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

Specifying IDs

By default, IDs are created automatically (based on the same rules that are applied by the business modeler). You can specify IDs in a ItemID column in the Microsoft Excel sheet that are assigned to the objects during import. If you specify an ID that already exists in the database, it is updated using the information from the Excel sheet.

Optionally, you can specify the item revision using an ItemRev column.

Header1	Item	Item	Description	ItemID	ItemRev
Header2	Item	Item
Header3	Item	Item
Title	Name	Name	Desc	ID	Revision
	Assy		Assembly	PAR_as-00	A
		Comp10	CheckBox	PAR_cn-10	A
		Comp20	RadioButton	PAR_cn-20	001
		Comp30	ListBox	PAR_cn-30
		Comp40	StaticImage	PAR_cn-40	B
		Comp50	MenuItem	PAR_cn-50	002
		Comp60	DropDownList	PAR_cn-60	A
		Comp70	Spacer	PAR_cn-70

Note

You can also use the ID column to automatically generate IDs and store them in a text file for future reference.