---
title: "Add activities"
slug: "add-activities"
description: "Learn how to add activities to your business process hierarchy in D365 F&SCM, enhancing organization and linking processes to specific purposes."
tags: ["Task", "RapidValue", "RV"]
updated: 2026-03-20T13:47:18Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:46Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/add-activities"
---

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# Add activities

Use a business process of type Activity to add an activity directly to the business process hierarchy.

Add a business process of type Activity to a business process of type Process.

### Steps

1. Click **Business process modeling**.
2. Click the **Business processes** tab.
3. Click **Edit hierarchy**.
4. Sub-task: Add new activity.
  1. In the tree, select 'a node of type Process'.
  2. Click **New**.
  3. In the **Name** field, type a value.
  4. In the **Type** field, select '**Activity**'.
  5. You can change the default area.

In the **Area** field, enter or select a value.
  6. You can use categories to link business processes to a specific purpose. So, in one solution, you can combine business processes for several purposes. Purposes can be, for example, training, user assistance, RSAT (Remote server administration tool), or security.

For each business process, you can define to which categories it belongs. You can use business process categories to:

In the **Category** field, enter or select a value.
    - Publish a subset of business processes to a business process library in Lifecycle Services.
    - Record or play task guides in another D365 F&SCM environment. On a category, you can define a connection to another D365 F&SCM environment.
  7. In the **Description** field, you can type a value.
  8. Click **OK**.
5. Sub-task: Add existing activity.
  1. In the tree, select 'a node of type Process'.
  2. Click **New**.
  3. Click the **Activity** tab.
  4. You can add existing activities to the business process hierarchy. You can select any activity that belongs to the current solution or its referenced solutions. As a result, for each selected activity, a node is added of type **Activity** and with the activity name.

In the list, find and select the desired activities.
6. Click **OK**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes**
> 
> You can also cut/copy and paste a business process. To do so, select a business process and in the **Hierarchy** pane, click **Tools**, **Cut** or **Copy**. Select another business process and click **Tools**, **Paste**.

## Related

- [Design business process hierarchy](/design-business-process-hierarchy.md)