Add a business actor to a business role

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read eaw-add-business-actor-to-business-role.md

Add existing business actors to a business role to identify who fulfills the role, or create a business actor directly from the business role record.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_apm.apm_user

Procedure

Navigate to Workspaces > Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
Open the Portfolio List view by selecting the Portfolio icon ([Omitted image "portfolio-icon.png"]).
Select the expand row icon ([Omitted image "ExpandIcon.png"] Alt text: Expand icon) next to Business Architecture.
Select Business Roles.
Select the business role to which you want to add a business actor.
Select the Business actors tab.
Add a business actor.
- To add an existing business actor:
  1. Select Add.
  2. In the Add business actors window, select the business actor. A suggested relationship type appears in the Relationship type field, but you can select a different type from the list, if needed.
  3. Select Add.
- To create a business actor, select New and complete the fields on the form. For field descriptions, see Business actor form.

Result

The business actor appears in the Business actors related list.

Parent Topic:Manage business roles

View all business roles

Add or edit a business role

Keywords business actorbusiness roleenterprise architecture

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# Add a business actor to a business role

Add existing business actors to a business role to identify who fulfills the role, or create a business actor directly from the business role record.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apm.apm\_user

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **Workspaces** &gt; **Enterprise Architecture Workspace**.

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

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

4. Select **Business Roles**.

5. Select the business role to which you want to add a business actor.

6. Select the **Business actors** tab.

7. Add a business actor.

- To add an existing business actor:
1. Select **Add**.
2. In the Add business actors window, select the business actor. A suggested relationship type appears in the **Relationship type** field, but you can select a different type from the list, if needed.
3. Select **Add**.
- To create a business actor, select **New** and complete the fields on the form. For field descriptions, see [Business actor form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-create-a-new-business-actor-form.md).

## Result

The business actor appears in the **Business actors** related list.

**Parent Topic:**[Manage business roles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-manage-business-roles.md)

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