App Engine Studio release notes

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title: App Engine Studio release notes
description: The ServiceNow App Engine Studio application enables creators of varying skill levels to build applications that meet the immediate needs of your organization. See the following sections for release notes by version.App Engine Studio was updated in the October 2026 release for the deprecation of the PDF Extractor tool \(table creation from PDFs\).
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# App Engine Studio release notes

The ServiceNow® App Engine Studio application enables creators of varying skill levels to build applications that meet the immediate needs of your organization. See the following sections for release notes by version.

## About App Engine Studio

-   Build applications to store information, automate business processes, and solve business problems using a low-code, wizard interface.
-   Leverage a suite of powerful development tools, including guided workflows and templates.
-   Use app templates, such as the Time Off template, to build applications, or create your own templates.
-   Publish apps using the App Engine Management Center.

See [App Engine Studio](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/application-development/aes-overview.md) for more information.

## Activation and other requirements

-   **Activation information**

    Install App Engine Studio by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/store-release-notes/sn-store-release-notes.html).


**Parent Topic:**[App development and low-code release notes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/release-notes/build-automate-rn-landing.md)

## Version 30.1.2

App Engine Studio was updated in the October 2026 release for the deprecation of the PDF Extractor tool \(table creation from PDFs\).

### What's deprecated or removed

-   **PDF Extractor tool \(table creation from PDFs\)**

    The PDF Extractor tool that enables table creation from PDFs in App Engine Studio is deprecated starting in the Brazil release. To create tables from PDFs, you can migrate your application to Build Agent. For more information, see [Build Agent](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/application-development/build-agent.md).


### Plugin information

-   **Deprecated plugins**

    PDF Extractor tool \(sn\_pdf\_table\_bldr\): To create tables from PDFs, migrate to Build Agent.