Creating your first app with Creator Studio

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  • Updated March 11, 2024
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    Summary of Creating your first app with Creator Studio

    Creator Studio simplifies app development by breaking the process into manageable parts. This approach enables users to build applications sequentially, starting from selecting a catalog template that aligns with their needs, such as IT issue reporting.

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    Key Features

    • Catalog Template Selection: Choose a template that closely matches your app idea, providing a solid foundation to build upon.
    • Customization: Tailor the default template to gather specific information required for fulfilling requests by modifying form fields.
    • Form Publication: Publish your forms to make them accessible to users, streamlining the request process.
    • Automation: Set up automatic actions triggered by form submissions, such as sending confirmation emails or managing approval workflows.
    • Workspace Customization: Adjust the default workspace for fulfillers to enhance their workflow and efficiency.
    • Deployment: Request an admin to move your app into production after testing and final adjustments, allowing real users to access it.

    Key Outcomes

    With Creator Studio, users like Mary can transform overwhelming manual processes into efficient applications without needing coding skills. By automating request handling and confirmations, users can focus on more critical tasks, ultimately improving productivity and service delivery.

    Creator Studio helps you create your app by dividing it into smaller parts. Each does something special, and you work on them sequentially.

    Summary:
    After reading this section, you'll understand:
    • The general workflow for building an app
    • What goes into the idea for an app
    • Who to ask for help
    Let's give you a very high-level overview of what you will do in each part.
    1. Let us help you get started. Start by selecting a catalog template that closely matches the app you want to create. For instance, if you're creating an app for IT issues, there could be a catalog template with pre-designed fields for specifying IT-related problems. While the template might not cover everything you need, it gives you a solid starting point. Check out how you select a catalog template to create your app's first form in Create the foundation of an app in Creator Studio.
    2. Or ask to work on someone else's app! If you see an app that you want to work on but don't have access to, you can request to get access to it. Find out how in Ask to work on an app in Creator Studio.
    3. Ask for the info you need. Customize the default catalog template to ask for the specific information your fulfiller needs. How do you know what customizations to make? Ask yourself what info the fulfiller needs to fulfill a request. We'll show you how to add, subtract, and modify the form fields in Customize your form for an app in Creator Studio.
    4. Make your forms available. Once your form is ready, publish it to make it accessible to requesters. The process is straightforward, and we'll walk you through it in Publish a form for your app in Creator Studio.
    5. Specify the automatic actions that your forms trigger. You'll want your app to take some action when a requestor submits or revises a form. For instance, a new request might trigger approval from a manager. Another action could be emailing the requester to confirm their request submission and provide them with a tracking number. Discover more automation possibilities in Working with automation in Creator Studio.
    6. Customize the workspace fulfillers use. Creator Studio automatically creates a form submission workspace category where fulfillers work on requests that are ready to use, out of the box. However, you can tweak it to suit your needs, find out how in Working with form submission workspaces in Creator Studio.
    7. Get your app deployed to production. Once your app is spiffed up, tested, and ready to go, ask an admin to move it to a production environment for you so real users can begin using it to make requests. Find out how in Request deployment for your app from Creator Studio to production.
    Use case:
    Mary's job at the Example Company is to answer employee requests for office equipment. She's done this for years by receiving emails and keeping spreadsheets of requests, requestors, equipment, prices, dates, and fulfillments. Her company is growing, and the number of requests is now overwhelming. "I'm spending all my time reviewing requests instead of doing all the other parts of my job." She'd like to create an app that enables people to request office equipment, automatically sends an email confirmation of the request, stores the request, and enables her to fulfill or reject the request with the click of a button. She's never written a line of code in her life, but with Creator Studio, she can create the exact application she wants.