Relate business capabilities to view in Digital Portfolio Management

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read dpm-business-capability.md

You can relate business capabilities for a service or for a business application to see them in the Digital Portfolio Management (DPM) Workspace.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_dpm.dpm_admin

About this task

There are two conditions to create a CI relationship in DPM.

The business capability must be created.
The business capability must be related to a service.

You can create a business capability by navigating to All > CSDM > Design > Business Capability. For information about configuration item (CI) relationships, see Create or edit a CI relationship.

Procedure

Confirm the business capability name and the solution name that you want to relate.

Create the CI relationship.

Enter cmdb_rel_ci.list in the filter navigator, and then press Enter.
Select New.

On the form, fill in the fields.

Field	Description
Parent	The business capability that is to be related to the service or business application. Use the search icon ([Omitted image "icon-search.png"] Alt text: Search icon.) to select the business capability.
Type	The type of CI relationship. Use the search icon ([Omitted image "icon-search.png"] Alt text: Search icon.) to select Provided By:: Provides.
Child	The service or business application to be related to the business capability. Use the search icon ([Omitted image "icon-search.png"] Alt text: Search icon.).

Submit.

Confirm the CI relationship.

You can confirm the CI relationship in one of two ways:
- On the business capability record, in the Related Items section.
- In the DPM Workspace, on the Info tab of a service or business application.

Parent Topic:Configuring Digital Portfolio Management

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---
title: Relate business capabilities to view in Digital Portfolio Management
description: You can relate business capabilities for a service or for a business application to see them in the Digital Portfolio Management \(DPM\) Workspace.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/digital-portfolio-management/dpm-business-capability.html
release: australia
product: Digital Portfolio Management
classification: digital-portfolio-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configure, Digital Portfolio Management, IT Service Management]
---

# Relate business capabilities to view in Digital Portfolio Management

You can relate business capabilities for a service or for a business application to see them in the Digital Portfolio Management \(DPM\) Workspace.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_dpm.dpm\_admin

## About this task

There are two conditions to create a CI relationship in DPM.

1.  The business capability must be created.
2.  The business capability must be related to a service.

You can create a business capability by navigating to **All** &gt; **CSDM** &gt; **Design** &gt; **Business Capability**. For information about configuration item \(CI\) relationships, see [Create or edit a CI relationship](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/t_CreateCIRelationship.md).

## Procedure

1.  Confirm the business capability name and the solution name that you want to relate.

2.  Create the CI relationship.

    1.  Enter `cmdb_rel_ci.list` in the filter navigator, and then press **Enter**.

    2.  Select **New**.

    3.  On the form, fill in the fields.

        |Field|Description|
        |-----|-----------|
        |Parent|The business capability that is to be related to the service or business application. Use the search icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-search.png"\] Alt text: Search icon.\) to select the business capability.|
        |Type|The type of CI relationship. Use the search icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-search.png"\] Alt text: Search icon.\) to select **Provided By:: Provides**.|
        |Child|The service or business application to be related to the business capability. Use the search icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-search.png"\] Alt text: Search icon.\).|

    4.  **Submit**.

3.  Confirm the CI relationship.

    You can confirm the CI relationship in one of two ways:

    -   On the business capability record, in the Related Items section.
    -   In the DPM Workspace, on the Info tab of a service or business application.

**Parent Topic:**[Configuring Digital Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/digital-portfolio-management/dpm-configure-cfw.md)

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[View service and service offering details](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/digital-portfolio-management/dpm-service-details.md)

[View business application details](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/digital-portfolio-management/dpm-business-apps-details.md)