich Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/zurich/delta-yokohama-zurich Release : - zurich ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - zurich Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3zy bundleId : - delta3zy --- # Combined ServiceNow Otto for Order Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich # Combined ServiceNow Otto for Order Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Zurich Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 8 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined ServiceNow Otto for Order Management Release Notes for Upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich This consolidated guide provides essential information for ServiceNow customers upgrading ServiceNow Otto for Order Management from the Yokohama release to the Zurich release. It outlines new features, key changes, activation steps, and important upgrade considerations to help you prepare and optimize your upgrade process. Show full answer Show less ## New Features * **Manage Order Operations Agent on Business Portal:** Activate this AI-powered virtual assistant to enable customers to create and manage order cases via chat and voice, streamlining order changes and reducing manual case creation. * **Order Summarization:** Generate unified summaries of complex orders to provide real-time order status, improve communication with suppliers, monitor at-risk tasks, and prioritize assignments efficiently. * **Invoice Case Management with AI:** Customers can report quantity-related invoice disputes conversationally through chat or voice assistants. The system autonomously validates details, manages cases, issues credit notes or replacement orders, or escalates to human agents as needed. * **Human Agent Handoff:** Seamless escalation of complex disputes to live agents with full conversation context transferred to the CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace, eliminating the need for customers to repeat information. * **Now Assist for Invoice Resolution:** Provides agents with access to similar past cases and resolution patterns to accelerate dispute handling and ensure consistent outcomes. * **Automated Email Notifications:** Keeps customers informed about key stages in their invoice case lifecycle, including confirmations, resolutions, and next steps. * **Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) AI Agent:** Automates entitlement verification, selects resolution options, provides case updates, and handles multi-intent customer queries, improving case handling efficiency. ## Key Changes * **Now Assist Usage Measurement:** Transition from a 365-day look-back model to a 365-day burn-down model, with usage resetting at contract anniversary, improving usage tracking accuracy. * **Default Now Assist Skills:** New customers receive designated Now Assist skills enabled by default. Existing customers upgrading from Yokohama Patch 11 will have previously unconfigured skills enabled automatically. * **Access Control Configuration:** ACLs can now be configured in AI Agent Studio to control who can discover and trigger AI agents and agentic workflows, enhancing security and customization. * **Browser Support Updates:** Starting with Zurich, RMA Case Management in Sales Customer Relationship Management no longer supports mobile devices and Internet Explorer browsers. ## Activation and Upgrade Instructions To activate ServiceNow Otto for Order Management, request and install the application from the ServiceNow Store using the ServiceNow Application Manager. Follow the prescribed installation steps to ensure proper setup. Before upgrading to Zurich, review and complete all recommended pre- and post-upgrade tasks to ensure a smooth transition. ## Deprecations and Removals There are no feature removals or deprecations between Yokohama and Zurich releases for ServiceNow Otto for Order Management. ## Additional Information * No additional requirements or localization changes were introduced between Yokohama and Zurich. * No new accessibility updates were noted for these releases. ## Highlights * **Yokohama Patch 11:** Enabled B2B customers to autonomously submit order cases using natural language via the manage order operations agent, and enhanced order summarization to improve agent productivity. * **Zurich Patch 4 \& 7:** Enhanced B2B customer experience with AI-powered invoice dispute handling via chat and voice assistants, seamless human agent handoff with full context, and automated RMA entitlement and case handling. * **Zurich Patch 5:** Continued refinement of Now Assist usage measurement aligning with contract cycles. Consolidated page of all release notes for ServiceNow Otto for Order Management from Yokohama to Zurich. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family ServiceNow Otto for Order Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama 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 ServiceNow Otto for Order Management to Zurich Before you upgrade to Zurich, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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 ServiceNow Otto for Order Management. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__8} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | [Enable the manage order operations agent in the Business Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enable-manage-order-operations-ai-agent&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Activate the manage order operations agent so that you can make it available to your customers on the Business Portal. [Request order changes using Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=request-order-changes-now-assist&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the manage order operations agent to provide a seamless experience to your customers on the Business Portal, enabling them to create order cases using a virtual assistant effortlessly. The AI agent can intelligently categorize requests for expedited delivery by creating order-related cases linked directly to the specific order, significantly reducing manual case creation and speeding up resolution times. Interaction channels include chat and voice options. [Summarize an