Creator Studio release notes
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Summary of Creator Studio Release Notes
The ServiceNow® Creator Studio is a guided application development platform that allows business process experts to create request-based applications with ease, minimizing the challenges often associated with low-code development. The Zurich release introduces several enhancements to improve usability and functionality.
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Key Features
- Customizable Email Notifications: Administrators can now create custom email notifications and templates that are triggered by user requests or status changes in applications.
- New Playbook Activity: The "Update submission" playbook activity allows for automatic updates of multiple fields on submitted records.
- New Question Types: Two additional question types, Duration and Attachment, are now available for forms to enhance user interactivity.
- Granular Configuration Roles: New admin roles provide developers the ability to perform specific configuration tasks without needing full admin permissions.
- Deletion of Unpublished Forms: Users can now delete unpublished forms entirely from the ServiceNow AI Platform.
Key Outcomes
With these updates, ServiceNow customers can expect improved application development capabilities, including enhanced communication through email notifications, better form functionality with new question types, and streamlined administrative processes. Additionally, the dark theme option promotes accessibility and user comfort.
Activation Information
To install Creator Studio, request it through the ServiceNow Store. A valid App Engine Enterprise license is required to use this feature.
Related Applications
- App Engine Management Center: Manage Creator Studio-related activities effectively.
- App Engine Studio: Add complexity to Creator Studio apps.
- Catalog Builder: Utilize a guided experience to create or edit catalog items.
- Form Builder: Customize form views visually.
- ServiceNow Studio: Extend system solutions and develop custom apps.
- Workflow Studio: Centralize workflow authoring and monitoring.
- Workspace: Address customer needs with a comprehensive suite of tools.
The ServiceNow® Creator Studio product is a guided application development experience that enables business process experts to create request-based applications without the barriers of traditional low-code development. Creator Studio was enhanced and updated in the Zurich release.
Creator Studio highlights for the Zurich release
- Create customized email notifications that are sent by the apps that you build.
- Add playbooks with a new activity that automatically updates some fields on the app's generated record.
- Augment forms with the new Duration and Attachment question types.
See Creator Studio for more information.
New in the Zurich release
- Customizable email notifications
- Promote consistent branding by having admins create custom email notifications and templates, which are sent when users request something from an app or the request was changed or closed. In support, several of the standard email notification activities are now in the public scope, and a new Configure email notifications item is available in Guided Setup.
- New playbook activity to update record fields
- Enable apps to change several fields automatically on the submitted record using the new Update submission playbook activity. In support, a new Configure playbook activities item is available in Guided Setup.
- New question types for forms
- Two new question types are available for forms: Duration and Attachment.
- Duration enables users to specify a length of time.
- Attachment enables users to upload an attachment as a question. The Attachment field differs from the Add attachment option for the form, because the Attachment question type can be used in dynamic behavior questions.
- Granular configuration admin roles
- Several new granular admin roles enable developers to complete administrative configuration tasks without requiring the full admin role.
- Delete unpublished forms
- You can now delete unpublished forms from Creator Studio, which completely removes the record for the form from the ServiceNow AI Platform.
Changed in this release
- Deleting questions from unpublished forms removes the record
- When you delete a question from an unpublished form, the record for the question is now also removed from the ServiceNow AI Platform.
Activation information
Install Creator Studio by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.
Additional requirements
You must have the App Engine Enterprise license to use Creator Studio.
Accessibility information
- Dark theme
- The new Coral theme includes a dark theme option for web and mobile experiences. This option is commonly used to alleviate eye strain and improve readability.
For more information, see Dark mode in Creator Studio.