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Designing process structure > Creating process structures > Importing structures using the tcexcel_import utility

Load a variant item into the database

Procedure

  1. Copy the following four lines into a file named variant_options.pim:Copy#COL level item rev name descr type optionCopy#DELIMITER #Copy#ALT_DELIMITER ;Copy0#v_item#A#Variants1#Variants Option Definitions#Item#Engine;V8;V10;V12;-; TRN;THX4;TCX7;TJS8;TDT9;-;AC;Y;N;-;E_TAPE;Y;N;-;E_CD;Y;N;-;E_NAVI;Y;N

  2. Change to the directory containing the variant_options.pim file.

  3. Create v_item/A by using the following command to import variant_options.pim:tcexcel_import.exe -u=user_name -p=password -g=group_name -psfile -i=variant_options.pim The variant options for v_item/A appear as follows.

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