App Engine Studio release notes
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Summary of App Engine Studio release notes
ServiceNow® App Engine Studio (AES) empowers users with varying skill levels to create applications tailored to organizational needs. The Yokohama release introduces enhancements focused on app readiness and compliance, improving how administrators prepare applications for real-world deployment.
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Key Features
- App Readiness and Compliance Report: Integrated within the App Engine Management Center (AEMC), this report enables App Engine Admins to run instance scan suites to detect issues that may affect app deployment readiness and compliance.
- Activation and Availability: AES is available through the ServiceNow Store, where customers can request installation and access cumulative release notes.
- Upgrade Considerations: The Yokohama release introduces a new group assignment process in AEMC. To ensure consistency, the same version of the Application Intake plugin must be activated across all instances.
Related ServiceNow Features and Integrations
AES works seamlessly with various ServiceNow capabilities that enhance app creation and management, including:
- Access Control for managing roles and permissions within applications.
- Catalog Builder for editing catalog items directly within AES.
- Change Management to systematically control change lifecycles.
- Configuration Management Database (CMDB) to model organizational infrastructure.
- Creator Studio for no-code app building and customization.
- Workflow Studio features such as decision tables, flows, and email notifications for advanced automation and communication.
- Integration Hub for importing data into AES tables.
- Mobile App Builder and UI Builder for creating mobile and user interfaces.
- Now Assist leveraging generative AI for app generation within ServiceNow Studio.
- Playbooks, Table Builder, and Workspace Builder to edit processes, data models, and workspaces within AES.
- ERP integrations including Zero Copy Connector and ERP Semantic Mining for leveraging enterprise data.
Practical Impact for Customers
With the Yokohama release, customers gain enhanced visibility into app readiness and compliance status, facilitating smoother app deployment and reducing risks associated with app launches. The integration with AEMC provides a centralized management experience for app governance. Additionally, the availability of AES via the ServiceNow Store streamlines the installation and upgrade process, while the broad set of related features supports comprehensive application lifecycle management within the ServiceNow ecosystem.
The ServiceNow® App Engine Studio (AES) application enables creators of varying skill levels to build applications that meet the immediate needs of your organization. App Engine Studio was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.
App Engine Studio highlights for the Yokohama release
Use the App Readiness and Compliance report in App Engine Management Center (AEMC) to check if apps are ready to go live.
See App Readiness and Compliance Report for more information.
Important information for upgrading App Engine Studio to Yokohama
Due to a new process for assigning groups in AEMC, the same version of the Application Intake plugin must be activated on each of your instances.
For more information, see App Readiness and Compliance Report.
New in the Yokohama release
- App Readiness and Compliance Report
- As an App Engine Admin, use the App Readiness and Compliance report in AEMC to check if the apps you’re making are ready to go live. You can run an instance scan suite that looks for any issues that can impact app deployments. This feature helps determine if the app is prepared for use in the real world.
Activation information
Install App Engine 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.