An application is a singular business solution described as which of the following?

• A. A collection of objects that make up multiple, related business solutions.
• B. A collection of objects that make up a singular business solution.
• C. A single user account
• D. A data warehouse

Answer: (B)

In Appian, an application is the container that holds all objects needed to deliver one business solution. It’s a cohesive set of artifacts—interfaces, process models, data stores, rules, constants, sites, and more—designed to work together toward a single goal. That’s why describing an application as a collection of objects that make up a singular business solution fits perfectly: the app groups the related artifacts that implement one complete solution. The other options describe things that aren’t the application itself: a single user account is just access, a data warehouse is storage for data, and a collection of objects for multiple related solutions would be a portfolio, which groups more than one application.