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# I can’t successfully duplicate Scenarios as a Step Group. Why is this?

## Cannot duplicate as a Step Group

**If the first step of a Scenario is a Step Group**, [Duplicate as Step Group] will not work. Please change the first step to a *Visit* step before duplicating.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a099d8a2-cfd2-42ca-9906-68b4a337f4a5/Images/Documentation/zndsk-Screenshot_2022-03-11_13.21.59.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T15%3A08%3A59Z&se=2026-11-11T16%3A08%3A59Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ivhcq8QO3IekZKIwu5hoPRWnjTZqg7skcmDBBUVaUkQ%3D)

To change the first step of a Scenario to a *Visit* step, open the ***[Action]*** drop-down menu on the Step Details Page and select ***[Visit]***.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a099d8a2-cfd2-42ca-9906-68b4a337f4a5/Images/Documentation/zndsk-Screenshot_2022-03-11_13.14.20.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T15%3A08%3A59Z&se=2026-11-11T16%3A08%3A59Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ivhcq8QO3IekZKIwu5hoPRWnjTZqg7skcmDBBUVaUkQ%3D)

## Some input values are lost after duplicating a Scenario as a Step Group

Although you can duplicate Scenarios that use the *Data* feature, **the data itself will be lost in the duplicated Step Group**. Once you have duplicated the Scenario as a Step Group, please re-enter the data to each step that had a data value in the original Scenario. Examples are shown below.

### Duplicate a Scenario that uses the Data feature as a Step Group

In the Scenario shown below, data is used as input values in steps 3 and 4. Even if data is used in a Scenario like this one, ***[Duplicate as a Step Group]*** is available by clicking the kebab menu at the upper right corner of the screen.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a099d8a2-cfd2-42ca-9906-68b4a337f4a5/Images/Documentation/zndsk-Screenshot_2022-03-11_13.16.10.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T15%3A08%3A59Z&se=2026-11-11T16%3A08%3A59Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ivhcq8QO3IekZKIwu5hoPRWnjTZqg7skcmDBBUVaUkQ%3D)

Please note that although [Duplicate as a Step Group] is available, the duplicated Step Group will not include actual data. In other words, input values that used to contain data will be empty.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a099d8a2-cfd2-42ca-9906-68b4a337f4a5/Images/Documentation/zndsk-Screenshot_2022-03-11_13.17.44.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T15%3A08%3A59Z&se=2026-11-11T16%3A08%3A59Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ivhcq8QO3IekZKIwu5hoPRWnjTZqg7skcmDBBUVaUkQ%3D)

### Edit input values in the duplicated Step Group

If any steps have an empty input field, please input data individually from the Step Details Page.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a099d8a2-cfd2-42ca-9906-68b4a337f4a5/Images/Documentation/zndsk-Screenshot_2022-03-11_13.17.56.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T15%3A08%3A59Z&se=2026-11-11T16%3A08%3A59Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ivhcq8QO3IekZKIwu5hoPRWnjTZqg7skcmDBBUVaUkQ%3D)

## Reference articles

- [How to duplicate Scenarios as a Step Group](/v1/docs/step-group-for-the-beginning-of-a-scenario)