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title: Distributing Next Steps
description: >-
  After a parallel gateway, specify a responsible person for each parallel work
  step.
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    - anleitung
    - job
    - arbeitsschritt
    - verteilen
    - gateway
    - parallel
---
After a parallel gateway, you specify a responsible person for each of the parallel work steps.

## Prerequisites [#prerequisites]

The work step is a parallel gateway that branches the flow into parallel sections.

## Context [#context]

A parallel gateway branches the flow into parallel sections.

A responsible person must be specified for each parallel next step. These can be individual colleagues, groups or organizational units.

## How to proceed [#how-to-proceed]

1. To distribute the next steps after a parallel gateway, on the job page in the **Select Next Step** area on the right, click **Distribute Next Steps**.

   The dialog of the same name appears.
2. To distribute a work step to a responsible person, click the step to be distributed.

   The step is highlighted.
3. Click **Hand over to specific colleagues/groups/organizational units** and then click one of the entries displayed.

   The step is assigned to the colleague, the group or the organizational unit.
4. Repeat the assignment for all work steps.
5. To confirm the distribution, click **Start**.

   The job's checklist then shows you who is responsible for the step that has been handed over and how far they have got.