Assigning XSteps to control recipe destination

Hello Experts,

I have a question related to XSteps. I have used XSteps in ECC5.0. One of the deficiency we faced compared to process instructions is, process instruction categories can be assigned to control recipe destinations and can be generated without directly assigning to phases of recipe. This immensely reduces the maintenance effort. This is not possible in XSteps.

Even if the XStep references should be defined to destination while its definition, it should be assigned to each phase of the recipe. Any change is there in this design in ECC6.0?

Also what is the use of context in XStep reference definition?. When I try to create new context, its asking me to select a node and not letting me create.

The last question is, is there any mass assignment tool developed by SAP to assign XStep references to recipes?

Thanks

Prathib