Systems, Applications, and Databases (EAM)

A System is a packaged application that can contain sub systems, applications, services and other application elements.

An application is a computer program, a collection of data groups (databases and/or parts of databases) and program modules (components, database management systems, utilities, interactive modules, and system modules), which implements a business function.

A database is a representation of an installed database.

These objects can be created in the following diagrams:

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

Example

In this example, the Inventory system contains the Stock Management application and the Stock database:

Creating a System, Application, or Database
You can create systems, applications or databases from the palette, Browser, or Model menu.
System, Application, and Database Properties
To open a system, application, or database property sheet and view or edit its properties, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry.

Parent topic: Building Application Layer Diagrams