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alias: servicecontext-st
description: "This documentation defines a ServiceContext, a data structure for resolving service dispatch"
---

# ServiceContext

## Description

Used to resolve the service for the specific context

## Fields

The **ServiceContext** 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 | |
| **ProductionOrder** | Production Order | Yes | No | |
| **Service** | Service Name | No | Yes | |

Table: ServiceContext fields

!!! info
    Each **Step** is associated with a set of *Service Contexts*. A *Service Context* is used for dispatching **Material** to **Resources**.

## Precedence Keys

The search precedence rules are the following:

1. Step, Material, LogicalFlowPath
2. Step, Material
3. Step, LogicalFlowPath, ProductionOrder
4. Step, ProductionOrder
5. Step, Product, LogicalFlowPath, MaterialType
6. Step, Product, Flow, MaterialType
7. Step, ProductGroup, LogicalFlowPath, MaterialType
8. Step, ProductGroup, Flow, MaterialType
9. Step, Product, LogicalFlowPath
10. Step, Product, Flow
11. Step, Product, MaterialType
12. Step, Product
13. Step, ProductGroup, LogicalFlowPath
14. Step, ProductGroup, Flow
15. Step, ProductGroup, MaterialType
16. Step, ProductGroup
17. Step, MaterialType
18. Step, LogicalFlowPath
19. Step, Flow
20. Step