Add or edit an application category

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated July 31, 2025
  • 1 minute to read

    • An application category is a grouping of applications by their purpose and function, fields, or areas. Such a categorization helps you to consolidate applications and rationalize decisions. You can create an application category or edit an existing one to align it with your business requirements.

    Before you begin

    Important:

    Starting with the Xanadu release, the legacy application categories module is moved to the Enterprise Architecture Workspace. To learn more, see Configure application categories.

    Role required: sn_apm.apm_admin

    About this task

    Each application should have an application category defined. This field is used to describe the purpose of the application, and the key business function this application supports. You can keep the categorization at a high level, like a business function. For example, Sales, HR, Marketing, and Manufacturing. Application category field is used to filter Analysis dashboards (2x2 matrix plotting business value versus technical risk).

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Enterprise Architecture > Administration > Application Categories.
    2. Select New to create a new category or select the name of an existing category that you want to modify.
    3. Enter a name and description for the application category.
    4. If you want to add the category to a category group, look up and select the group from the Category group field.
    5. Select Submit or Update.