View a unified map for a business application

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title: View a unified map for a business application
description: View a unified map for your business applications in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace to understand the current architecture and associated references.
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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# View a unified map for a business application

View a unified map for your business applications in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace to understand the current architecture and associated references.

## Before you begin

You can also open the unified map in Enterprise Modeling and Visualization and make modifications.

Verify that the CMDB Workspace plugin \(sn\_cmdb\_ws\) \(version 4.0.1 or later\) is installed.

Role required: sn\_apm.apm\_user and sn\_cmdb\_user

## About this task

Unified map is a visualization tool that is used to understand the enterprise architecture and its associated references. It provides you with a clear overview of your organization's technology architecture.

## 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 a business application to open it.

6.  Select **Open Map**.


## Result

In the EA Workspace version 2.1.1, the unified map for the selected business application is opened in the CMDB Workspace. For more details on the unified map, see [Unified Map](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/cmdb-workspace-unified-map.md).

\[Omitted image "open-map.png"\] Alt text: Business Application Dependency View

In the EA Workspace version 2.2.0 or later, the unified map for the selected business application is opened in a new tab within the EA Workspace.

\[Omitted image "open-map-eaw.png"\] Alt text: Business Application Dependency View

-   **[View the unified map for a business application in Enterprise Modeling and Visualization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-view-unified-map-in-modeling-tool.md)**  
You can view and model the unified map for your business applications, using Enterprise Modeling and Visualization. Using the Enterprise Modeling and Visualization \[com.snc.apm\_modelling\_tool\] functionality in Enterprise Architecture Workspace, you can modify your existing applications hierarchy and associate them with architectural artifacts.

**Parent Topic:**[Working with an application portfolio](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-work-with-application-portfolio.md)

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