# Importing Data for Multiple Domains SSM

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**Created:** [February 24, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/importing-data-for-multiple-domains-ssm/117 "2023-02-24T14:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@ebrown](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/ebrown)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/importing-data-for-multiple-domains-ssm/117/1 "2023-02-24T14:36:12Z")

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Hi, I was just wondering if someone could explain how to add multiple shape columns when importing data in order to use the Multiple Domains SSM function?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![amorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amorris](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/amorris)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/importing-data-for-multiple-domains-ssm/117/2 "2023-02-24T17:39:07Z")

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The easiest way is to use Excel or OpenOffice Calc to create a spreadsheet with two columns, one for each anatomy/domain. Something like this:

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**Author:** ![ebrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@ebrown](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/ebrown)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/importing-data-for-multiple-domains-ssm/117/3 "2023-02-24T18:39:52Z")

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Hi Alan, just a quick follow-up question. How are the segmentation files inputted into each cell (on excel)? Is each segmentation file inserted as a link?

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**Author:** ![amorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amorris](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/amorris)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/importing-data-for-multiple-domains-ssm/117/4 "2023-02-24T19:10:03Z")

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They should just be a filename, with a relative path from the location of the Excel file. For example:

segmentations/femur1.nrrd  
segmentations/femur2.nrrd

If they are in a `segmentations` folder relative to the project file.

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**Author:** ![ebrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@ebrown](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/ebrown)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/importing-data-for-multiple-domains-ssm/117/5 "2023-02-24T19:53:52Z")

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Thanks for all you help! When I try to import the excel file (.xlsx) into the program it doesn’t show up as a supported file format option. The only supported files being .nrrd .nii .nii.gz .mha .vtk .ply .vtp .obj .stl  
Is there a different way to import the spreadsheet?

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**Author:** ![amorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amorris](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/amorris)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/importing-data-for-multiple-domains-ssm/117/6 "2023-02-24T20:30:38Z")

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Studio will use the XLSX file as the project. You can use File-Open.

Import is for importing shapes into the project.