Components installed with Creator Studio

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  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Components installed with Creator Studio

    When you activate the Creator Studio plugin in ServiceNow, it automatically installs various essential components including tables, user roles, and properties that support app creation and management. This setup streamlines the process for users and administrators by providing the necessary infrastructure to build and handle applications within Creator Studio.

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    Key Features

    • Required Plugins: Activation requires two plugins: Creator Studio [sncreatorstudio] and Creator Studio - Global [com.glide.creatorstudio.global].
    • Properties: Includes settings such as templatedenylist to hide specific App Engine Studio templates and historyrecordlimit to control the number of recent app access records displayed, which can be adjusted to improve performance.
    • User Roles: Multiple roles are installed with Creator Studio to manage access and permissions, ranging from users who can create apps to those with read-only or administrative rights. These roles align with typical user personas such as app creators, requestors, and fulfillers.
    • Tables: Several tables are installed to manage requests, tasks, activities, and configurations related to Creator Studio apps. Notably, the Request Task [sncreatorstudiotask] table is essential and must exist on both production and non-production instances.

    Key Outcomes

    • ServiceNow customers gain a ready-to-use environment for app creation with all necessary components pre-installed and configured for immediate use.
    • Role-based access control enables secure and efficient app development workflows tailored to different user responsibilities.
    • Administrators have flexibility to manage app-related data and tasks through dedicated tables, ensuring proper tracking and automation capabilities.
    • Performance tuning is supported through configurable properties, helping maintain an optimal user experience on the Creator Studio home page.

    When you activate the Creator Studio plugin, various components like tables and user roles are automatically installed.

    Note:
    The Application Files table lists the components that are installed with this application. For instructions on how to access this table, see Find components installed with an application.

    What plugins are required to activate Creator Studio?

    You must install the following plugins for Creator Studio:
    • Creator Studio [sn_creatorstudio]
    • Creator Studio - Global [com.glide.creator_studio.global]

    Properties installed with Creator Studio

    com.glide.creator_studio.template_deny_list
    Hides App Engine Studio template from appearing for users when they create an app.
    • Type: string
    • Default value: 211f71ca73202010ae42d31ee2f6a785
    • Hide additional templates by adding their system values (sys_id for the template), separated by commas, in the Value field. For more information on the sys_id, see Unique record identifier (sys_id).
    For more information, see Show the AES template.
    sn_creatorstudio.history_record_limit
    Limits the last accessed history, for example in recent apps and sorting on the Creator Studio home page.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 1000
    • Set this value to -1 to disable the limit
    • Reduce this value from the default if the home page isn't loading fast enough

    Roles installed with Creator Studio

    The following table lists all roles installed with Creator Studio. For details on how the roles work with Creator Studio, see Creator Studio roles and personas.
    Table 1. Roles installed with Creator Studio
    Role Description Contains role
    sn_creatorstudio.user
    • Provides access to Creator Studio
    • Users can create new apps
    • catalog_builder_editor
    • sn_collab_request.basic_write
    • sn_udc.basic_read
    • sn_creatorstudio.basic_read
    • sn_collab_request.basic_read
    • app_template_runner
    • sn_g_app_creator.app_creator
    sn_creatorstudio.restricted_user
    • Provides access to Creator Studio
    • Users can't create new apps
    • catalog_builder_editor
    • sn_creatorstudio.app_requestor
    • sn_collab_request.basic_write
    • sn_udc.basic_read
    • sn_creatorstudio.basic_read
    • sn_collab_request.basic_read
    • app_template_runner
    sn_creatorstudio.basic_read Primitive read access to Creator Studio resources
    sn_creatorstudio.basic_write Primitive write access to Creator Studio resources
    sn_creatorstudio.admin Admin write access to Creator Studio
    Note:
    App Engine admins (app_engine_admin) with this role are not restricted from accessing ServiceNow Studio in the experience switcher.
    		 sn_creatorstudio.admin_write
    sn_creatorstudio.admin_write Admin write access to Creator Studio
    • sn_creatorstudio.basic_read
    • sn_creatorstudio.basic_write
    sn_creatorstudio.app_requestor Primitive app requester access to Creator Studio resources
    sn_creatorstudio.basic_fulfiller Gives some fulfillers the following:
    • Access to the Request App Workspace
    • Ability to edit some fields in the sn_creatorstudio_task table
    		 canvas_user

    Tables installed with Creator Studio

    Table 2. Tables installed
    Table Description
    Request Subtask [sn_creatorstudio_child_task] Extends the Task table.
    New Application Admin Task [sn_creatorstudio_new_application_admin_task] Extends the Task table.
    New Application Task [sn_creatorstudio_new_application_task] Extends the Task table.
    Request App Config [sn_creatorstudio_request_app_config] Extends the Application File table.
    Request Task [sn_creatorstudio_task] Table where all requests from apps made in Creator Studio are stored.
    Note:
    • You must have the Request Task table installed on the production instance as well as the non-production instance.
    • Admins can change the underlying table that each app in Creator Studio uses. However, the tables in this topics are still installed by default.
    Creator Studio Activities [sn_creatorstudio_activity] Table where all standard and custom activities for Creator Studio automations are stored.
    Note:
    This table is readable by Creator Studio users and delegated developers.