About the Project Contract Validation Assistant
This topic provides an overview of the Project Contract Validation Assistant and explains how it helps contract administrators validate project contracts before approval.
What this Assistant Does
Use this assistant to:
- Validate predefined contract rules.
- Validate enabled custom contract rules.
- Review validation errors and warnings.
- Get resolution guidance for validation issues.
- Submit the contract for approval when validation completes with no errors or warnings.
The assistant doesn’t replace the Contracts work area. When validation issues are found, you use the resolution guidance from the assistant and make the required changes in the Contracts work area.
What this Assistant Supports
The assistant supports validation for one project contract at a time.
- An external contract.
- In Draft status or Under Amendment status.
You can start validation by providing a contract name or contract number.
What this Assistant Doesn't Support
This assistant doesn't support:
- Validation for multiple contracts in a single request.
- Internal contracts.
- Validation of contracts that are outside Draft or Under Amendment status.
- Create, cancel, terminate, or close contracts.
- Update contract data. If the assistant finds issues, you must update the contract in the Contracts work area and then validate it again.
How Approval Submission Works
If validation completes with no errors or warnings, the assistant asks whether you want to submit the contract for approval.
If you confirm, the assistant submits the contract for approval. If approval routing assigns the contract to approvers, the assistant confirms that the contract was submitted for approval.
If auto-approval is configured, the assistant tells you that the contract was submitted for approval.
If validation errors or warnings exist, the assistant doesn’t submit the contract for approval. You must resolve the issues and validate the contract again.