Application and Business Services (EAM)

An application service is an externally visible unit of functionality, provided by one or more applications or components, and exposed through well-defined interfaces.

An application service can be created in the following diagrams:

Application architecture diagram (see Application Architecture Diagram Basics)
Service-oriented diagram (see Service Oriented Diagram Basics)
City planning diagram (see City Planning Diagram Basics)

A business service is a service offered by an organization to its customers that directly supports the work performed in a business process or function, exposed by an application-to-business interface.

A business service can be created in the following diagrams:

Service-oriented diagram (see Service Oriented Diagram Basics)

Example

In this example the Register sales business service is implemented by the Finance Service application service:

Creating an Application or Business Service
You can create application or business services from the palette, Browser, or Model menu.
Application and Business Service Properties
To open an application or business service property sheet and view or edit its properties, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry.
Creating Business and Application Service Operations
An operation is an abstract description of an action supported by a service. For example the Login service may require a Get ID operation. You can create operations from the property sheet of, or in the Browser under, a business or application service.

Parent topic: Building Application Layer Diagrams