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# Update and publish changes to plan configurations

# Update and publish changes to plan configurations {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated January 30, 2025  
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Plan owners update plan configurations and publish the changes for review and
approval.

## Before you begin

Role required: Owner or co-owner of a Journey designer plan configuration.

## About this task

Journey designer plan configuration owners update and publish plan configurations from the Employee Center service portal.  
Important:  
In the Employee Center, Plan configurations are also referred to as Journey templates.  
Plan configuration owners can:

* Add, reorder, rename, or delete stages.  
  Note:  
  Only empty stages can be deleted.
* Add task templates to a stage.
* Create a task template.
* Preview a template as a selected employee.
* Publish a journey template (plan configuration) for approval by reviewer.  
  Note:  
  If a plan configuration doesn't have any assigned approver, the plan configuration is immediately published when the changes are submitted.
* Plan configurations that are published and currently in use aren't impacted by changes.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllEmployee CenterJourneys.
2. Select the Journey templates tab.
3. Select the plan configuration that you want to update.
4. Update the plan configuration.  
   Owners and co-owners can change different parts of the plan configuration.
   * Stages: logical containers of task templates.
   * Task templates: individual tasks assigned to employees, mentors, or managers.

   For details about the see, [Journey designer journey template reference](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/uX1gkHcqMueEe8zH29R85w "The journey template page has information that is useful to the plan configuration owner.").
5. Select Publish journey template.  
   Note:  
   Only new task templates need an approval.
6. Select Submit.  
   After the request is submitted, an approval task is sent to all the approvers assigned to the plan configuration.  
   Important:  
   Only one approval triggers the publication of the plan configuration. If an approval is needed from a certain approver, owners should let all the approvers know.

   Owners and co-owners can cancel an approval request as long as an approver
   hasn't approved or rejected the request.

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