I really don’t know to be honest. It’s not documented as far as I know. If you don’t see the Add button on Components list in AppStudio, then it’s possible that became available in 2025.1 or .2.
You could try using REST:
POST /Ice.Lib.MetaFXSvc/GetNewApplication
BODY
{"request":{"Id":"selectionGrids","Type":"component","SubType":"Component"}}
then
POST /Ice.Lib.MetaFXSvc/SaveApp
BODY
{
"request": {
"id": "selectionGrids",
"viewType": "COMPONENT",
"layout": {
"name": "Component",
"guid": "2dcd1674-5e34-4d98-b493-c75747027376",
"caption": "Component",
"viewType": "COMPONENT",
"pageType": "Responsive",
"width": 600,
"components": [
{
"id": "a5da43ae-c1ca-47c8-89e8-25b42e507df5",
"sourceTypeId": "metafx-div",
"model": {
"guid": "a5da43ae-c1ca-47c8-89e8-25b42e507df5",
"id": "div-row-a5da4"
},
"components": [
{
"id": "eb37271f-3668-4006-9fb6-82fe00b985e9",
"sourceTypeId": "metafx-col",
"model": {
"guid": "eb37271f-3668-4006-9fb6-82fe00b985e9",
"flexBasis": "45%",
"id": "div-col-eb372"
},
"parentId": "a5da43ae-c1ca-47c8-89e8-25b42e507df5",
"components": [
{
"id": "feef3111-cf54-4bf1-aa5a-4545f5fc6775",
"sourceTypeId": "metafx-panel-card-grid",
"model": {
"guid": "feef3111-cf54-4bf1-aa5a-4545f5fc6775",
"title": "gridSource",
"id": "gridSource",
"disablePanelCardStyle": false,
"expanded": true,
"gridModel": {
"preloadOptions": {
"noOfRecordsTobePreloaded": 500
},
"selectionOptions": {
"showCheckBox": true,
"showSelectAll": true
},
"height": 600,
"columns": [
{},
{},
{}
]
},
"fullScreenButtonVisible": false
},
"parentId": "eb37271f-3668-4006-9fb6-82fe00b985e9"
}
]
},
{
"id": "c71783a0-36d2-400d-99e2-ed0050844a1c",
"sourceTypeId": "metafx-col",
"model": {
"guid": "c71783a0-36d2-400d-99e2-ed0050844a1c",
"flexBasis": "10%",
"id": "div-col-c7178"
},
"parentId": "a5da43ae-c1ca-47c8-89e8-25b42e507df5",
"components": [
{
"id": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb",
"sourceTypeId": "metafx-flex-box",
"model": {
"guid": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb",
"id": "metafx-flex-box-2ee45"
},
"parentId": "c71783a0-36d2-400d-99e2-ed0050844a1c",
"components": [
{
"id": "0c34cde5-d13b-4606-86eb-ec91afbc18b1",
"sourceTypeId": "erp-button",
"model": {
"guid": "0c34cde5-d13b-4606-86eb-ec91afbc18b1",
"id": "btnMoveTop",
"epBinding": "sysGlobalVariable.sg_btnMoveTop",
"icon": "mdi mdi-chevron-double-up",
"iconAlignRight": false,
"fixedWidth": true,
"width": 50,
"alignment": "Center"
},
"parentId": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb"
},
{
"id": "ce581bb2-175a-44ce-96e0-a29139701101",
"sourceTypeId": "erp-button",
"model": {
"guid": "ce581bb2-175a-44ce-96e0-a29139701101",
"id": "btnMoveUp",
"epBinding": "sysGlobalVariable.sg_btnMoveUp",
"width": 50,
"icon": "mdi mdi-chevron-up",
"fixedWidth": true,
"alignment": "Center"
},
"parentId": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb"
},
{
"id": "37904765-0e5e-45c2-8a4e-5a6a94637bc6",
"sourceTypeId": "erp-button",
"model": {
"guid": "37904765-0e5e-45c2-8a4e-5a6a94637bc6",
"id": "btnAdd",
"epBinding": "sysGlobalVariable.sg_btnAdd",
"alignment": "Center",
"icon": "mdi mdi-chevron-right",
"fixedWidth": true,
"width": 50
},
"parentId": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb"
},
{
"id": "7e980526-14d9-4ff9-a949-ec2143e169df",
"sourceTypeId": "erp-button",
"model": {
"guid": "7e980526-14d9-4ff9-a949-ec2143e169df",
"id": "btnRemove",
"epBinding": "sysGlobalVariable.sg_btnRemove",
"alignment": "Center",
"width": 50,
"icon": "mdi mdi-chevron-left",
"fixedWidth": true
},
"parentId": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb"
},
{
"id": "5782e8aa-da5f-4a0a-ad83-4717cba8bccd",
"sourceTypeId": "erp-button",
"model": {
"guid": "5782e8aa-da5f-4a0a-ad83-4717cba8bccd",
"id": "btnMovedown",
"epBinding": "sysGlobalVariable.sg_btnMovedown",
"alignment": "Center",
"width": 50,
"icon": "mdi mdi-chevron-down",
"fixedWidth": true
},
"parentId": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb"
},
{
"id": "ef056f5b-3fd6-446b-8fd0-ee1c1ecfec2a",
"sourceTypeId": "erp-button",
"model": {
"guid": "ef056f5b-3fd6-446b-8fd0-ee1c1ecfec2a",
"id": "btnMoveBottom",
"epBinding": "sysGlobalVariable.sg_btnMoveBottom",
"icon": "mdi mdi-chevron-double-down",
"alignment": "Center",
"width": 50,
"fixedWidth": true
},
"parentId": "2ee45ce1-5ebd-45ad-b284-8a7f5fb14bbb"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "div-col-998b1",
"sourceTypeId": "metafx-col",
"model": {
"id": "div-col-998b1",
"guid": "998b1eb1-ade5-480d-a5f3-5df46202bda2",
"flexBasis": "45%"
},
"parentId": "a5da43ae-c1ca-47c8-89e8-25b42e507df5",
"components": [
{
"id": "e552d159-fad1-41e1-8027-e90700cb77d8",
"sourceTypeId": "metafx-panel-card-grid",
"model": {
"guid": "e552d159-fad1-41e1-8027-e90700cb77d8",
"title": "gridTarget",
"id": "gridTarget",
"disablePanelCardStyle": false,
"expanded": true,
"gridModel": {
"selectionOptions": {
"showCheckBox": true,
"showSelectAll": true
},
"columns": [
{},
{},
{}
]
},
"fullScreenButtonVisible": false
},
"parentId": "div-col-998b1"
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
"properties": [],
"pages": [],
"orphans": null,
"tools": [],
"commentText": "",
"deviceType": "Desktop",
"events": [],
"serializedEvents": null,
"applicationType": "component",
"subApplicationType": "component",
"uxAppVersion": 0
}
}
Alternatively, since you’re on prem, you could probably place jsonc in \MetaUI\Shared\components and then run conversion 191 (!? I think it is !?) to load MetaUI into the database. I’ve only read about it and never done this so do your research first.
