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# Business application relationships with CIs

# Business application relationships with CIs {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

You can create relationships between the business application and other
CIs. To get reports about a business application, there must be an association between the application and the CIs that make up the
application.

Business
applications have to be integrated with the other CIs to examine the CI and its relationship from a [CI relation formatter](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_CIRelationsFormatterNG&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-servicenow-platform&ft:locale=en-US).

## CMDB dependency views {#application-relations__section_qcc_sfc_klb}

Dependency view graphically displays an infrastructure view for a configuration item (CI) and
the business application or business services that it is part of and that it supports.

In Enterprise Architecture, you can see the dependency views by clicking the show dependency views icon (![Show dependency icon]()) in the related items of the Business Application form.

In addition to the existing Enterprise Architecture
specific configuration items based on references versus relationships, a relationship is established between the Business Capability configuration item and the Business Application configuration
item.

To view the mapping of the related items, navigate to Dependency ViewsMap Related Items. The table provides a list of configuration items that are related to each other
by a referenced related field, because of which the dependency view is rendered.
**Related tasks**   

* [Add or edit a business application](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/gjy1Myc56uOAecPkmEOZTw "Use the Business application form to add the applications that your organization uses based on their functions and the business processes they fulfill. In Enterprise Architecture, add any business application that is used to assess and track costs, usage, business value, functional fitment, and risks.")
* [View business application roadmap](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/_7fdtIVJ4queDApNLRxSKg "Use the graphical, high-level overview of the application roadmap to view the investments made in the business application.")
* [Monitor business applications with the application landscape dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/kck40vfwN8lPPhTIgK~uwg "View the application landscape dashboard for an overview of all the applications used in your business enterprise. The dashboard provides pre-configured reports on applications, grouped by categories. You can also configure and add reports.")

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