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alias: user-guide-manage-reasons
description: "Configure scheduling details for steps by defining and managing associated reasons"
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# Manage Reasons

:lock: Step.**Edit**

## Overview

This operation is used to define and manage the Step's Scheduling details.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the precondition of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The Step is created and it is Active.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Reasons

1. Go to the **Reasons** tab on the sidebar and specify the Reasons for the **Step**.
2. Loss Reasons can be qualified to apply to any of these transactions: *Record Loss*, *Terminate* and *Assemble*; set to true or false, according to your preferences. In addition, for reporting purposes, it is possible to specify a different **Step** in which the loss will be accounted to.
3. It is possible to define up to four Loss Classifications. When defined, the user will be forced to provide the additional classification information. Each classification requires a name and the user can optionally, select a lookup table from the available options, from which the values for the classification will be taken.
4. Specify the bonus Reasons for the **Step**.
5. Specify the *Off-Flow* reasons for the **Step**. Each *Off-Flow* reason must be classified as being applicable to Rework, Temporary Off-Flow or both and it must apply to at least one of them.
6. Specify the Hold reasons for the **Step**.
7. Specify the Defect reasons for the **Step**.
8. Select **Update** to complete the operation.

![step_manage_reasons][step_manage_reasons]

[step_manage_reasons]: images/MD_image4.png