order](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-order-mgmt-summarize-order&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Generate a summary of a complex order for a unified view of the order's current state to: * Respond confidently to customer queries with accurate, real-time order status. * Track changes and validate details to maintain consistency and transparency. * Minimize errors and improve communication across suppliers and partners. * Monitor tasks that are at risk of missing deadlines. * Assign tasks to appropriate resources based on priority and skill. * Make rapid prioritization decisions to prevent delays and help ensure timely fulfilment. | | Zurich | [AI-powered invoice case management for customers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dispute-invoice-issues-now-assist&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Enable customers to report quantity-related invoice disputes through an AI-powered virtual assistant on the Business Portal. Customers can describe the discrepancies through natural conversation, and the assistant validates details, creates cases, and autonomously resolves eligible disputes by issuing credit notes or replacement orders, or connects customers with a human agent when needed. [Invoice dispute intake with voice assistant](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-invoice-mgmt-voice-aiagent&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Enable customers to report quantity-related invoice disputes using voice commands through an AI-powered voice assistant on the Business Portal. Customers can describe discrepancies through natural speech and the assistant captures dispute details to create invoice cases or connects customers with a human agent. [Human agent handoff with context transfer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=resolve-invoice-case-now-assist-agent&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Help customers to escalate complex disputes seamlessly to a live agent. The full conversation context, including invoice details, dispute reason, and prior AI actions are transferred to the CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace, enabling live agents to continue without asking customers to repeat information. [Now Assist for invoice case resolution](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=resolve-invoice-case-now-assist-agent&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Help accelerate invoice dispute resolution by surfacing similar cases and common resolution patterns in the Now Assist panel. Agents can request help with an invoice case to view how similar disputes were resolved, reducing research time and improving consistency. [Automated email notifications for invoice cases](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-order-management-using&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Keep customers informed with automated email notifications at key points in the invoice case life cycle, including case creation confirmation, resolution details with credit note or replacement order information, and the next steps for cases requiring human review. [Return Merchandise Authorization](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=return-merchandise-authorization&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Leverage the RMA AI agent for automated entitlement and case handling with the following features: * Automates entitlement checks with real‑time warranty validation * Selects best‑fit resolution and sends for customer approval * Generates recommended actions when no valid entitlement is found * Provides proactive case updates and follow‑ups * Answers customer queries and handles multi‑intent emails [Enable the manage order operations agent in the Business Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enable-manage-order-operations-ai-agent&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Activate the manage order operations agent so that you can make the agent available to your customers on the Business Portal. [Request order changes using Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=request-order-changes-now-assist&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the manage order operations agent to provide a seamless experience to your customers on the Business Portal, enabling them to create order cases using a virtual assistant effortlessly. The AI agent can intelligently categorize requests for expedited delivery by creating order-related cases linked directly to the specific order, significantly reducing manual case creation and speeding up resolution times. Interaction channels include chat and voice options. [Summarize an order](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-order-mgmt-summarize-order&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Generate a summary of a complex order for a unified view of the order's current state to: * Respond confidently to customer queries with accurate, real-time order status. * Track changes and validate details to maintain consistency and transparency. * Minimize errors and improve communication across suppliers and partners. * Monitor tasks that are at risk of missing deadlines. * Assign tasks to appropriate resources based on priority and skill. * Make rapid prioritization decisions to avoid delays and help ensure timely fulfillment. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Zurich, some changes were made to existing ServiceNow Otto for Order Management features. