Add or edit a business application

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title: Add or edit a business application
description: Add the applications that your organization wants to introduce based on their functions and the business processes they fulfill. In Enterprise Architecture, add or edit any business application that is used to assess and track costs, usage, business value, functional fitment, and risks.
locale: en-US
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topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 3
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 or edit a business application

Add the applications that your organization wants to introduce based on their functions and the business processes they fulfill. In Enterprise Architecture, add or edit any business application that is used to assess and track costs, usage, business value, functional fitment, and risks.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apm.apm\_analyst \(to add\) or sn\_apm.apm\_user \(to update\)

## About this task

If you have an Enterprise Architecture user role \(sn\_apm.apm\_user\), use the Business Application Life-cycle Management services to request, add, retire, approve, or reject a business application.

**Note:** To approve or reject the requests, you must be part of the Business Application Registration Approval Group.

## 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.  Add or edit a business application.

    -   To add a business application, select **New**.
    -   To update the details of an existing business application, select the record and then select **Edit**.
    **Note:** You can also generate insights into a business application using Now Assist, by selecting the **Generate Insights** button available in the **Insights** tab on the side panel. For more details, see [Generate insights into business applications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/generate-insights-into-ba.md).

6.  On the form, fill in the fields.

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

7.  Select **Save** or **Update**.


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