Build a new role for your application

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Create a custom role for your application in App Engine Studio (AES).

Before you begin

Role required: admin, security admin, or delegated_developer (with the Security Management permission)

Note: If you are an admin, be sure to elevate your role.

Procedure

Navigate to All > App Engine > App Engine Studio.
From the My Apps page, open your application.
In your application, next to Security, select the add icon ([Omitted image "plus-icon.png"] Alt text: Add icon).
Select Build a new role and then select Continue.

[Omitted image "build-new-role-purple.png"] Alt text: Option to build a new role
Enter a name and description for your role, and then select Continue.

Tip: For consistency with existing role names, enter a role name that is all lower-case and uses underscores instead of spaces. For example, for an office art requester role, you would enter office_art_requester.
For each table in your application, select one or more access controls for your role.
- Create
  
  Users with the role can create new records on the data table.
- Read
  
  Users with the role can read the data that is stored in the table.
- Write
  
  Users with the role can update existing records in the table.
- Delete
  
  Users with the role can delete table records.
Select the Experience tab, and then select the experiences that users with the role can access.
Select Continue, and then select Done on the summary screen.

Parent Topic:Add application security

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title: Build a new role for your application
description: Create a custom role for your application in App Engine Studio \(AES\).
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/application-development/app-engine-studio/aes-create-role.html
release: brazil
product: App Engine Studio
classification: app-engine-studio
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Add application security, Enhance your app, Build, App Engine Studio, Developing your application, Classic app development, Building applications]
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# Build a new role for your application

Create a custom role for your application in App Engine Studio \(AES\).

## Before you begin

Role required: admin, security admin, or delegated\_developer \(with the **Security Management** permission\)

**Note:** If you are an admin, be sure to elevate your role.

## Procedure

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

2. From the My Apps page, open your application.

3. In your application, next to Security, select the add icon \(\[Omitted image "plus-icon.png"\] Alt text: Add icon\).

4. Select **Build a new role** and then select **Continue**.

\[Omitted image "build-new-role-purple.png"\] Alt text: Option to build a new role

5. Enter a name and description for your role, and then select **Continue**.

**Tip:** For consistency with existing role names, enter a role name that is all lower-case and uses underscores instead of spaces. For example, for an office art requester role, you would enter `office_art_requester`.

6. For each table in your application, select one or more access controls for your role.

- **Create**

Users with the role can create new records on the data table.

- **Read**

Users with the role can read the data that is stored in the table.

- **Write**

Users with the role can update existing records in the table.

- **Delete**

Users with the role can delete table records.

7. Select the **Experience** tab, and then select the experiences that users with the role can access.

8. Select **Continue**, and then select **Done** on the summary screen.

**Parent Topic:**[Add application security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/application-development/app-engine-studio/add-security.md)