Add a business process activity to a business actor

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read eaw-add-business-process-activity-to-business-actor.md

Associate existing business process activities with a business actor, or create activities directly from the business actor record.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_apm.apm_user

About this task

Associating business process activities with business actors documents which roles, departments, or individuals are responsible for specific processes in your enterprise architecture.

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.
Select the business actor that you want to add a business process activity to.
Select the Business process activities tab.
Add a business process activity using one of the following methods.
- To add an existing business process activity:
  1. Select Add.
  2. In the Add business process activity window, select the business process activity. 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 process activity, select New and complete the fields on the form. For field descriptions, see Create a business process activity form.

Result

The business process activity appears in the Business process activities related list for the business actor.

Parent Topic:Manage business actors

View all business actors

Keywords business process activitybusiness actorenterprise architecture

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# Add a business process activity to a business actor

Associate existing business process activities with a business actor, or create activities directly from the business actor record.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apm.apm\_user

## About this task

Associating business process activities with business actors documents which roles, departments, or individuals are responsible for specific processes in your enterprise architecture.

## 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. Select the business actor that you want to add a business process activity to.

6. Select the **Business process activities** tab.

7. Add a business process activity using one of the following methods.

- To add an existing business process activity:
1. Select **Add**.
2. In the Add business process activity window, select the business process activity. 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 process activity, select **New** and complete the fields on the form. For field descriptions, see [Create a business process activity form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/application-portfolio-management/eaw-create-a-business-process-activity-form.md).

## Result

The business process activity appears in the **Business process activities** related list for the business actor.

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

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