Prerequisites
To create a Solution with Lightning Tools Forms Studio, you will need to have administrator access to the SharePoint site to which you wish to deploy your solution, and scripting must be enabled on that site.
Scripting can be enabled during the Solution creation process as shown in the walkthrough below, but only by a Global Administrator. If you are not a Global Admin, ask the admin to use the following SharePoint Online PowerShell command to enable scripting on your site:
Set-SPOsite "https://YourTenantName.sharepoint.com/sites/YourSiteName" -DenyAddAndCustomizePages 0
Walkthrough
To begin creating a new Solution in Lightning Tools Forms Studio, click New Solution under the My Solutions tab.
Next, choose whether to Start from scratch, or Start from template (if your organization has created any templates).
This article will show how to create a new Solution from scratch, using an Employee Onboarding example similar to the one shown in our November 2024 webinar.
Select Start from scratch, name your Solution, and paste in the URL of an existing (or newly created) SharePoint Online site where this solution will be created. This site could be a Team Site, a Communication Site, or it could be created with a site template such as Microsoft's Employee Onboarding Team template. Your name should be filled in as the SharePoint User, but you might need to click Add other user to grant your account permissions the first time.
Click Start. You'll see a message that your Solution is being created.
You might see a message that the Solution can't be created because scripting isn't enabled on this site. If so, click Enable Scripting. If you are not an Admin, this will need to be done separately by someone with the ability to enable scripting on this site.
The Solution creation process will continue, and after a few moments, you'll be taken to the Build tab of your new Solution within Lightning Tools Forms Studio.
