App Engine Studio release notes
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Summary of App Engine Studio release notes
ServiceNow® App Engine Studio (AES) empowers users of varying skill levels to quickly build applications tailored to organizational needs. The Xanadu release introduces enhancements that streamline permissions management, improve integration with ServiceNow Studio, and enhance user experience when working with AI-generated apps.
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Key Features
- Role Assignment during Intake Review: Assign permissions to work in AES or Creator Studio directly during the Application Intake Management Center (AEMC) intake request review process.
- User Group Management: Control which AES and Creator Studio user groups are active by managing records in the User Group Permission Types table, allowing precise governance of user access.
- Non-Production Testing for AEMC: Test Application Intake Management Center functionality in a non-production instance to ensure a smooth transition to production environments.
- Direct Access to ServiceNow Studio: From Xanadu Store Release 2 onward, open applications directly in ServiceNow Studio via a banner link in AES, facilitating access to advanced development tools.
- Enhanced AI-Generated App Visibility: Apps created with Now Assist are visually distinguished in the App Inventory with animations, banners prompting review, labels, and review buttons for metadata records to ensure quality before deployment.
Important Upgrade Considerations
Ensure all instances have the same version of the Application Intake plugin installed due to changes in group assignment processes within AEMC introduced in Xanadu.
Activation and Related Features
App Engine Studio is available via the ServiceNow Store and requires a request for installation. It integrates with various ServiceNow capabilities such as Access Control, Catalog Builder, Change Management, CMDB, Creator Studio, Workflow Studio, Now Assist, and others that enhance application creation, management, and automation within AES.
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 Xanadu release.
App Engine Studio highlights for the Xanadu release
- Give users permission to work in AES or Creator Studio by assigning roles during the intake request review process in AEMC.
- Govern which AES and Creator Studio groups show as active by managing records on the User Group Permission Types [sn_app_intake_permission_type] table.
- Test AEMC on a non-production instance to ensure everything works as expected before moving to production.
- As of Xanadu Store Release 2, open an application in ServiceNow Studio directly from App Engine Studio.
See Build apps using App Engine Studio for more information.
Important information for upgrading App Engine Studio to Xanadu
Due to a new process for assigning groups in App Engine Management Center (AEMC), ensure you have the same version of the Application Intake plugin installed on each of your instances.
New in the Xanadu release
- Add users to one or more user groups
- When viewing an intake request in AEMC, add a user to one or more AES and Creator Studio user groups.
- Manage user groups for Application Intake
- Manage which AES and Creator Studio user groups are active in your instance by updating records on the User Groups Permission Types [sn_app_intake_permission_type] table.
- Test AEMC on a non-production instance
- Test AEMC on a non-production instance to ensure everything works as expected before moving to your production instance.
- Open applications in ServiceNow Studio
- As of Xanadu Store Release 2, open an application in ServiceNow Studio directly from a banner link in App Engine Studio to explore the more advanced application development environment ServiceNow Studio offers.
UI changes
- Enhanced visibility of apps created by Now Assist
- The App Engine Studio App Inventory page now clearly distinguishes apps created with Now Assist in the following ways:
- A transition animation from the Now Assist Panel into AES eases navigation after the application has been generated.
- A banner prompts users to review the generated items on landing in AES.
- Metadata records are tagged with labels and other UI highlights to indicate they were generated by AI.
- Metadata records have a Review button to identify records that need to be reviewed.
- App submission changes help inform users that they should be reviewing prior to deployment.
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.