Enhance your app

Whether you use a template or create your app from scratch in App Engine Studio (AES), you must enhance it by creating a data model, user experiences, logic and automation, and security.

If you're creating apps in App Engine Studio (AES) and want a more advanced app development environment to work in, you can open your app in ServiceNow Studio. When you open your app in AES, a banner appears with information about ServiceNow Studio. Select Try it out to open your app in ServiceNow Studio.

Use the following topics as guides as you build out your application.

• Resources for enhancing your app
  As you add data, experience, logic and automation, and security to your application, you might interact with several different parts of the ServiceNow AI Platform. The links in the following table point you to resources for adding content in App Engine Studio and also Table Builder, UI Builder, Decision Builder, App Engine Management Center, and the ServiceNow AI Platform.
• Create a data model for your application
  Create a data model in App Engine Studio (AES) for your application by creating the tables that will house your application data. Create data tables that will be used in your application by creating the table from scratch, uploading a spreadsheet or PDF, or by using an existing table as a template. You can also create and schedule data imports by mapping a spreadsheet to an existing table in your application.
• Add an application experience
  Use App Engine Studio (AES) to add an experience to your app. Experiences are the interface, or wrapper, for how users interact with your app.
• Add logic and automation
  Replace manual work by adding logic and automation to your app in App Engine Studio (AES).
• Add application security
  Control who is permitted to use or edit your application by configuring roles in App Engine Studio (AES).