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Describing Logical Applications With HOPEX IT Architecture
*A logical application is a set of application functionalities that is independent of a particular implementation. For example, the classification of all purchase request processing applications implemented in an enterprise.
Accessing the list of logical applications with HOPEX IT Architecture
To access the list of logical application from the Business IT Alignment navigation pane:
1. Select Logical Architecture in the navigation menu.
2. Click the Logical Applications tile.
The list of logical applications appears in the edit area.
Creating a logical application 
To create a logical application:
1. From the Business IT Alignment navigation pane, select Logical Architecture > Logical Application Systems.
The lists of logical applications appear in the edit area.
2. Click New.
The Create a Logical Application window appears.
3. Enter the Name of your logical application and click OK.
The new logical application appears in the list.
Logical Application Properties 
The Characteristics properties page of the logical application provides access to:
• its Name,
• its Owner, by default during creation of a logical application, the current library.
• the text of its Description.
• its Owned Realizations that represent the list of functionalities covered by the logical application.
*For more details on functionalities, see Describing functionalities with HOPEX IT Architecture.
With HOPEX IT Architecture, a logical application is described by the following pages:
• the Properties page, used to specify the properties that appear in the diagrams at the bottom of the described object frame.
• the Structure page provides access to the list of components of the logical application as well as the communications that exist between them in its different diagrams.
*For more information on the components of a logical application diagram, see Creating a structure diagram.
• the Implementation page is used to specify the logical or physical elements that implement the described logical application system.
*For more details on other property pages proposed by HOPEX IT Architecture, see HOPEX IT Architecture properties pages content.