Exploring ServiceNow Studio
ServiceNow Studio delivers a cohesive, efficient experience for platform developers to create, modify, and extend apps. ServiceNow Studio is a single place that you can go to do development work, delivering value to your business faster.
ServiceNow Studio overview
ServiceNow Studio enables you to be more efficient in your work by providing a cohesive and powerful app development experience from creation to deployment.
- Create, edit, maintain, and deploy custom and globally scoped apps and app files in a single, integrated development environment instead of having to switch back and forth between tools and builders. You can also edit base system apps and files and customize store apps.
- Search for and edit any type of metadata record using the File Navigator taxonomy.
- Package app changes for deployment using update sets, pipelines, or the Application Repository.
ServiceNow Studio features and benefits
ServiceNow Studio offers a unified app development experience that can accelerate your time to value in app creation and deployment.
ServiceNow Studio provides the following benefits for admins and delegated developers in a unified development experience.
- App and app file search: Search for any application or metadata record in your instance. For more information, see Find an app or app file using Search and Find an app or app file using the Navigator panel.
- Integrated tabs: Easily switch between apps and app files in different scopes without leaving ServiceNow Studio. For more information about working with different apps and app files, see Open apps and app files across scopes in ServiceNow Studio.
- Accelerated deployment: Create and package apps for deployment via update sets, pipelines, or the Application Repository without leaving ServiceNow Studio. For more information, see Working with update sets in ServiceNow Studio and Publish app changes to the Application Repository from ServiceNow Studio.
- Supercharged app development with Now Assist and Build Agent: Use the AI capabilities to decrease the time it takes to create apps and app files. For more information, see Build Agent in ServiceNow Studio and Now Assist for Creator.
- File creation: Easily create any type of app file in any scope that you have access to edit, including the global scope. For more information, see Create an application in ServiceNow Studio and Create an app file in ServiceNow Studio.
- Taxonomy and collections: Use the ServiceNow Studio metadata taxonomy to easily find the type of files you're searching for. For more information, see ServiceNow Studio Navigator panel taxonomy.
- Integrated builders: Use many of the best low-code builders available in the ServiceNow AI Platform, such as Table Builder and flows in Workflow Studio, along with powerful app development tools. For more information, see Access integrated development tools and builders in ServiceNow Studio.
Helpful resources
Some ServiceNow resources that can provide you with helpful information are:
Video
- Watch App Engine Academy: Platform capabilities and data modeling for custom applications.
- Watch App Engine Academy: Using ServiceNow Studio for Multi-Level Table Inheritance.
- Watch App Engine Academy #1: Custom App Development Best Practices
ServiceNow Community
- Learn Instance help for your personal developer instance (PDI)
- ServiceNow Social Ambassadors Program training