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title: Create an app
description: When you're ready to start building your application, begin creating your application in App Engine Studio.
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release: australia
product: App Engine Studio
classification: app-engine-studio
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [App creation tutorial, Build, App Engine Studio, Building low-code applications, Developing your application, Building applications]
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# Create an app

When you're ready to start building your application, begin creating your application in App Engine Studio.

## Before you begin

**Note:** To create apps in AES, you must be an admin or in the App Engine Studio Users group. If you are in the App Engine Studio User Limited group, you can only edit existing apps, not create new ones.

Role required: admin, sn\_app\_eng\_studio.user

## About this task

Once you’ve developed a plan for your application, you can start building it in App Engine Studio. App Engine Studio is a powerful tool that enables you to develop robust applications in a low-code environment.

This is the second step in the app creation tutorial. Follow along to create an application in App Engine Studio.

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[Planning your application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/app-tutorial-introduction.md)

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[Create an app](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/app-tutorial-create-an-app.md)

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[Building a data model](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/app-tutorial-data-model.md)

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[Creating user experiences](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/app-tutorial-experience-layer.md)

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[Test your application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/app-tutorial-test-app.md)

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|Timestamp|Section|
|---------|-------|
|0:06|Open App Engine Studio.|
|0:10|Create an application.|
|0:14|Name your application and provide additional details.|
|0:24|Review, add, and customize roles.|
|0:36|Go to your application dashboard.|

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **App Engine** &gt; **App Engine Studio**.

2.  On the App Engine Studio home page, select **Create app**.

3.  Enter a unique **Name** and **Description** for your application.

    We enter the following details for the application in our tutorial:

    |Field|Value|
    |-----|-----|
    |**Name**|`Travel request`|
    |**Description**|`Enables employees to submit travel requests`|

4.  Upload a logo for your application by dragging an image into the **Drag app logo or browse to upload** field, or by selecting the field, selecting the image from your file directory, then selecting **Open**.

    **Tip:** You can add a logo for your application later using the **Application Properties** menu.

5.  Select **Continue**.

6.  Control who has access to content in your application by reviewing, adding, or customizing roles.

    By default, App Engine Studio provides admin and user roles. To add more roles to your application, select **Add a role**, and enter a name and description for the role.

    In our tutorial, we use the default roles and permissions. We don't add additional roles.

7.  Select **Continue**.

8.  On the summary screen, select **Go to app dashboard** to continue setting up your application.

    Your application dashboard displays each part of your application, including **Data**, **Experience**, **Logic and automation**, and **Security**. You’ll configure these parts of your app in later steps of the tutorial.


## Result

You’ve created an application in App Engine Studio. The application is empty and ready for configurations.

## What to do next

Now that your application is created, you can start building the data model for the application. Proceed to the next step in the tutorial: [Building a data model](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/app-tutorial-data-model.md).