Designing process structure > Creating process structures > Importing structures using the tcexcel_import utility
Attaching multiple forms of the same type to an activity
You can create multiple forms of the same type when creating operation activities. The header definition for creating forms does not change. You specify the data for multiple forms in the value fields separated by the ~ character, for example, V41V42V43. The number of entries in the Attribute column defines the number of forms that are created. The attribute values are written into the forms in the order that they appear in the cell. The first entry is written into the first form, the second entry is written into the second, and so on, until there are no more attribute values in the cell.
The following spreadsheet shows how to add multiple forms to activities.
| Header1 | Item | Item | Item | Description | Activity | Activity | ActivityForm | ActivityForm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Header2 | Process | OP | Activity | Description | Time | BVRSyncInfo | BVRSyncInfo | |
| Header3 | Process | OP | Activity | appl_data | view_type | |||
| Title | Proc | Oper | Activity | Desc | Act-Desc | Time | Attr user1 | Attr user2 |
| Act-Process | ||||||||
| OP10 | READ INPANEL SHEET | |||||||
| Act1 | Get Cable | 20 | appl_data11~appl_data12 | V11 |
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| Act2 | Place to Inpane | 38 | appl_data21~appl_data22 ~appl_data23 | V21~V22 | ||||
| Act3 | Fix Retainer firmly | 12 | appl_data31 | V31 |
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| Act4 | Adjust settings | 23 | appl_data41~appl_data42 ~appl_data43 | V41~V42 | ||||
| Act5 | Inspection | 10 | appl_data51 | V51 |
In this example, in the row containing Act4, three forms are created because the cell in the appl_data attribute column contains three entries.
The Excel input produces the following output.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.pmphelp/id768562 · retrieved 2026-07-11