Common Elements Used
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Amendment Number |
Displays the current amendment number and date of the amendment if the contract was amended through amendment processing. |
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Amend Contract |
Click this button on an active contract to make adjustments to the current contract by creating an amendment. If a pending amendment exists, click to edit the existing, pending amendment. When you click this button, the system transfers you to amendment mode, and the button name changes to View Current. |
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View Current |
In amendment mode, this button appears on the pages of the contract component. Click to view and edit the current contract. When you click this button, the button name changes to Amend Contract. |
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Contract Number |
The contract number that you entered appears at the top of the page. If automatic numbering is enabled and you select a value of NEXT, the system generates a contract number. The contract number is a unique number used to identify a contract. The parameters that you establish for a contract number affect all components of the contract. |
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Contract Status |
Displays a user-defined value that provides a visual indicator of where the contract is within the contract life cycle. This element also controls what processing can occur against the contract. When you define a new contract, the default contract status that you established appears; you can select a different contract status. If you select a contract status that is mapped to a different contract processing status, the system performs edit checking to ensure that the contract is eligible for the new processing status that you selected. |
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Go To |
Click one of the links to navigate to key contract areas that you can assign before activating the contract: Billing Plans: Click to assign lines for this contract to new or existing billing plans. Revenue Plans: Click to assign lines for this contract to new or existing revenue plans. Milestones: Click to edit existing milestones and add new milestones to this contract. Renewals: Click to assign renewable contract lines to renewal plans. Amount Allocation: Click to apply the contract billing amount, revenue amount, plus any discounts, to fixed-amount contract lines. This link is not available for active contracts. More: Click the drop-down arrow in this list box to access the additional contract links. |
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Processing Status |
Displays the processing status corresponding to the selected contract status. |
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Sold To Customer |
Displays the name and customer ID of the customer to whom this contract was sold. A sold to customer can be associated with multiple ship to and bill to customers, enabling you to associate different contract lines with different ship to customers and different billing plans with different bill to customers. |