Add an architectural artifact to a business application

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title: Add an architectural artifact to a business application
description: You can add existing architectural artifacts to business applications in the EA Workspace.
locale: en-US
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topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Working with an application portfolio, Working with Portfolio list view, Managing Enterprise Architecture Workspace, Enterprise Architecture Workspace, Enterprise Architecture]
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# Add an architectural artifact to a business application

You can add existing architectural artifacts to business applications in the EA Workspace.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apm.apm\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Enterprise Architecture Workspace**.

2.  Open the Portfolio List view by selecting the Portfolio icon \(\[Omitted image "portfolio-icon.png"\] Alt text: Portfolio icon\).

3.  Select the expand row icon \(\[Omitted image "ExpandIcon.png"\] Alt text: Expand Row icon\) next to **Application Portfolio**.

4.  Select **Business Applications**.

5.  Select the business application that you want to add an existing architectural artifact to.

6.  Select **Architectural Artifacts**.

    A list of artifacts associated with the business application is displayed.

7.  Select **Add** to link an existing artifact to the business application.

8.  In the **Add architectural artifact** pop-up window, select the existing artifact that you want to link to the business application and select **Ok**.

    The architectural artifact is added to the business application.


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