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Requirements:
This page uses a Canvas as the example, but Workflows and Agents can be turned into Apps as well once they are published.

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What are apps?

Apps are one of Tela’s main features. They are useful when you already have a reliable Canvas and need to give different users a way to create multiple runs of your Canvas at the same time, providing files or text to populate a Variable and downloading the result of all the runs in a spreadsheet.
Our apps are related to a Canvas, but you can share the app link with any person with access to your workspace and they will be able to use the app without needing to interact with the Canvas.

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Creating an App

Click the Publish button in the top right corner of your canvas page and turn on Deploy App in the publish dialog:
Publish dialog with the Deploy App option
After you publish, the app is created. Open its Settings (the … button next to Share on the app page) to give it a name and a simple description and choose who in your Workspace can access it. The app is created as a Workstation with the same configuration as your Canvas.
App settings dialog
In the same dialog you can also:
  • Turn on Approval Required, so tasks must be approved before they can be downloaded or added as test cases
  • Turn on Hide from workspace to keep the app out of the Dashboard and other pages
What your team sends to the app fills the Variable of your Canvas or Workflow: each input becomes a task that runs with it as the Variable’s content. Tasks accept both files and text.
We currently support only one variable per app, but we are working on experiences with multiple variables
After configuring your app, you can copy and share your app link or click Open Web App to see your app in action! Now that you have configured and opened your app’s page, we can dive deeper into the Workstation.

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Updating your App

If your app is not getting the results you expect, maybe you need to edit your prompt or change something in your Canvas.
You can go directly to the Canvas associated with your app by clicking the … button in the top left corner of your App’s page.
Your app is associated with the Published version of your Canvas, so please remember to publish your canvas to see the changes in your app.