A business interface is a point of access where a business service is made available to the environment. A business interface exposes the functionality of a business service to other business roles or actors. It is often referred to as a channel.

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This element can be visualized on the following ArchiMate Viewpoints:

ArchiMate Organization Viewpoint – Aggregated By

ArchiMate Organization Viewpoint – Composed By

ArchiMate Business Layer

ArchiMate Layered Viewpoint

ArchiMate Product Viewpoint

ArchiMate Business Process Cooperation Viewpoint

ArchiMate Service Realization Viewpoint

ArchiMate Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint

ArchiMate Strategy Viewpoint

ArchiMate Capability Map Viewpoint

ArchiMate Outcome Realization Viewpoint

ArchiMate Resource Map Viewpoint

ArchiMate Requirements Realization Viewpoint