diff -r 9233e60a8317 -r b1bc6099d4e5 editors/Viewer.py
--- a/editors/Viewer.py	Wed Jun 09 15:28:00 2021 +0200
+++ b/editors/Viewer.py	Thu Jun 10 09:40:05 2021 +0200
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@
                 elif var_name.upper() in [name.upper() for name in self.ParentWindow.Controler.GetProjectPouNames(self.ParentWindow.Debug)]:
                     message = _("\"%s\" pou already exists!") % var_name
                 elif not var_name.upper() in [name.upper() for name in self.ParentWindow.Controler.GetEditedElementVariables(tagname, self.ParentWindow.Debug)]:
-                    self.ParentWindow.Controler.AddEditedElementPouExternalVar(tagname, values[2], var_name)
+                    print(values) 
+                    self.ParentWindow.Controler.AddEditedElementPouExternalVar(tagname, values[2], var_name, description=values[4])
                     self.ParentWindow.RefreshVariablePanel()
                     self.ParentWindow.ParentWindow.RefreshPouInstanceVariablesPanel()
                     self.ParentWindow.AddVariableBlock(x, y, scaling, INPUT, var_name, values[2])