SmartSuite Studio — Design Governed Workflows Without Code
Build the data model, business logic, permissions, and user experience of any workflow in one unified no-code environment—so business teams ship working Solutions fast and IT keeps full control.
- A Solution Creator or Administrator role is required to create Solutions, from the + New Solution button on the Home Page.
- Three starting points: Start with a Template, Build from Scratch, or Create with AI, which turns a description into a Solution in about 1 to 2 minutes.
- The Solution Library of more than 200 templates is included with every subscription.
- A Solution combines Tables, Records, Fields, views, automations and permissions, and each Solution holds up to 25 Tables.
- Solutions are unlimited on every plan.
What Is SmartSuite Studio?
SmartSuite Studio is SmartSuite's unified no-code environment for designing complete Solutions—the data structure, business logic, permissions, and user interface of a workflow—in one place. It helps process owners, business analysts, and operations teams build and iterate on governed workflows without developer involvement, while IT, security, and compliance stakeholders keep role-based control and audit-ready visibility. Explore how it anchors the SmartSuite platform.
Data Model
Define Relational Data Models Without Code
Start every workflow with structure. In SmartSuite Studio you create Tables, add Fields of any type, and connect Records across Tables with Linked Records—modeling intake queues, control registers, asset inventories, and project portfolios as relational data, not disconnected spreadsheets.
Begin from scratch, from a template, or from an AI-generated schema, and reshape the model as the process evolves.
Business Logic
Add Business Logic with No-Code Automations
Layer behavior onto your data with Automations—triggers, conditions, and multi-step actions built in a drag-and-drop builder. Route approvals when a status changes, escalate overdue items on a schedule, and notify owners the moment a form is submitted.
Because the logic lives in the same environment as the data model, changing a workflow never means re-wiring a separate tool.
Access Control
Apply Role-Based Permissions at Every Level
Governance is part of the design, not an afterthought. Apply role-based permissions at the workspace, Solution, Table, Field, and Record levels—so Finance sees budget Fields, auditors see evidence, and everyone else sees exactly what their role allows.
Field and record-level security keeps sensitive data protected inside shared workflows instead of forcing teams to split them apart.
User Experience
Design the User Experience Your Teams Actually Use
Shape how work looks, not just how it's stored. Configure Views, Dashboards, and record page layouts so every persona gets a purpose-built interface—an intake board for requesters, a testing queue for analysts, and cross-Solution Dashboards with live, in-workflow reporting for leadership.
Governed Self-Service
Enable Self-Service Configuration with Safe Change Management
Solution Managers and Administrators configure workflows themselves—no developer queue, no change tickets to an external vendor. Role-based access control decides who can change what, and audit-ready activity history records every structural change.
The result is the pairing enterprises need: teams move fast, and IT stays in control.
SmartSuite Studio
SmartSuite Studio is where GRC teams turn a process on a whiteboard into a running workflow—data, logic, permissions, and UI designed together, with oversight built in from day one.
A compliance lead models controls, tests, and evidence as linked Tables, adds recurring test Automations, and restricts evidence Fields to the audit team—one governed workflow, built without engineering.
Design a policy register with attestation Records, route acknowledgment requests on a schedule, and give the CISO a Dashboard of outstanding attestations across business units.
A risk manager designs the full vendor lifecycle—intake form, tiering logic, assessment schedule, and renewal Fields—then iterates on the data model and UI in the same environment as the Automations that drive it.
Model findings with remediation stages, permission-gate who can close an issue, and keep an audit-ready history of every structural edit to the workflow itself.
Pair SmartSuite Studio with the AI Solution Builder or Solution Templates to generate a working structure in minutes, then refine the data model, logic, and permissions to fit your process exactly.
SmartSuite Studio is SmartSuite's unified no-code environment for designing complete Solutions—data models, business logic, permissions, and user interfaces—in one place. Instead of stitching together a database, an automation tool, and a form builder, teams design the whole workflow where it runs.
No. Data models, Automations, permissions, and page layouts are all configured through no-code, drag-and-drop interfaces. Solution Managers and Administrators handle configuration themselves, which keeps changes out of the developer backlog.
Members with the Solution Creator or Administrator role can create new Solutions, and Solution Managers configure the workflows they own. Role-based access control determines exactly who can change structure, logic, and permissions.
Governance is built into the environment: role-based access control at every level, safe change management, and audit-ready activity history that records structural changes. GRC and IT teams get self-service speed without giving up oversight.
All three. From the Home Page, a Solution Creator can build from scratch, start with one of 200+ Solution Templates, or use Create with AI to generate a working structure from a plain-language description, then refine it in Studio.
No. It is the solution-building environment of the SmartSuite platform—core building capabilities like Tables, Fields, Automations, permissions, and page design are available across SmartSuite plans rather than sold separately.
Yes. Process owners, business analysts, and ops teams design workflows in the same environment where IT, security, and compliance apply permissions and review change history—so speed and control come from one system instead of competing ones.
Build Governed Workflows in Days, Not Months
Design your data model, logic, permissions, and UI in one no-code environment—and put your first workflow to work this week.