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Attaching variant data

If you want to load variants, an item must exist in your database containing all the variant options. For the next example, the item revision (v_item/A) has the following options.

Remark Option Value1 Value2 Value3 Value4
Motor Engine Engine V8 V10 V12
Transmission TRN THX4 TCX7 TJS8 TDT9
Air Conditioning System AC Y N
Entertainment System E_TAPE Y N
E_CD Y N
E_NAVI Y N

The variant item revision is specified in the Variants column in the Header2 row as shown in the following example.

Header1 Item Item Variants
Header2 Process OP v_item/A
Header3 Process OP
Title Root Sub Variant Definitions
Proc_Root
Comp1
Comp2 AC==N
Comp3 AC==Y AND E_NAVI==Y
Comp4
Comp5 Engine==V8 OR Engine==V10
Comp6 Engine==V10 AND (TRN==TCX7 OR TRN==TJS8)
Comp7 (Engine==V12 OR TRN==THX4) AND (AC==Y AND (E_TAPE==Y OR E_CD==Y))
Comp8 Engine==V8 OR TRN==TJS8 OR AC==Y OR E_NAVI==Y

Importing this sheet results in the following structure.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/excel_imp_variants · retrieved 2026-07-11