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title: Combined Now Assist in Contract Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia
description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Now Assist in Contract Management from Yokohama to Australia.
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# Combined Now Assist in Contract Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Now Assist in Contract Management from Yokohama to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Now Assist in Contract Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Australia.

**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 Now Assist in Contract Management to Australia

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

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Release

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Release notes

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Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Upgrade information**

If you’re upgrading to Now Assist in Contract Management starting with Yokohama Patch 3 from a previous version and you have customized use cases, run a fix script to migrate the existing data to the AI Admin Hub console.

    1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **System Definition** &gt; **Fix Scripts**.
    2.  In the **Name** field, search for `Upsert DI skill config`.
    3.  In the script, add the use case ids that you want to migrate to the AI Admin Hub console.
    4.  Select **Run Fix Script**.
For more information, see [Post-upgrade steps for Now Assist in Contract Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cmpro-na-upgrade-steps&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US).


</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Upgrade information**

If you're upgrading to Now Assist in Contract Management from Yokohama \(Patch 2 and lower\) or Xanadu \(Patch 8 and lower\), and you have customized use cases, run a fix script to migrate the existing data to the AI Admin Hub console.

    1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **System Definition** &gt; **Fix Scripts**.
    2.  In the **Name** field, search for `Upsert DI skill config`.
    3.  In the script, add the use case IDs that you want to migrate to the AI Admin Hub console.
    4.  Select **Run Fix Script**.
For more information, see [Post upgrade steps](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cmpro-na-upgrade-steps&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US).


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Now Assist in Contract Management.

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Now Assist in Contract Management features.

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Now Assist in Contract Management features or functionality were removed.

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Now Assist in Contract Management features or functionality were deprecated.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Now Assist in Contract Management.

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Release

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Release notes

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Yokohama

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-   **Activation information**

Now Assist in Contract Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is available with activation of the Now Assist in Contract Management \(sn\_cm\_gen\_ai\). For details, see [Configure](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=confg-na-in-cmpro&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US).


**Important:** Now Assist in Contract Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

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Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Install Now Assist in Contract Management by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US).


**Important:** Now Assist in Contract Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Now Assist in Contract Management we have noted them here.

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Now Assist in Contract Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Now Assist supports various browsers, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Now Assist isn’t supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer.


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Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Now Assist supports various browsers, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Now Assist isn't supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Now Assist in Contract Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Accessibility information**
    -   **Dark theme**

The new Coral theme includes a dark theme option for web and mobile experiences. This option is commonly used to alleviate eye strain and improve readability.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Now Assist in Contract Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Now Assist in Contract Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

[Yokohama Patch 11](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=yokohama-patch-11&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US)

-   Review changes to Now Assist usage measurement.
-   Some Now Assist skills are now turned on by default.
-   Use AI-powered obligation extraction to automatically identify and capture key obligations from signed contracts, and then review, edit, approve, or reject them within the contract playbook to create obligation records automatically.
-   Activate the Contract obligation extraction skill in the AI Admin Hub console to enable automatic obligation extraction.
-   Use Now Assist powered conversational search to query contract documents using natural language and dialogue-driven queries, making it easier to find relevant information.
-   Additional role configuration is required for agentic workflows and AI agents included with Now Assist applications.

Yokohama Patch 6

-   Use the contract playbook to review and update the AI extracted metadata and reminder date for contract renewal or termination.
-   Use Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude on AWS as AI model providers for Now Assist skills and AI agents in addition to Now LLM Service and Azure OpenAI.

 Yokohama Patch 3

-   Activate and configure the contract metadata extraction skill for Contract Management Pro in the AI Admin Hub console.
-   Activate and configure the contract analysis skill for Contract Management Pro in the AI Admin Hub console.
-   Use the Manage contract repository agentic workflow to autonomously set milestone reminders for the notice period of contract renewals or the notice period for termination of contract renewals.

 See [Now Assist in CM Pro](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cncore-now-assit-landing&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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Zurich

</td><td>

Zurich Patch 12

-   Export conversational search results in multiple file formats.

 [Zurich Patch 10](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-10&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)

-   Identify missing clauses in contract revisions with improved accuracy.

 [Zurich Patch 7](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-7&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)

-   Provide feedback on Now Assist contract analysis results to help improve the AI accuracy.
-   Navigate directly to non-standard clause locations in a document when reviewing Now Assist suggestions in the Microsoft Word add-in.
-   Configure use case mappings to extract metadata and obligations from a signed contract that is uploaded directly on a contract record.
-   Use Now Assist powered conversational search to query contract documents using natural language and dialogue-driven queries, making it easier to find relevant information.

 [Zurich Patch 5](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-5&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)

-   Review changes to Now Assist usage measurement.

 [Zurich Patch 4](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-4&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)

-   Some Now Assist skills are now turned on by default.
-   Use AI-powered obligation extraction to automatically identify and capture key obligations from signed contracts, and then review, edit, approve, or reject them within the contract playbook to create obligation records automatically.
-   Activate the Contract obligation extraction skill in the AI Admin Hub console to enable automatic obligation extraction.
-   Use Now Assist powered conversational search to query contract documents using natural language and dialogue-driven queries, making it easier to find relevant information.
-   Additional role configuration required for agentic workflows and AI agents included with your applications.

 [Zurich Patch 1](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zurich-patch-1&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)

-   Use the contract playbook to review and update the AI extracted metadata and reminder date for contract renewal or termination.
-   Use Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude on AWS as AI model providers for generative AI skills and AI agents, in addition to Now LLM Service and Azure OpenAI.

 See [Now Assist in Contract Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cncore-now-assit-landing&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
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