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# Add CI relationship

# Relate business applications to each other {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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Relate a business application to another business application using the CI relationship \[cmdb_rel_ci\] table of type Interfaced by::Interfaces. Use this suggested relationship to get the information of other business
applications, which are interfaced with the business application.

## Before you begin

Important:  
Starting with the Xanadu release, the legacy business applications module is moved to the Enterprise Architecture Workspace. To learn more, see [Add or edit a business application](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/kEM3n7OmTltdnj~xVXFPgw "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.").

Role required: sn_apm.apm_user

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllEnterprise ArchitectureApplication PortfolioAll Business Applications.
2. To create a suggested relationship between the business applications, open a business application record.
3. In the Related Items section of the Business Application form, click the add CI relationship icon (![CI relationship icon]()) to launch the relationship editor and create the CI relationship.
4. Select the Interfaced by (Parent) from the Suggested relationship types section.  
   The filter is automatically applied on the business application.
5. In the Configuration Items section, select the record that is of a business application.
6. In the Relationships section, select the CI relationship icon (![CI relationship icon]()) to create new relationship with selected configuration items.  
   The Interfaced by::Interfaces relationship is added in the Relationships section.
7. Click Save and Exit.
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## What to do next

Click the show dependency views icon (![Show dependency views icon.]()) in the Business Application related items to view the dependency of this business application interfacing or interfaced by other business applications.

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