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# Manage business roles

# Manage business roles {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated August 1, 2026  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
Define responsibilities and reporting hierarchies for business roles in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.  
From the Portfolio List view, you can:

* View all business roles
* Add or edit a business role
* Add a business actor to a business role
* Create a business actor from a business role record
* Remove a business actor from a business role
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* **[View all business roles](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ChAnR1uz1r0Qbh79qg3fRA)**   
  View all available business roles to understand organizational structure and role relationships in Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
* **[Add or edit a business role](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/5JTqQjWa2CX_vCHq7aFT9Q)**   
  Create or edit a business role to define the responsibilities, rights, and duties associated with performing specific business behavior.
* **[Add a business actor to a business role](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/892zsUHuNaGePq2XorWdog)**   
  Add existing business actors to a business role to identify who fulfills the role, or create a business actor directly from the business role record.
* **[Remove business actors from a business roles](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/YS2RDvRoax9sRaV3lhrdtw)**   
  You can remove the business actors associated with a business role in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.