Custom Application record form

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Use the Custom Application form to add or modify information that defines the behavior of a custom application.

Field

Description

Name

[Required] Enter a label for the application. Changing the name does not change any other field value derived from the application name such as the Scope, Menu, or User role fields.

Version

Enter version information for the application. Both the ServiceNow application repository and the store use this value to determine whether updates are available to your application users.Note: To publish the application in the ServiceNow Store, the version must conform to the application certification standards.

Application scoping

Scope

[Read Only] Displays the unique application scope set during the creation process. You can change this value only by deleting and recreating the application with a new value. For more information about the protections offered, see Application scope.

Application administration

Select whether to protect sensitive application data by restricting how users acquire application-specific roles. See Application administration.

Can edit application in Studio

This field is a legacy option that does not apply to the new ServiceNow Studio.

Design and runtime

JavaScript Mode

The JavaScript standard that the application supports. Select ECMAScript 2021 (ES12) to support features in ECMAScript 12th edition or ES5 Standards Mode to support features in ECMAScript 5th edition. Select Compatibility Mode to support earlier ECMAScript editions. For more information, see Set the JavaScript mode for an application.

Runtime Access Tracking

Select how the application handles script access requests to resources in other applications. Select None to authorize all access requests to cross-scope resources without logging them. Select Tracking to log and authorize all access requests to cross-scope resources. Select Enforcing to log access requests to cross-scope resources but require an administrator to authorize each request.

Restrict Table Choices

Clear the option to allow the application to see tables from other application scopes. Select the option to restrict design choices to only tables in the same application.

Subscription Management

Licensable

Specifies whether the application is tracked by the Subscription Management application.

Subscription requirement

Not applicable for ServiceNow customers who build custom applications for their own use. Used only by partners who sell and monitor the usage of resellable applications on the ServiceNow Store.Specifies whether the application requires a separate subscription (Required) or is monitored only.

Subscription model

Not applicable for ServiceNow customers who build custom applications for their own use. Used only by partners who sell and monitor the usage of resellable applications on the ServiceNow Store.Specifies how the Subscription Management application tracks usage. See Types of subscriptions in Subscription Management.

Primary Menu

Menu

Select the application menu where you want to display modules. For more information about menus and modules, see Create an application menu.

End user access

User role

Select the user role required to access the application menu. For more information about user roles, see Create a role.

Short description

Enter a description of the application purpose or usage.

Logo

Select the image the system displays in the applications list and ServiceNow Store.

Guided Setup

Add the Guided Setup to start when the application is installed or upgraded.

Application Files

View configuration records associated with this application in platform feature tables.

Dependencies

View or add tables or applications on which this application depends. The system automatically adds records to this list when you extend tables or when another application creates application files for this application. Add script-based dependencies. See Dependencies for custom applications.

Cross scope privileges

View or create cross-scope privilege records to determine which script operations and targets the system allows to run. See Cross-scope privilege record.

Design Access

View or specify which other applications have design access to tables or records in this application. See Application design access record.

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