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alias: user-guide-manage-future-actions-step
description: "Define future actions associated with a step for material tracking operations"
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# Manage Step Future Actions

:lock: Step.**ManageFutureActions**

## Overview

This operation is used to define **Future Actions** to be applied to a **Material** while at a **Step**.

## Setup

The configuration `/Cmf/System/Configuration/MaterialTracking/FutureActions/Hold/AllowDuplicateReasons` controls the behavior of duplicated holds. There are three possible values for this setting:

* No (default) - does not allow duplicate hold reasons for the same hold context.  
* Yes - allows duplicate hold reasons for the same hold context, provided that the hold reason supports multiple concurrent instances (in case that this property is changed later at the hold reason, it will not have an effect on existing future holds).  
* YesUniqueComments - same as Yes but in addition the system will check that the comments are unique for each hold context and hold reason, and that the comments are not duplicated.  

## Preconditions

* The **Step** exists and it is Active.
* To edit a **Future Action**, the current user must be the user that created the **Future Action**.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Manage Future Actions

1. From the Views **Context Structure** or **Context Matrix**, select the **Step** you want to edit and select **Manage Future Actions** from the dropdown button on the ribbon.
1. Using the :material-plus: button, add all the wanted **Future Actions**. For more information, see [[manage-material-future-actions]].
1. Select **Update** to complete the operation.

![Screenshot showing a management interface for future actions, with an update option selected.](images/manage_step_future_actions.png)

!!! info
	  When cloning a **Flow** as an Entity, all associated **Future Actions** will be copied to the new clone. However, when cloning a **Flow** **Revision**, only the **Future Actions** linked to that specific **Revision** will be copied to the new clone. For more information on **Future Actions**, see [[user-guide-manage-future-actions]].