Document the business data that the application operates on
Business data must already be in the repository in order to define the use of the business data by the application. Click to find out how to capture business data.
An application can be a source of an outgoing information flow and the target of an incoming information flow. The information flow transfers the business data that applications either create, read, update, or delete (CRUD).
In the data table, click the navigate 
button of the application you want to define. Go to the Information Context > Business Data.
Assign business data to the application. Click the 3-dots 
menu > Add Existing Business Data to select a business data that is in the repository. Change the attributes as needed via the Edit button.
Specify the usage of the business data by the application or the information flow. Click the 3-dots menu > Business Data Usage. The editor opens where you can define how the application operates on the business data. Select all checkboxes that are relevant for the application and click OK to save the specification:
- Create: Select if the business data can be created by the application.
- Is Input: Select if the business data can be used by any of the application's incoming information flows.
- Read: Select if the business data can be read by the application.
- Is Output: Select if the business data can be used by any of the application's outgoing information flows.
- Update: Select if the business data can be updated by the application.
- Delete: Select if the business data can be deleted by the application.
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Processing: Select if the application processes information pertaining to the business data. Processing indicates that the business data is handled in the context of the relevant object without the data being altered, created or deleted. The data is typically kept locally so that a desynchronization results between the processed business data and the system(s) of records for the business data.
Typically, it is not the raw data that is processed but some aggregation or abstraction of the business data (for example, data in an operational data store or an OLAP-based reporting solution).
- Business Data Usage Comments: (Optional) Provide additional information about the business data usage.