Defaults

These processing options specify the default values that the system uses when you enter contracts. Although you can override these values for a single contract, you can specify default values (for information such as document type, business unit, company, line type, description, status, duration and quantity unit of measure) that are standard to most contracts that you enter in this version of Contract Revisions.

1. Contract Document Type

Enter a value from UDC 00/DT (Document Type - All Documents) that also indicates the nature of the transaction. Specify the document type to use as the default value when you enter a contract.

2. Contract Key Company

Specify which contract key company the system uses as a default value when you enter a service contract. A contract key company is a number that, along with order number and order type, uniquely identifies an order document (such as a purchase order, a contract, or a sales order).

3. Copy Contract Information

Specify how the system assigns the contract number when you copy contract information. Values are:

0: Create a new contract number.

1: Keep the original contract number and advance the version number.

4. Contract Line Type

Specify the default line type that the system uses when you enter a contract detail line. The line type is a code that controls how the system processes lines on a transaction. When you enter a line type for a detail line on a service contract, the system verifies the line type characteristics in the S/WM Line Type Constants table (F1793).

5. Line Increment

Specify the increment by which the system numbers the order lines.

6. Contract Status

Enter a value from UDC 17/CO (Contract Status) that specifies the default contract status that the system uses when you enter a service contract. The contract status is a code that provides status information about a contract.

7. Contract Type

Enter a value from UDC 17/TY (Contract Type) that specifies the contract type for service contracts.

8. Contract Description

Specify the detail line description that the system uses as a default value when you enter a contract. Values are:

Blank: Contract header

1: Item number

2: Line type

3: Product model

4: Product family

9. Duration Unit of Measure

Enter a value from UDC 00/UM (Unit of Measure) that identifies the unit of measure to use in the document. Specify the duration unit of measure that the system uses as a default value when you enter a contract.

10. Quantity Unit of Measure

Enter a value from UDC 00/UM (Unit of Measure) that identifies the unit of an amount or quantity. Specify the unit of measure that the system uses as a default value when you enter a contract.

11. Business Unit

Specify the default business unit that the system uses when you enter a contract. If you leave this processing option blank, the system uses the value from Default Locations & Printers, which is based on either the terminal or user ID.