Preface

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Welcome to Release 12.2 of the Oracle Contracts Implementation and Administration Guide.

This guide is intended for implementers, administrators, and users of Oracle Contracts.

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Structure

1  Introduction to Oracle Contracts

This chapter gives an overview of Oracle Contracts.


2  Implementation Considerations

This chapter provides implementation details for Oracle Contracts.


3  Implementation Overview

This chapter describes the implementation process and the steps required to implement Oracle Contracts.


4  Setting Up Contract Terms Library

This chapter describes the steps to set up the Contract Terms Library.


5  Setting Up Contract Repository

This chapter describes the steps to set up the Contract Repository.


6  Contract Terms Library Administration

This chapter describes administration of the Contract Terms Library.


7  Contract Expert Administration

This chapter describes the Contract Expert feature.


8  Integrations

This chapter describes how Oracle Contracts integrates with other Oracle applications.


A  Validations

This appendix describes the validations in Oracle Contracts.


B  Workflows

This appendix describes the workflows in Oracle Contracts.


C  Concurrent Programs

This appendix describes about concurrent programs in Oracle Contracts.


D  Seed Data

This appendix describes the seed data in Oracle Contracts.


E  Look Up Codes

This appendix describes the look up codes in Oracle Contracts.


F  XML Reference

This appendix describes the XML reference for contract terms.


G  Sample Variable for PL/SQL Procedure Source Type

This appendix describes a sample variable for PL/SQL procedure source type.


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