Oracle Procurement Contracts Implementation and Administration Guide

Contents

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Preface

Introduction to Oracle Procurement Contracts

Oracle Procurement Contracts - Overview

Oracle Procurement Contracts - Key Features

Oracle Procurement Contracts Dependencies

Installation Verification

Oracle Procurement Contracts Dependencies

Mandatory Dependencies

Conditional Dependencies

Implementation Overview

Process Description

Implementation Task Sequence

Setting Up Oracle Procurement Contracts

Setting Up Organizations For Contract Terms

Implementing Multiple Organizations Access Control

Profile Options and Profile Options Categories

Setting Up Approvers and Approval Workflow

Approval Workflows in Integrated Modules

Setting Up Lookup Codes

Enabling Keyword Search

Setting Up Layout Templates

Setting Up Purchasing Document Format

Using Descriptive Flexfields

Setting Up Deliverable Attributes

Setting Up AutoNumbering

Setting Up Value Sets

Oracle Procurement Contracts Function Security

Importing Clauses from External Sources

Setting Up Contract Folders

Setting Up Variables

Setting Up Numbering Schemes

Setting Up Sections

Setting Up Standard Clauses

Setting Up Contract Templates

Setting Up Contract Expert

Setting Up Contract Repository - Overview

Setting Up Contracts Workbench

Implementation and Other Considerations

Overview

Process Overview, Implementation Considerations, and Other Considerations

      Establish Contract Standards

      Negotiate Contracts

      Author Contracts

      Approve and Sign Contracts

      Execute and Monitor Contracts

      Link Related Contracts

      Administer Contract Changes

      Renegotiate and Close Out Contracts

Setting Up Contract Terms Library

Contract Terms Library

Managing Standard Clauses

Creating Standard Clauses

Defining Related Clauses

Assigning Clauses to Folders

Approving Clauses

Managing Clauses Across Organizations

Searching for Clauses

Contract Clause Analysis Report

Managing Changes to Standard Clauses

Importing Clauses

Managing Contract Templates

Creating Contract Templates

Adding Sections and Clauses

Creating Contract Template Deliverables

Using Deliverable Attributes Setup

Validating Templates

Preview Templates

Approving Templates

Searching for Templates

Managing Changes to Contract Templates

Defining Global Templates

Managing Variables

Managing Sections

Managing Folders

Contract Expert Administration

Overview

Managing Questions

Creating User Questions

Searching for Questions

Updating Questions

Managing Constants

Creating Constants

Searching for Constants

Updating Constants

Managing Rules

Creating Rules

Searching for Rules

Activating Rules

Disabling Rules

Updating Rules

Managing Question Sequence

Creating Dependencies Between Questions

Simulating Rules

Using Contract Expert on Business Documents

QA Validations

Validations - Overview

Contract Templates Validations

Contract Expert Validations

Business Documents Validations

Repository Validations

Workflows

Workflows - Overview

Approval Workflows

Concurrent Programs

Contract Terms Library

Seeded Data

Responsibility

Deliverables

Document Types

Layout Template

Notifications

Procurement Notifications

System Variables

Lookup Codes

Function Security

XML Reference

Contract Terms XML Reference

Glossary

Index