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__14} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | [Changes to Now Assist usage measurement](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=monitoring-now-assist-usage&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Starting with Yokohama Patch 5, Now Assist usage measurement is transitioning from a 365-day look-back model to a 365-day burn-down model, with usage resetting at the contract anniversary date. For more information, refer to [KB KB2704710: Now Assist Usage - Overview \& New Measurement Logic](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2704710). [Some Now Assist skills are turned on by default](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-skills-on-by-default&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : The new default behavior works as follows: * New customers: When you install a Now Assist product, designated skills are turned on automatically. * Existing customers who are upgrading (starting with Yokohama Patch 11): Any previously unconfigured skill is turned on automatically (the skill was never configured and turned on, then turned off again). Previously configured skills that were turned on, then off, remain inactive. [Configure ACLs for AI agents and agentic workflows](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=aia-security-implementation&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Configure the access control lists for who can discover and trigger AI agents and agentic workflows in their guided setups in AI Agent Studio. You can determine whether an AI agent or agentic workflow behaves as a dynamic user or as an AI user. You can also specify if an AI agent or agentic workflow can be available to all authenticated users or publicly available. | | Zurich | [Changes to Now Assist usage measurement](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=monitoring-now-assist-usage&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Starting with Australia Early Access, AI usage measurement is transitioning from a 365-day look-back model to a 365-day burn-down model, with usage resetting at the contract anniversary date. For more information, refer to [KB KB2704710: AI Usage - Overview \& New Measurement Logic](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2704710). | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Zurich, some ServiceNow Otto for Order Management features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__20} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Zurich, some ServiceNow Otto for Order Management features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate ServiceNow Otto for Order Management. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | Activation information : Request the ServiceNow Otto for Order Management application from the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/application/b75a55a63f71b6108428dd8d001f8bca) and install it using the Application Manager. For more information, see [Install an application](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_InstallApplications&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US). Important: ServiceNow Otto for Order Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Zurich | Activation information : Request the ServiceNow Otto for Order Management application from the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/application/b75a55a63f71b6108428dd8d001f8bca) and install it using the ServiceNow® Application Manager. For more information, see [Install an application](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_InstallApplications&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). Important: ServiceNow Otto for Order Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for ServiceNow Otto for Order Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__38} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for ServiceNow Otto for Order Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__44} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | Browser requirements : Starting with the Zurich release, RMA Case Management for Sales Customer Relationship Management doesn't support mobile devices and Internet Explorer. For more information, see [Browser support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=browser-support&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for ServiceNow Otto for Order Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for ServiceNow Otto for Order Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__56} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for ServiceNow Otto for Order Management we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowottoforordermanagement-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | [Yokohama Patch 11](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=yokohama-patch-11&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) * Review changes to Now Assist usage measurement. * Enable business-to-business (B2B) customers to submit order cases autonomously from the Business Portal by simply describing their needs in natural language using the manage order operations agent. * Summarize complex orders across products, services, and fulfillment tasks, enabling agents to quickly understand status, take the right actions, and avoid navigating fragmented views to make next steps easier and improving productivity. See [ServiceNow Otto for Order Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-order-management&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Zurich | [Zurich Patch 7](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-7&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) * Enable business-to-business (B2B) customers to create invoice dispute cases through AI-powered chat and voice assistants that guide them through conversational dispute intake on the Business Portal. * Provide uninterrupted handoff to human agents to support complex use cases, with full conversation context transferred to the CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace. * RMA AI agent for automated RMA entitlement and intelligent case handling. [Zurich Patch 5](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-5&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) * Review changes to Now Assist usage measurement. [Zurich Patch 4](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-4&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) * Enable B2B customers to submit order cases autonomously from the Business Portal by simply describing their needs in natural language using the manage order operations agent. * Summarize complex orders across products, services, and fulfillment tasks, enabling agents to quickly understand status, take the right actions, and avoid navigating fragmented views to make the next steps easier and improving productivity. See [ServiceNow Otto for Order Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-order-management&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]