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title: "Create activity and link it to procedure activity steps"
slug: "create-activity-and-link-it-to-procedure-activity-steps"
description: "Link sub-activities to procedure activity steps in business process modeling. Create and manage activities efficiently with our step-by-step guide."
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updated: 2026-03-20T09:52:43Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:41Z
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# Create activity and link it to procedure activity steps

If you have recorded a procedure activity, the steps of the procedure activity can cover several activities. You can create a new activity and link it 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)