Add or edit a business actor

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Create or edit a business actor to define who performs work in your organization.

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"] Alt text:).
Select the expand row icon ([Omitted image "ExpandIcon.png"] Alt text:) next to Business Architecture.
Select Business Actors.
Add or edit a business actor.
- To add a business actor, select New.
- To update details of an existing business actor, select the business actor.
  
  Note: To edit multiple business actors simultaneously, select the checkboxes next to relevant business actors and then select Edit.
On the form, fill in the fields.

For field information, see Business actor form.
Select Save.

Parent Topic:Manage business actors

Related topics

View all business actors

Add a business role to a business actor

Keywords business actorenterprise architecturebusiness architecture

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# Add or edit a business actor

Create or edit a business actor to define who performs work in your organization.

## 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 \(\[Omitted image "portfolio-icon.png"\] Alt text:\).

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

4. Select **Business Actors**.

5. Add or edit a business actor.

- To add a business actor, select **New**.
- To update details of an existing business actor, select the business actor.

**Note:** To edit multiple business actors simultaneously, select the checkboxes next to relevant business actors and then select **Edit**.

6. On the form, fill in the fields.

For field information, see [Business actor form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-create-a-new-business-actor-form.md).

7. Select **Save**.

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

**Related topics**

[View all business actors](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-view-all-business-actors.md)

[Add a business role to a business actor](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-add-business-role-to-business-actor.md)