ServiceNow Studio for App Engine Studio (AES) developers
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Summary of ServiceNow Studio for App Engine Studio (AES) Developers
ServiceNow Studio for App Engine Studio (AES) developers introduces enhanced development capabilities while maintaining familiar features from AES. It provides a different setup, allowing users to efficiently access and manage applications.
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Key Features
- Similar Functionality: Key features like app creation, source control integration, and collaboration remain consistent with AES, ensuring a smooth transition for developers.
- My Apps Access: Access custom apps via the Navigator panel. Bookmark frequently used apps and files for quick access.
- File Types: Create various file types directly from the ServiceNow Studio homepage, including categories like data, experiences, logic, automation, and security.
- Application Scope: Scope updates automatically based on the active app, with color-coded tabs indicating file types and scope, simplifying navigation and editing.
- Templates: While AES provides application templates, ServiceNow Studio offers inspiration through the App Gallery, although applications cannot be created directly from these files.
Key Outcomes
By utilizing ServiceNow Studio, developers can expect a streamlined experience in application development, improved file management, and easier collaboration, enhancing productivity and maintaining consistent workflows from AES.
As a current App Engine Studio developer, you can take advantage of new development capabilities in ServiceNow Studio while keeping many of the best features of AES.
ServiceNow Studio is set up a bit differently than App Engine Studio, so use the following information to find your favorite features from App Engine Studio.
Similar functionality
Several key features from AES look and behave very similarly in ServiceNow Studio. For example, the app creation path, integrating with source control, and the collaboration functions should all look familiar.
My apps
When you first open ServiceNow Studio, you likely won't see all of the apps you're used to working on. But, all you have to do is open them in ServiceNow Studio using the Navigator panel Apps section, filtered for custom apps.
The best way to access frequently used apps, app files, and full lists is to bookmark them. For more information, see Bookmark apps and files in ServiceNow Studio and Bookmark lists in ServiceNow Studio.
File types
In AES, there are options to create four categories of files, or metadata: Data, experiences, logic and automation, and security.
In ServiceNow Studio, you can create many different types of files, including the four categories you've seen in AES. In contrast to AES, where you have to be in an app to create a file, you can create files right from the home page of ServiceNow Studio and specify the application afterward. You can also select Add next to any category on an application's App details page to add a file of that type.
App files define aspects of how an application functions. For example, you could add a business rule to your application to perform server-side actions when a record is changed in some way. Or, you could add AI files to automate tasks.
Application scope
Manually switching scope when working on several different applications has been the norm for many ServiceNow app builders. In ServiceNow Studio, the scope automatically updates based on which app you're working in. ServiceNow Studio also groups the integrated tabs based on scope, so you can see which app files are related.
- Any file in a scoped app opens in a color-coded tab with information about what kind of file it is. In this instance, the playbook opened in an integrated tab, where you can update it using the Workflow Studio interface.
- Tabs without colors indicate that the file is in the global scope. You can edit global files in ServiceNow Studio.
- Any tab that's actively open in the canvas shows a contrasting color to indicate the open state.
- Tabs that are color-coded and grouped are in the same scope. In this example, both actions are in the same application, so they open in the same color tab.
In each application, you can find the scope and update set at the bottom left of the page.
Some builders in ServiceNow Studio override the automatic scope switching feature. For example, if you're using Table Builder to edit a form or table file, you wiIl see a message saying the scope is controlled and indicated by the builder.
For more information, see Open apps and app files across scopes in ServiceNow Studio and Access integrated development tools and builders in ServiceNow Studio.
Templates
AES contains a library of application templates that you can use to create apps. Templates are also a great way to find inspiration for functionality you would like in your apps. In ServiceNow Studio, you can find inspiration from the App Gallery. When you select , you can choose from several options to get started. On the right side of the page, you will see a link to the app gallery, which contains files for all different kinds of apps and metadata.