Combined Skills Management release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Washington DC

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2026
  • 3 minutes to read

    • Consolidated page of all release notes for Skills Management from Vancouver to Washington DC.

    How to use this page

    To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Skills Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Vancouver to Washington DC.

    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 Skills Management to Washington DC

    Before you upgrade to Washington DC, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver
    If you’ve customized the URL for the Manage skills page, you must manually update the URL to point to the new page. Here’s the relative path to the new Manage skills page: https://<instance name>.service-now.com/now/nav/ui/manage-skills/params/parent-skill/2eb1c2029f100200a3bc1471367fcfe4/parent-department/221f79b7c6112284005d646b76ab978c/recursive-departments/true/recursive-skills/true/group-by/department. You can replace the existing path with this one.
    Note:
    Make sure that the parent-skill and the parent-department sys_ids are the same IDs that are in your existing URL.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, new features were introduced for Skills Management.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver
    Using the Next Experience user interface to manage skills
    Assign skills to users and associate the skill levels for each skill by using the Next Experience user interface.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, some changes were made to existing Skills Management features.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    		 No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, some Skills Management features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    		 No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, some Skills Management features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    		 No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Skills Management.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    Skills Management is available with the activation of the Skills Management (com.snc.skills_management) plugin. For details, see Activating Skills Management.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Skills Management we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    		 No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

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

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    		 No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Skills Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    		 No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Skills Management we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    		 No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Skills Management we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver
    • Manage the skills for your teams by using the intuitive Next Experience UI.
    • Analyze the skills for the departments or groups that you manage. You can also add your own custom group types by using scripted extension points.

    See Skills Management for more information.

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.