Create a digital integration

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

    • Create a digital integration in Enterprise Architecture (formerly Application Portfolio Management), to create a connection between a consuming business application and a provider business application.

    About this task

    The digital integration is a design object used by the Enterprise Architects. It describes a connection between two business applications or between a business application and an external service (for example: AWS, Yahoo, a TimeZone Conversion service) that provides an interface (API) to interact with.

    You can define why a connection is required between two data entities, over which Interfaces they should communicate, and provides a link to relevant design and architectural material. A Digital Integration underpins a business capability and provides business value.

    Before you begin

    Important:

    Starting with the Xanadu release, the legacy digital integrations module is moved to the Enterprise Architecture Workspace. To learn more, see Add or edit a digital integration in the EA Workspace.

    If you have an Enterprise Architecture user role (sn_apm.apm_user), use the Business Application Life-cycle Management services to request, add, or retire a business application.

    Role required: sn_apm.apm_analyst

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Enterprise Architecture > Application Portfolio > Digital Integrations.
    2. Select New
    3. On the Create Digital Integration form, fill in the fields.
      For a description of the field values, see Create digital integration form.
    4. Select Submit.

    Result

    On the Digital Integrations page, a success message and the link to the newly created digital integration appear.

    After submission of the form, within the CMDB platform, a CI relationship (Interfaces::Interfaced By) gets created between provider and subscriber business applications. In a case, where the digital interface has no relation to a business application (using Open or Public API), the digital integration is created between the subscriber business application and a standalone digital interface.