<h2>Core Now Platform release notes</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="reference" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Core Now Platform release notes" /><meta name="abstract" content="The ServiceNow Core Now Platform provides features and functionalities to applications and other parts of the Now Platform. The Core Now Platform was enhanced and updated in the Vancouver release." /><meta name="description" content="The ServiceNow Core Now Platform provides features and functionalities to applications and other parts of the Now Platform. 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Read the release notes to learn about the release, prepare for your upgrade, and upgrade your instance.">Vancouver release notes</a> > <a class="link" href="../../release-notes/concept/rn-learn-landing-page.html" title="The Vancouver release includes new features and improvements built on the Now Platform.">Learn about the Vancouver release</a> > <a class="link" href="../../release-notes/concept/rn-n-1-landing-page.html" title="When you upgrade from the Utah release, understand the fixes in each release version, notable changes for the user interface, browser support, plugin updates, and each feature's upgrade and migration tasks if applicable.">Release notes for upgrading from Utah</a> > <a class="link" href="../../release-notes/new-features-changes.html" title="Review the new features and changes in this release by product.">Features and changes by product</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1"><span class="ph">Core <span class="ph">Now Platform</span> release notes</span></h1> <div class="body refbody" id="core-platform-rn-body"><p class="shortdesc">The <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> Core <span class="ph">Now Platform</span> provides features and functionalities to applications and other parts of the <span class="ph">Now Platform</span>. The Core <span class="ph">Now Platform</span> was enhanced and updated in the <span class="ph">Vancouver</span> release.</p> <div class="section" id="core-platform-rn__section_arj_ytq_ywb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Core <span class="ph">Now Platform</span> highlights for the <span class="ph">Vancouver</span> release</h2> <div class="p" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-highlights-1"><ul class="ul" id="core-platform-rn__ul_brj_ytq_ywb"><li class="li">Stay updated on the status of the events and queues in the event processing system using the Events and Jobs dashboard. Review the details of completed jobs by accessing the node level and instance level job history views.</li><li class="li">Store longitude and latitude coordinates for tracking locations and calculating distances.</li><li class="li">Secure your instance by enforcing a maximum session time for active sessions.</li></ul> </div> <p class="p" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-highlights-2">See <a class="xref" href="../administer/general/concept/intro-now-platform-landing.dita/intro-now-platform-landing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Administer the Now Platform </a> for more information.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-store"> <div class="note important"><span class="importanttitle">Important:</span> <span class="ph">Log Export Service</span> is available in the <span class="ph">ServiceNow Store</span>. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.</div> </div> <div class="section" id="core-platform-rn__section_nbw_15q_ywb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">New in the <span class="ph">Vancouver</span> release</h2> <div class="p" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-new-features"><dl class="dl"><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/field-administration/concept/geo-point-field-type.dita/geo-point-field-type.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Store location coordinates in a field</span></a></dt><dd class="dd">Store longitude and latitude coordinates by adding a geo point field to a table.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../build/platform-functions/concept/platform-support-functions.dita/platform-support-functions.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Use a function field to calculate distance</span></a></dt><dd class="dd">Calculate the distance between two locations using <span class="keyword apiname">distance_sphere()</span> in a function field.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/managing-data/concept/table-cleaner.dita/table-cleaner.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Prevent records from being orphaned with table cleaner</span></a></dt><dd class="dd">Prevent records from being orphaned in the Sys Audit [sys_audit], Audit Relationship Change [sys_audit_relation], Attachment [sys_attachment], Attachment Document [sys_attachment_doc]. Attachment Document V2 [sys_attachment_doc_v2], and Journal Entry [sys_journal_field] tables using new options in table cleaner.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="administer/user-sessions/concept/c_ManageUserSessions.html#configure-maximum-time-sessions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Force session timeout with a maximum active session time</a></dt><dd class="dd">Secure your instance by enforcing a maximum session time for sessions regardless of user or integration activity.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm">Introducing a new non-HttpOnly cookie</dt><dd class="dd">glide_node_id_for_js is a non-HttpOnly cookie, that is used internally to support weighted load balancing features. It is used to migrate a web socket connection to the same node as the HTTP connection whenever HTTP connection is migrated to the new node. It doesn’t contain any sensitive information and is hashed using SHA-256.</dd></dl> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="core-platform-rn__section_ayc_b5q_ywb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">UI changes</h2> <div class="p" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-ui-changes"><dl class="dl"><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/time/concept/schedule-calendar.dita/schedule-calendar.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Viewing schedules in the Next Experience user interface</a></dt><dd class="dd">View schedules in the schedule calendar using the <span class="ph">ServiceNow®</span> <span class="ph">Next Experience</span> user interface.</dd></dl> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="core-platform-rn__section_byc_b5q_ywb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Changed in this release</h2> <div class="p" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-changed-features"><dl class="dl"><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/currency/concept/currency.dita/currency.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Currency fields reflect currency and value from form templates</a></dt><dd class="dd">Apply a currency and value to currency fields as entered in a form template on its creation. Previously, currency field values applied by form templates were converted to the session currency.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/database-rotation/task/t_CreateAnArchiveRule.dita/t_CreateAnArchiveRule.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Table name is read-only after archive rule is created</span></a></dt><dd class="dd">You can no longer change the table name when editing an existing archive rule.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/database-rotation/task/t_CreateAnArchiveRule.dita/t_CreateAnArchiveRule.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Archive table restricted to current application scope</span></a></dt><dd class="dd">You can no longer select a table in a different application scope when creating an archive rule.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="administer/database-rotation/task/t_CreateAnArchiveRule.html#t_ArchiveRelatedRecords" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Archive related records in any application scope</span></a></dt><dd class="dd">You can now archive related records in any application scope by selecting <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span> in the Archive Related Records related list.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/managing-data/reference/table-cleaner-properties.dita/table-cleaner-properties.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Table cleaner slow rule handling</span></a></dt><dd class="dd">If a query from a table cleaner rule exceeds 30 seconds, the entire table cleaner job is stopped and the rule is excluded from the job for two days. You can configure the duration of this period by adding a new system property.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/platform-events/concept/track-events.dita/track-events.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Event processing system enhancements</a></dt><dd class="dd">Use the Events and Jobs dashboard to view the status of the events and queues in the event processing system. You can also configure and reset an alert using the Events-Configure Alerts module.</dd><dt class="dt dlterm"><a class="xref" href="../administer/platform-events/concept/scheduled-jobs-dashboard.dita/scheduled-jobs-dashboard.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Job history views</a></dt><dd class="dd">You can now view the details of completed jobs by accessing the node level and instance level job history views.</dd></dl> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="core-platform-rn__section_g4g_423_1xb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Deprecations</h2> <div class="p" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-deprecations"><ul class="ul" id="core-platform-rn__ul_bm5_5bk_wxb"><li class="li">The glide.script_processor.admin and com.glide.journal.strict_acl properties have been deprecated</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="core-platform-rn__section_eyc_b5q_ywb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Activation information</h2> <p class="p" id="core-platform-rn__core-platform-rn-activation">Core <span class="ph">Now Platform</span> is a <span class="ph">Now Platform</span> feature that is active by default.</p> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../release-notes/now-platform-administration/now-platform-admin-rn-landing.html" title="Now Platform administration product enhancements and updates in the Vancouver release.">Now Platform administration release notes</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>