# Group steps together, visually, without parallelism?

**URL:** <https://forum.buildkite.community/t/group-steps-together-visually-without-parallelism/1203>\
**Category:** Features Requests\
**Created:** [August 21, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/group-steps-together-visually-without-parallelism/1203 "2020-08-21T15:37:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mxriverlynn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/mxriverlynn/32/855_2.png) [@mxriverlynn](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/mxriverlynn)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/group-steps-together-visually-without-parallelism/1203/1 "2020-08-21T15:37:06Z")

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i’d like to see the ability to define a group of steps, without having to use parallelism. something like this:

```
- group: ":docker: Verify"
  depends_on: 'docker_image_build'
  - name: ":docker: production"
    command: ...
  - name: ":docker: demo"
    command: ...
  - name: ":docker: staging"
    command: ...

```

and that would produce a single “step” on the main view of the build, with a pop out that contains the three steps i added underneath that group

```
        |---------------------|
        | [icon] Verify (0/3) |
        |---------------------|
                  /\
|--------------------------------------|
| [1st step] | [2nd step] | [3rd step] |
|--------------------------------------|
```

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**Author:** ![Jason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/jason/32/742_2.png) [@Jason](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/Jason)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/group-steps-together-visually-without-parallelism/1203/2 "2020-08-23T22:13:57Z")

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Hey @mxriverlynn, thanks for the suggestion and welcome!

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**Author:** ![chronotc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/chronotc/32/523_2.png) [@chronotc](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/chronotc)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/group-steps-together-visually-without-parallelism/1203/3 "2020-08-26T12:13:57Z")

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This would be amazing if we could get visual feedback to indicate the depends\_on key next to the label as a start.

The grouping idea would be ideal👌with the way we’re using this as well.