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Navigating in Oracle Project Contracts

The Contract Organizer window is a graphical workbench that you can use to access functionality in Oracle Project Contracts. The Contract Organizer window is comprised of tree tabs, panes, and a view selection.

The tree tabs are located in the left section of the window and enable you to toggle between the Solicitation, Proposal, and Contracts areas for contract documents:

The left pane is the tree hierarchy. Depending on your tree tab selection, the right pane displays data that is associated with the selected item on the tree.

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From the View By list box, you can select to view the data in the tree by Group, Organization, Product Line, or Program.

The Summary and History tabs display all existing historical and current documents for this item.

There are four items on the Navigation Tree. They can be expanded by left-clicking the plus sign (+) with your mouse to select a node detail to display associated subfields:

The buttons that are at the bottom of the Contract Organizer window include:

Viewing Contract Information

The Contract Organizer window provides access to all contract documents and views. In addition to navigating to Contract Development windows, you can view summary and history information.

Steps

Use these steps to view contract information.

  1. Navigate to the Contract Organizer window.

  2. In the View By list box, select the way you want to view data in the tree.

    Your choices are:

    • Group: A contract group consists of a list of contracts. You can have sub-groups within groups. Contract groups provide a convenient way to organize contracts using any criteria you choose. See: Maintaining Contract Groups, Oracle Contracts Core User's Guide.

    • Owning Organization: This is the contract owning organization responsible for the development of a contract. The contract owning organization is defined in Oracle Projects. Project owning organizations, defined in Oracle Projects, are used as eligible contract owning organizations.

    • Product Line: You can create records on the Product Line Lookups window to assign categories for the different products and services offered.

    • Program: Programs enable you to group contracts according to your definitions. This information is defined on the Programs window. See: Programs Window.

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  3. Choose one of the tree tabs in the left pane.

    Your choices are Contracts, Proposals, and Solicitations.

    In the left pane, the top level of the tree hierarchy displays your choice. In the right pane a blank window displays with the Summary and History tabs. These windows are blank until you select an item on the tree hierarchy in the left pane.

  4. Expand the tree hierarchy in the left pane field by left-clicking with your mouse on the plus sign symbol (+). Select an item on the tree hierarchy.

    The Summary and History tabs display the information for your selection.

Viewing Summary Information

Use the History tab to review all documents associated with the contract document under consideration. For example, a contract document might have incurred changes or modifications including additional attachments or deletions.

Viewing History Information

Select the History tab to view information that was previously entered within the solicitation.

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It displays an overview of all transactions at this point in time. The Document History region lists every version number created. You can view each version in the Project Contract windows, giving a historical accountability of the events associated with the contract.

Using Actions to Access Contract Functions

Actions and Go To windows are used in Oracle Project Contracts to access windows and functions that are used in creating contracts. You can access both of these windows from several windows including the Contract Organizer, Contract Authoring Workbench, and Deliverable Tracking System.

Using the Actions and Go To windows

  1. Choose Action or Go To from the applicable window you are using.

  2. Select a process or query from the list.

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  3. Choose OK to display the window for the function selected.

The following list includes many of the actions listed on the windows, enabling you to navigate to other windows.

Searching for Contract Documents

If you want to query contract records, several windows enable you to specify search criteria. You can search for contract records and specific lines.

The Find Contracts window enables you to specify search criteria. This window consists of three parts:

See: Searching for Data, Oracle Applications User's Guide.

Steps:

Use these steps to search for contract documents.

  1. Navigate to the Contract Organizer and choose Find from the View menu.

    The system displays the Find Contracts window.

  2. Select the Basic or Advanced tabbed window.

    If you select the Basic window, then enter your search criteria in the appropriate fields. You can search for fields including the Number, Intent, Type, dates, Project Information, Owing and Item Master Organization, Status, Priority Rating, Funding Reference, and Item Number. You can also find a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA), also referred to as the Master Agreement, Master Purchase Agreement, or Blanket Agreement. The Results window displays delivery orders, task orders, and other releases associated with the BOA.

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  3. If you select the Advanced window, you can search the line or header using various query operators (such as greater than, less than, and equal to) in conjunction with user selected attribute values.

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  4. Choose Find to retrieve any matching records.

    The Results region displays with the data from your query.

  5. Select the record you want to use in the Results region, and choose Go To.

    See: Using Actions to Access Contract Functions.

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Searching for Specific Contract Lines:

Use these steps to search for specific contract lines.

  1. Navigate to the Contract Authoring Workbench and choose Find from the View menu or Toolbar

    The Find Contract Lines window displays.

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  2. Select a contract field in the Left Value field.

    For example, you can search contract lines using the information in the Award Fee field.

  3. Select a query operator (such as greater than, less than, and equal to) in conjunction with the selected attribute value.

  4. In the Right Value field, enter a value for your query.

    For example, if you entered Award Fee in the Left Value field, enter a fee amount such as 1000.

  5. Choose Find to search for the specific lines on a contract containing these criteria.

  6. You can save the search criteria to use in future queries. Choose Save as Default to display the Search Name window.

  7. Enter a name for this query in the Search Name field.

  8. Choose OK to save this search query.

Creating and Viewing Related Documents

You can associate document records to a contract and view a list of these records. The records are generated from transactions created on the Authoring Workbench, Deliverable Tracking System, and Funding Workbench.

To view related documents:

  1. From the Contract Organizer window, choose Related Documents.

    The Related Document window displays a listing of all documents associated with the selected document number. The list is sorted by Document Number, Type, Version, and Intent.

  2. Select a record in the list, and choose View.

    An Action window displays. You can choose to view information on this contract record from the Authoring Workbench, Deliverables Tracking System, or Funding Workbench.

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  3. Select the view you want to display, and choose OK.

    The Related Document window you selected displays. You may also use the Attachments button to assign various electronic documents to your related documents.

Defining Related Documents for a Contract

To relate documents to a contract record:

  1. Navigate to the Contract Organizer and select the record you want to relate to a document.

  2. Navigate to the Contract Authoring Workbench.

  3. Choose Action to display the Actions window.

  4. Select Define Related Documents.

    The system displays the Related Contract Documents window.

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  5. In the Type field, select a type such as Award, Proposal, or Bid for the related document.

  6. In the Intent field, select whether or not this is a buy or sell order type.

  7. Select the Document Number you want to associate with this contract record.

  8. If applicable, choose the version number of this document number.

  9. Choose Done to save your work.

    The system displays the Contract Authoring Workbench.