A business service represents an explicitly defined exposed business behavior.A business service:
▪Exposes the functionality of business roles or collaborations to their environment. This functionality is accessed through one or more business interfaces.
▪Is realized by one or more business processes, business functions, or business interactions that are performed by the business roles or business collaborations, respectively.
▪May access business objects.
This element can be visualized on the following ArchiMate Viewpoints: