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title: Working with the business portfolio module
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# Working with the business portfolio module

Manage business capabilities, add sub-capabilities, associate business applications.

**Note:**

-   Business applications marked as **Retired** or in **End of Life** lifecycle stage aren’t displayed on the Business Portfolio page. However, you can view those business applications by updating the **sn\_apm\_ws.business\_application\_default\_filter** system property. Contact your ServiceNow® account service manager to update the system property.
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-   **[Add a business capability](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/add-a-capability.md)**  
Add a business capability to the capability hierarchy map.
-   **[Create a demand towards achievement of a capability](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-create-a-demand-towards-achievement-of-capability.md)**  
Use a demand as a step to identify cost-saving opportunities on capabilities, to meet the target. The strategy that you associate with the demand action decides the strategy for the capability.
-   **[Update the hierarchy of a business capability](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/update-hierarchy.md)**  
Assign a hierarchy ID to a business capability.
-   **[Create a sub-capability](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-create-sub-capability.md)**  
Add a sub-capability to the capability hierarchy map.
-   **[Assign a business application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/assign-a-business-application.md)**  
Assign a business application to a capability to relate the capability with the application.
-   **[Unassign a business application from a capability](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/unassign-a-business-application-from-a-capability.md)**  
You can unassign a business application from a capability.
-   **[Delete a capability from the hierarchy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/delete-a-capability.md)**  
Delete a capability that you no longer require.
-   **[View a roadmap of a business capability](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-view-roadmap-bc.md)**  
View the roadmap of your business capabilities and align them with the organization's strategy. Creating a portfolio plan helps you plan, prioritize, and roadmap the work for your business capability.
-   **[Export business portfolio data to Excel or CSV](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-export-business-portfolio-data.md)**  
Export the business portfolio list data to Microsoft Excel or CSV so that you can use the data to share with stakeholders and prepare for analysis.

**Parent Topic:**[Managing Enterprise Architecture Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-portfolio-management/eaw-managing-ea-workspace.md)