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title: "Copy activity and link copy to procedure activity steps"
slug: "copy-activity-and-link-copy-to-procedure-activity-steps"
description: "Link sub-activities to procedure activity steps easily by copying existing activities and managing them through business process modeling."
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updated: 2026-03-20T09:52:52Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:41Z
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# Copy activity and link copy to procedure activity steps

If you have recorded a procedure activity, the steps of the procedure activity can cover several activities. You can copy an existing activity and link the copy to the selected procedure activity steps.

### Steps

1. Click **Business process modeling**.
2. Click the **Business processes** tab.
3. Click **Edit hierarchy**.
4. In the tree, select 'a node with a procedure activity assigned, which steps are already recorded'.
5. Click the **Procedure** tab.
6. Click **Link sub activities**.
7. On the left pane, in the list, find and select the steps to which you want to link a sub activity.
8. Sub-task: Create activity.
  1. Click **New activity** to open the drop dialog.
  2. In the **Activity** field, type a value.
  3. In the **Solution** field, enter or select a value.
  4. In the **Role** field, enter or select a value.
  5. In the **Area** field, enter or select a value.
  6. In the **Type** field, select an option.
  7. In the **Application** field, enter or select a value.
  8. Click **OK**.
9. Sub-task: Link new activity as sub activity.
  1. On the **Activities** pane, in the list, make sure the newly created activity is selected.
  2. Click **Link sub activity**.
10. Click **Close**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes**
> 
> An activity can be linked as sub activity to steps of a procedure activity. If so, on the **Manage sub activities** dialog, in the lower part of the preview, the activities and steps are shown to which the activity is linked as sub activity.

## Related

- [Link sub activities to procedure activity steps - Model scenario](/link-sub-activities-to-procedure-activity-steps-model-scenario.md)