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alias: user-guide-manage-feed-steps
description: "Configure and modify scheduling steps within a schedule to control material calculations"
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# Manage Feed Steps

:lock: Schedule.**Edit**

## Overview

This operation is used to define and manage the **Steps** that can be included in a given **Schedule**, instructing the scheduling engine to include the **Materials** that are in those **Steps** in the calculations.

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The Scheduling module is properly licensed in the system.
* The Steps must not belong to any **Area** of the **Schedule**.
* The Steps must belong to an **Area** of the selected Feed **Step** **Facility**.
* There must not be more than one combination of **Schedule**, Feed **Step** and **Facility**.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Manage Feed Steps

1. Select an appropriate **Schedule**, navigate to the **Feed Steps** section and select **Manage Production Order Steps**.
2. Add as many Feed **Steps** as you need (select :material-plus: in the top right of the grid to add and :material-trash-can: to remove), providing the following information for each item:

    * **Facility**
    * **Step**

    ![Screenshot showing a UI with options to manage feed steps and details.](images/manage_feed_steps.png)

3. Select **Manage** to complete the transaction and update the **Schedule**.