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title: "About Applications"
slug: "about-applications"
updated: 2026-08-13T14:22:16Z
published: 2026-08-13T14:22:30Z
canonical: "docs.plainid.io/about-applications"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.plainid.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# About Applications

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Applications are created and listed in the {{variable.Policies Workspace former}}. Typically, the Applications interact with the Assets. Authorization Policies are created in the {{variable.PlatformName}} that define who is allowed or denied access to this Application and what interaction is allowed, under what conditions. For example, an Application might enable users to access, use, operate or view Assets such as an organization's repositories, files, servers, etc.    

For example, if the Application is a commercial website from which customers can place orders, the Assets for the Application could be catalogs of product information, lists of existing clients, etc. 

The Policies created for this Application would determine the WHO (which Identities/Dynamic Groups) and the WHAT (what the Identities can do - access the Assets, update the assets, etc.). Applications are associated to Asset Types, which are essentially templates that define the logical grouping of Assets that the Organization wishes to manage together. 

 To learn more about an Application, you can click on it to access the Applications Details screen, which contains three tabs: 

*  Details
*  Asset Types (for the selected Application)
*  API Mappers
* Policies
 
 For more information, see [Application Settings](/v1/docs/application-settings-screen-1).