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alias: steplineflowcontext-st
description: "Defines contextual relationships between steps, flows, and associated resources within a process"
---

# StepLineFlowContext

## Description

The association between the Step and the Line Flow is established via context.

## Fields

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

| Field | Description | Key | Mandatory | Comments |
| --- | ----- | -- | -- | ---- |
| **Step** | Reference to a Step | Yes | Yes | |
| **Product** | Reference to a Product | Yes | No | |
| **ProductGroup** | Reference to a ProductGroup | 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** |
| **Resource** | Reference to a Resource | Yes | No | |
| **ResourceType** | Resource Type | Yes | No |not to be confused with the *Type* property of the **Resource**  |
| **Model** | Resource Model | Yes | No | |
| **LineFlow** | The Flow to be used | No | Yes | |
| **LineValidationMode** | The validation mode to be performed in the Line | No | Yes | |
| **LineAssemblyMode** | The assembly mode to be performed in the Line for the top-most material tracked-in and tracked-out in the Line resource | No | Yes | |

Table: StepLineFlowContext fields

## Precedence Keys

The search precedence rules are the following:

1. Step, Product, Flow
2. Step, Product, Resource
3. Step, Product, ResourceType
4. Step, Product, Model
5. Step, Product
6. Step, ProductGroup, Flow
7. Step, ProductGroup, Resource
8. Step, ProductGroup, ResourceType
9. Step, ProductGroup, Model
10. Step, ProductGroup
11. Step, Resource
12. Step, ResourceType
13. Step, Model
14. Step, Flow
15. Step