An application is a group of related B2B Data Exchange workflows. A B2B Data Exchange workflow represents a PowerCenter workflow. The developer creates a workflow in the Operation Console for every PowerCenter workflow that processes B2B Data Exchange documents.
You can associate a workflow with an existing application. For example, processing a document can involve multiple steps. If a separate PowerCenter workflow is required for each step, you can group the B2B Data Exchange workflows that represent these workflows into one application.