# Associating and disassociating application resources
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 An application resource is an object within an AWS service that you can tag with [the `awsApplication` tag](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/latest/arguide/overview-appreg.html#ar-user-tags), which is an AWS user tag that AppRegistry vends on your behalf. The following procedures describe how to associate and disassociated application resources. 

**Note**  
For AppRegistry applications created before November 8th, 2023, AppRegistry creates the `awsApplication` tag after you perform your first resource association. This tag’s value is a unique identifier for the application. You can then apply the `awsApplication` tag to any other resources you want to add to the application. For AppRegistry applications created after November 8th, 2023, AppRegistry creates the `awsApplication` tag when you create the application. 

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## Associate application resources in a new application
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## Associate application resources in an existing application
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## Disassociate application resources from an application
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## Associate application resources in a new application
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 The following procedure describes how to associate application resources in a new application. 

**To associate application resources in a new application.**

1.  Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/) 

1.  From the navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen. 

1.  On **Applications**, choose **Create application**. 

1.  Under **Application name and description**, enter a name and optional description for your application. 

1.  Under **Resource collections**, choose one or more provisioned products or CloudFormation stacks to associate to your application. 

1.  Choose **Create application**. 

## Associate application resources in an existing application
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 The following procedure describes how to associate application resources in an existing application. 

**To associate application resources in an existing application**

1.  Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/) 

1.  From the left navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen. 

1.  On **Applications**, choose the name of the application that you want to associate resources to. Or select the name of application that you want to associate resources to, and choose **View**. You're directed to the **Application details** screen. 

1.  Choose **Resource collections**, and then choose **Associate resource collection**. 

1.  Under **Resource collections**, choose one or more provisioned products or CloudFormation stacks to associate to your application. 

1.  Choose **Save changes**. 
**Note**  
 If you share an application with this account, and the application has read-only permissions, associate and disassociate actions are disabled for resource collections. 

## Disassociate application resources from an application
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 The following procedure describes how to disassociate application resources from an existing application. 

**To disassociate application resources from an existing application**

1.  Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/) 

1.  From the navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen. 

1.  On **Applications**, choose the name of the application that you want to disassociate resources from. Or select the name of the application that you want to disassociate resources from, and choose **View**. You're directed to the **Application details** screen. 

1.  Choose **Resource collections**, select the resource that you want to disassociate from the application, and then choose **Disassociate**. 

1.  Confirm your disassociation, and then choose **Ok**. 
**Note**  
 If you share an application with this account, and the application has read-only permissions, associate and disassociate actions are disabled for resource collections.