Add a portal

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • Create a portal in App Engine Studio (AES) to give your users a site where they can find information, create requests, and complete business tasks.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_app_eng_studio.user or delegated_developer. For more information, see Delegate developers using AES.

    About this task

    When you add a portal you're creating a basic version of it, which you must then continue editing in UI Builder before it's ready to deploy.

    Note:
    If you created an application using a template, a portal may already be added to your application.

    Most companies implement a maximum of three portals, which they then populate with catalogs.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > App Engine > App Engine Studio.
    2. From the My Apps page, open your application.
    3. In your application, next to Experience, select Add.
    4. Select Portal, and then select Begin.
    5. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Field Description
      Name Name of the portal. By default, the portal shares the same name as your application.
      Tip:
      Use a name that uniquely identifies the portal from other experiences. For example, Office art portal.
      Description Description of the portal.
      URL Web address of the portal. By default, the URL is based on the application name.
      Roles User roles to limit who can access the portal. To use a custom role for your portal, you must create one in Security first. For more information, see Add application security.
    6. Select Continue, and then select Done.
      After you create the portal in AES, you must edit it in UI Builder by adding or configuring components on each page.
    7. Next to the portal you created, select the menu icon (Menu icon) and then select Edit.
      Figure 1. Edit a portal
      Edit a portal to make changes to it
    8. In UI Builder, edit the portal by adding or configuring components on each page.
      You can also add more pages to the portal, if needed.
      Note:
      The default portal pages are read-only and can't be edited. To change the content of each page, create a page variant and edit the variant.

    What to do next

    For more information on using UI Builder to edit portals, see UI Builder.