<h2>Define a product release</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 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Define a product release" /><meta name="abstract" content="Define a planned release for a product. The content of the release is decided by the features and related requests for change that it implements." /><meta name="description" content="Define a planned release for a product. 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ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM, formerly IT Business Management, enables you to use digital transformation to drive more customer value faster. Plan, deliver, and track value across different methodologies.">Strategic Portfolio Management</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Define a product release</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">Define a planned release for a product. The content of the release is decided by the features and related requests for change that it implements.</p> <div class="section prereq p" id="create-product-release__prereq_xwx_prn_1bb"> <p class="p">Role required: Product Release Manager [sn_erm.product_release_manager]</p> </div> <ol class="ol steps" id="create-product-release__steps_ywx_prn_1bb"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Enterprise Release Management</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Product Releases</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">All products</span></span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">On the Product Release form, fill the following fields:</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="create-product-release__table_mb3_rfw_1r" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 1. </span>Product Release form fields</span></caption><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d59828e95">Field</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d59828e98">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Number</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">System-generated number with a configurable prefix.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">State</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">State of the product release.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Short description</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Brief description of the release.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Description</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">More verbose description of the release.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Product version</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Used to track the features released in each product version.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Release type</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Type of release: Major, Minor, Emergency, or Patch.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Media Library</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Link to an entry (pointing to the deployment build) in the Definitive Media Library [dsl] table.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Planned start date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Intended date the product release begins.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Planned end date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Intended date the product release ends.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Actual start date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Date that this product release began.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e95 ">Actual end date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59828e98 ">Date that this product release ended.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</span> </li></ol> <div class="section postreq" id="create-product-release__postreq_axs_ytn_1bb"> <ol class="ol" id="create-product-release__ol_c4k_xtl_cbb"><li class="li">Use the <span class="ph uicontrol">Attach task</span> related link.</li><li class="li">Select a task and associate it with the product release.</li></ol> Based on the type of task selected, the task appears in the <span class="ph uicontrol">Enhancement</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Defect</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Epic</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Story</span>, or <span class="ph uicontrol">Problem</span> related lists.</div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../product/enterprise-release-management/concept/enterprise-release-management-concepts.html" title="The ServiceNow Enterprise Release Management application helps you to plan and manage enterprise releases, product releases, and deployment processes efficiently.">Enterprise Release Management</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>