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title: Create your application from scratch
description: If the available application templates in App Engine Studio \(AES\) don't fit your application goal, create an empty application to which you can add data, experience, logic and automation, and security.
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product: App Engine Studio
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topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Create your app, Build, App Engine Studio, Building low-code applications, Developing your application, Building applications]
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# Create your application from scratch

If the available application templates in App Engine Studio \(AES\) don't fit your application goal, create an empty application to which you can add data, experience, logic and automation, and security.

## 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

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **App Engine** > **App Engine Studio**.

2.  Select **Create app**.

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

4.  Add a logo by either dragging the image to the **Drag app logo or browse to upload** field or selecting the field, selecting the image from your file directory, and selecting **Open**.

5.  Select **Continue**.

6.  Control who has access to create, read, write, and delete content in your application by adding or customizing roles.

    To add security roles to your app, select **Add a role**, and enter a name and description for the role.

    **Note:** At least one role must have **Read** access to be able to update application security.

7.  Select **Continue**.

8.  On the summary screen, select **Go to app dashboard**.

9.  If you want a more advanced app development environment to work in, you can open your app in [ServiceNow Studio](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/servicenow-studio-classic/servicenow-studio-landing.md) by selecting **Try it out** in the banner.

    \[Omitted image "sn-studio-entry-aes.png"\] Alt text: Try opening your app in ServiceNow Studio for a more advanced app development experience.

10. Review the guiding information for each section of your application by enabling the **Guidance** toggle \(\[Omitted image "guidance-toggle-purple.png"\] Alt text: Guidance toggle\) in the bottom left corner of the window.

11. Continue building your application by adding data, experiences, logic and automation, and security to your app.

    For more information, see the following topics:

    -   [Create a data model for your application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/add-data.md)
    -   [Add an application experience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/add-experience.md)
    -   [Add logic and automation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/add-automation.md)
    -   [Add application security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/add-security.md)

## What to do next

After you've finished building your application, submit the application for approval to get it reviewed and deployed by an administrator. For more information, see [Submit your app for approval and publishing](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-studio/submit-for-approval.md).

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