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alias: stepsamplingpatterncontext-st
description: "This documentation defines a context table linking steps, materials, and sampling patterns"
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# StepSamplingPatternContext

## Description

The association between the Step and the SamplingPattern us established via context

## Fields

The **StepSamplingPatternContext** table has the following fields:

| Field | Description | Key | Mandatory | Comments |
| --- | ----- | -- | -- | ---- |
| **Step** | Step Name | Yes | Yes | |
| **LogicalFlowPath** | The Logical Flow Path | Yes | No | |
| **Product** | Product Name | Yes | No | |
| **ProductGroup** | Product Group Name | Yes | No | |
| **Flow** | Flow Name | Yes | No |Applies to the immediate parent **Flow** of the **Step** where the **Material** is currently, and not to the Top-Level **Flow**|
| **Material** | Material Name | Yes | No | |
| **MaterialType** | Material Type | Yes | No | |
| **Resource** | Resource Name | Yes | No | |
| **ResourceType** | Resource ResourceType | Yes | No |not to be confused with the *Type* property of the **Resource** |
| **Model** | Resource Model | Yes | No | |
| **SamplingPattern** | Sampling Pattern Name | No | Yes | |

Table: StepSamplingPatternContext fields

## Precedence Keys

The search precedence rules are the following:

1. Step, Material, LogicalFlowPath
2. Step, Material
3. Step, Product, LogicalFlowPath, MaterialType
4. Step, Product, Flow, MaterialType
5. Step, ProductGroup, LogicalFlowPath, MaterialType
6. Step, ProductGroup, Flow, MaterialType
7. Step, Product, LogicalFlowPath
8. Step, Product, Flow
9. Step, Product, MaterialType
10. Step, Product, Resource
11. Step, Product, ResourceType
12. Step, Product, Model
13. Step, Product
14. Step, ProductGroup, LogicalFlowPath
15. Step, ProductGroup, Flow
16. Step, ProductGroup, MaterialType
17. Step, ProductGroup, Resource
18. Step, ProductGroup, ResourceType
19. Step, ProductGroup, Model
20. Step, ProductGroup
21. Step, MaterialType, LogicalFlowPath
22. Step, MaterialType, Flow
23. Step, MaterialType, Resource
24. Step, MaterialType, ResourceType
25. Step, MaterialType, Model
26. Step, MaterialType
27. Step, Resource
28. Step, ResourceType
29. Step, Model
30. Step