Applications
Environment of an application
An application sends and receives messages, primarily to and from other applications. These flows are specified in Application Architecture Diagrams.
An application:
• is used by org-units at the sites where it is installed.
• runs on one or more sites, workstations, servers, or nodes.
• can be split into component applications.
• can trigger a server application.
• consults and/or updates a database.
• defines a certain number of services.
• uses services that are part of other applications.
The following can be associated with an application:
• an Application Architecture Diagram
• a Technical Infrastructure
• an Application Tree.
This object can be accessed in the standard views of the AAD, TID and AT.
The description of an application can be specified by its type:
• Application type: to specify if the application is a software package, in house application, system software (Windows NT, etc.), middleware software or office system (Word, Excel, etc.).
Examples
• ”Credit” application in the banking industry.
• ”Inventory management” application in distribution.