Platform Analytics is already available in the Vancouver, Washington DC and Xanadu release families, so migrations have started. ServiceNow has published that in the Zurich release, all assets will be automatically migrated to Platform Analytics.
Platform Analytics is a new experience that brings your Dashboard, Reports and Performance Analytics assets under a single space.
Yes. Reports are now called Data Visualizations. Performance Analytics Indicators are now called KPIs. But Dashboards are still Dashboards, so no change there.
ServiceNow has a migration utility that helps move those assets to Platform Analytics. However, there is more to the migration then simply letting the tool run. There are many assets that will move over which you may not want to migrate, so understanding what to move is important. Additionally, assets can be in various states after the migration, so knowing what those states are and if it will be acceptable is important.
It depends. In many cases, a data visualization will be aligned with your report. When testing a migration, the tool does have a 'Compare' feature that allows you to look for differences between the two assets, pre and post migration.
No. There is an introduction of new tables when you adopt the Platform Analytics Experience.
Yes. There is a new UI when building data visualizations and dashboards. Learning how it functions, along with the new and improved features and capabilities is something that will require your team to learn.
If you use the migration center application, the contents of the dashboard will migrate, including the reports.