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title: Manage application total cost of ownership \(TCO\) in Enterprise Architecture Workspace
description: You can configure the application TCO source and cost type in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
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# Manage application total cost of ownership \(TCO\) in Enterprise Architecture Workspace

You can configure the application TCO source and cost type in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.

## Application TCO source

The application TCO source helps you to categorize and analyze the costs associated with business applications, over a fiscal period, enabling you to optimise your application portfolio.

## Application TCO cost type

The application TCO cost type refers to the categorization of business application costs. There are mainly two types of costs:

-   Capital expenditure \(Capex\): The expenditure incurred by you to onboard, upgrade, or maintain a business application.
-   Operating expenditure \(Opex\): The expenditure incurred by you to use a business application on a day-to-day basis.

The application TCO cost type helps you to evaluate and manage the capital and operating expenditures associated with your business application.

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