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# App Projects

Wikipedia definition: [In information technology, an **application** (**app**), **application program** or **application software** is a computer program designed to help people perform an activity. Depending on the activity for which it was designed, an application can manipulate text, numbers, audio, graphics and a combination of these elements.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software)

In Creators Studio, you can create three kinds of projects in the App Project type. 

Basically, each application is a node on the graph table, but it varies visually and in purpose.

### Application

Use this type of apps to operate a device or a distinct process. 

You can create an application type project from Creators Studio: click **New Project**, choose **App** Project type and **Application** App type.  

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MRJZ-HYo6klbRJltQHO%2F-MRJ_xQfrRX8kMSufbyN%2Fappl%20templ.png?alt=media\&token=62b2c755-8871-440b-8a74-7fb37a7fa627)

Or you can create an application type project from a device menu in the **Smart Infrastructure** service:  

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MRPWf1t0-eFQ8Qk_UGm%2F-MRPapftg3tRTnj-NG97%2Fdevice.png?alt=media\&token=4ed38625-dead-4f37-b801-68658a539a9e)

This app's node has teal coloring and corresponding subtitle on the graph table:  

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MK4i7izvZxhuokME73U%2F-MK4iSyiqnVLllKDGrML%2Fappnode.png?alt=media\&token=8be3061d-994e-417c-87c9-b30ab3ce93be)

A special feature of application nodes - you can open the app in its user interface by clicking **OPEN APP** above the top-right corner.

Examples of use: 

* an application node that defines a machine tool behavior when carving an item;
* an application for an additional controller in a coffee machine to control coffee grinding;
* an application for a robot-cleaner to define an everyday cleaning process.

See an [**Application Example**](/creators-studio/main-elements/projects/application-example.md) in use with screenshots.

{% hint style="info" %}
Please, choose runtime properly when you are creating a new project: application-type apps often run on the device\`s controller itself (choose AOS).
{% endhint %}

### Automation

An automation app allows a device or a system to react in different situations (different incoming data) with particular responses.

You can create a project for an automation app from the Creators Studio interface and some special places in every Aitheon service, like in Smart Infrastructure: 

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MK4W45gNvx2NCNfyO4w%2F-MK4XZW6UJSlm_KOQCKB%2Fautom%20create.png?alt=media\&token=d2561c4b-860d-4e83-bc2a-edda720485ae)

Go to **Smart Infrastructure**, select an infrastructure among **All Infrastructure**, and click the **AUTOMATION** button **(1)**. You will see your automation apps and a **+ NEW AUTOMATION NODE** button. Then choose: make it yourself, choose from existing, buy on Marketplace, or make a request for such app.

This apps\` node has orange coloring and corresponding subtitle on the graph table: 

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MK4U2fLOjKYu7Mrg0sN%2F-MK4UdU-F7K4M8527h4T%2Fautomation.png?alt=media\&token=0be578d6-5e41-46f9-856a-ff0f3426820e)

You may open the app in its user interface by clicking **OPEN APP** above the top-right corner. A new window will appear: 

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MK4VDDK5g17q0FTV_AW%2F-MK4VwmQrGAw6qwVYGrN%2Fapp%20auto.png?alt=media\&token=2b3aeab0-ce1e-499b-8e73-e7f267d162bb)

An automation app may have some user interface - to show data or to interfere in a process manually - but you wouldn\`t be able to use this UI with other processes. For this purpose use the Dashboard type.

Examples of use:

* creating a task in the Project Management service when a robot can\`t finish the work;
* parsing an email if the topic contains a particular word;
* a chat-bot that gives responses depending on requests.

{% hint style="info" %}
Please, choose runtime properly when you are creating a new project: automation-type apps often run on the cloud (choose **AOS cloud**).
{% endhint %}

### Dashboard

This app doesn\`t define any work or automation but reflects their state in UI widgets. You can easily reuse a dashboard for different processes and data flows.

You can create a project for a dashboard app from Creators Studio interface and some special places in every Aitheon service, like in Smart Infrastructure: 

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MK4YJZo7-Qk40Piao5S%2F-MK4_vybnZxpYH5ik4oB%2Fdashb.png?alt=media\&token=d6bb22cb-8343-4a31-a16e-662e24118816)

Go to **Smart Infrastructure**, select an infrastructure among **All Infrastructure**, and click the **+ CREATE DASHBOARD APP** button **(1)**. This is the place for your future dashboard app. Then choose: make it yourself, choose from existing, buy on Marketplace, or make a request for such app.

This apps\` node has green coloring and corresponding subtitle on the graph table:   

![](https://3983587133-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LvAp4NFmv7Cj5kJvKjw%2F-MK4j6bf4Eegf2JsPWrA%2F-MK4js6fYCoYimh7KwGp%2Fdashb.png?alt=media\&token=4c32fc35-21c7-49ea-995b-452de7fbdcc8)

You can open the app (UI) in its user interface by clicking **OPEN APP** above the top-right corner.

Examples of use:

* robots\` real-time statuses;
* energy consumption levels in some working facilities;
* working station load level over time.

{% hint style="info" %}
Note that you can add a dashboard app only to dashboards, an automation app only to automation. And if you've made an application type application with UI, you have to go to a graph table of Aitheon Core, find the app's node, and open the UI from there.

So, if your application that manages a device needs some UI controls, you may want to make one more app - dashboard type - and connect it with the device's application.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
Please, choose runtime properly when you are creating a new project: dashboard-type apps often run on the cloud (choose **AOS cloud**).
{% endhint %}