HOPEX IT Architecture V2 > Modeling Technical and Functional Architectures > Describing Application Architecture > Describing an Application Environment with HOPEX IT Architecture
Describing an Application Environment with HOPEX IT Architecture
*An application environment is used to represent a use context of an application. An application environment allows presenting the other application systems, applications, micro-services or actors with which this application can interact.
Accessing the List of Application Environments 
To access the list of application environments from the Application Architecture navigation pane:
*Select Functional Architecture > Application Environments.
The list of application environments appears in the edit area.
Creating an application environment 
To create an Application environment::
1. From the Application Architecture navigation pane, select Functional Architecture > Application Environments.
The list of application environments appears in the edit area.
2. Click New.
The Creation of Application System Environment window opens.
3. Enter the Name of your application system environment and click OK.
The new application system environment appears in the list.
Application environment properties 
The Characteristics properties page of an application environment provides access to:
its Owner, by default during creation of an application system environment, the current library.
its Name,
the text of its Description.
With HOPEX IT Architecture an application environment is described by other property pages. See HOPEX IT Architecture properties pages content.