ERP Canvas release notes

Release version: Yokohama
Updated January 30, 2025
3 minutes to read

The ServiceNow® ERP Canvas application (formerly known as ERP Data Hub) enables you to connect to the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system of record, query remote tables, and build data models to use ERP data on the ServiceNow AI Platform. ERP Canvas was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.

About ERP Canvas

Yokohama Patch 3
  • View charts and graphs on the ERP Canvas home page dashboard.
  • Accelerate your adoption of ERP Canvas using content packs.
  • Preview entities in the Model Manager.
Yokohama Patch 1
  • The name of the application has been changed from ERP Data Hub to ERP Canvas.
  • Export and import custom ERP models between instances.
  • Enhance communication security between SAP systems and your ServiceNow instance by using the SAP Secure Network Communication (SNC) connection option.
  • Manually name, edit, and maintain model manager fields.

See ERP Canvas for more information.

Activation and other requirements

Important:
ERP Canvas is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.
Activation information

Install ERP Canvas by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

Additional requirements

SAP ECC and S/4 HANA are currently the only available systems that integrate with ERP Canvas.

May 2025

The ServiceNow® ERP Canvas application (formerly known as ERP Data Hub) enables you to connect to the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system of record, query remote tables, and build data models to use ERP data on the ServiceNow AI Platform. ERP Canvas was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.

What's new

ERP Canvas dashboard
View charts and graphs about transactions on the home page dashboard.
Implement and deploy faster with ERP content packs
Use prebuilt content packs containing models to get ERP Canvas running on your instance faster.
Preview entities in the Model Manager
Preview operations, fields, values, inputs, and outputs in the ERP Canvas Model Manager instead of having to open App Engine Studio.
View detailed software information
View software information including machine type, node name, supported database, and more.

What's changed

View ERP Canvas software information
From the ERP Canvas system form, view detailed system information including machine type, node name, supported database, and Unicode status.
Preview model entities before adding to a model
In the Model Manager, confirm you are adding the correct entity by examining and verifying read table entities before adding the entity to a model.

Yokohama

The ServiceNow® ERP Canvas application (formerly known as ERP Data Hub) enables you to connect to the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system of record, query remote tables, and build data models to use ERP data on the ServiceNow AI Platform. ERP Canvas was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.

What's new

Export and import ERP Canvas custom models
Share custom models between instances using export and import instead of re-creating the custom models.
Use an SAP Secure Network Communication (SNS) connection
Configure an SAP Secure Network Communication (SNC) connection to have a certificate-based authentication to access SAP production data based on X.509.
Control model manager field names
Manually edit and maintain model manager fields for a more customizable model management experience.
More easily create a new table transform map from an extraction table
Select and map source fields with target fields when creating a table transform map from an extraction table.
Enhanced $orderby OData query capability
Specify the order, ascending or descending, in which data should be returned from an output variable.
Use guided tours in ERP Canvas
Learn about features and complete tasks through interactive steps by taking guided tours within ERP Canvas.

What's changed

ERP Integration application name change
The name of the application has been changed from ERP Data Hub to ERP Canvas.

What's deprecated or removed

The sn_erp_integration.enableJobModification property has been removed and is no longer required in order to schedule an extraction.