Create an app

When you're ready to start building your application, begin creating your application in App Engine Studio.

Before you begin

Note:

To create apps in AES, you must be an admin or in the App Engine Studio Users group. If you are in the App Engine Studio User Limited group, you can only edit existing apps, not create new ones.

Role required: admin, sn_app_eng_studio.user

About this task

Once you’ve developed a plan for your application, you can start building it in App Engine Studio. App Engine Studio is a powerful tool that enables you to develop robust applications in a low-code environment.

This is the second step in the app creation tutorial. Follow along to create an application in App Engine Studio.

Step 1		Planning your application
Step 2		Create an app
Step 3		Building a data model
Step 4		Creating user experiences
Step 5		Adding logic and automation
Step 6		Test your application

Table 1. Video sections

Timestamp	Section
0:06	Open App Engine Studio.
0:10	Create an application.
0:14	Name your application and provide additional details.
0:24	Review, add, and customize roles.
0:36	Go to your application dashboard.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > App Engine > App Engine Studio.
2. On the App Engine Studio home page, select Create app.
3. Enter a unique Name and Description for your application.
   We enter the following details for the application in our tutorial:

   Field	Value
   Name	Travel request
   Description	Enables employees to submit travel requests

4. Optional: Upload a logo for your application by dragging an image into the Drag app logo or browse to upload field, or by selecting the field, selecting the image from your file directory, then selecting Open.
   Tip:

   You can add a logo for your application later using the Application Properties menu.
5. Select Continue.
6. Control who has access to content in your application by reviewing, adding, or customizing roles.
   By default, App Engine Studio provides admin and user roles. To add more roles to your application, select Add a role, and enter a name and description for the role.
   In our tutorial, we use the default roles and permissions. We don't add additional roles.
7. Select Continue.
8. On the summary screen, select Go to app dashboard to continue setting up your application.
   Your application dashboard displays each part of your application, including Data, Experience, Logic and automation, and Security. You’ll configure these parts of your app in later steps of the tutorial.

Result

You’ve created an application in App Engine Studio. The application is empty and ready for configurations.

What to do next

Now that your application is created, you can start building the data model for the application. Proceed to the next step in the tutorial: Building a data model.