Start/Stop - Pending Contract

If you need to change additional information about the pending start or stop contracts, navigate to the Pending Contract tab. Alternatively, you can click the Drill Down button on the Contract grid of the Main tab.

Description of Page

If the total number of pending start / stops for the account does not exceed the start stop details threshold defined in Installation Options, an entry appears in the scroll for each entry in the Contract grid on the main page. Use the Pending Start/Stop Contract navigation arrow buttons to select the pending contract you want to review or modify. The following fields are available.

Primary Contract:

Contract Info Summary information about the pending start / stop contract is displayed.

Cancel Turn on this switch if you wish to cancel the pending start / stop.

Date This is the start date for pending start contracts and the stop date for pending stop contracts.

Reason Indicates the reason for starting or stopping a service. .

Division / Contract Type These fields define the type of contract that will be created. These fields will be gray if the contract is pending stop.

If you change the division, you must change the contract type to reflect one of the services that the division manages.

If the total number of pending start / stops for the account exceeds the start stop details threshold defined in Installation Options, the pending start / stop contracts are displayed in a grid; you can control the contracts that appear using filter options.

The section beneath Account provides you with options that control which contracts appear in the grid. The following points describe the various options:

  • Use the Contract Action Filter to restrict the contracts that appear in the grid to pending starts or pending stops. The following options are available:
    • All. Use this option if you do not wish to restrict contracts based on Contract Action.
    • Start. Use this option to restrict contracts to pending starts.
    • Stop. Use this option to restrict contracts to pending stops.
  • Use the date filter to restrict contracts to those that will start or stop between the From Date and the To Date.
  • Use the Location Filter to restrict the contracts to those that are linked to a specific characteristic location. The following options are available:
    • All. Use this option if you do not wish to restrict contracts based on location.
    • No Location. Use this option to restrict contracts to those that do not have a characteristic location.
    • Specific Location. Use this option to restrict contracts to those with a characteristic location of Location ID.
  • Use the Contract Type Filter to restrict contracts to those of a given contract type.
    • All. Use this option if you do not wish to restrict contracts based on contract type.
    • Specific Contract Type. Use this option to restrict contracts to those of a given Division and Contract Type.

Don't forget to click the search button after changing the filters.

The Select All/ Clear All buttons are used to select contracts if you plan on issuing any of the mass update actions at the bottom of the page. These buttons are enabled if at least one contract is displayed in the grid.

Note: 30 contracts at a time. Clicking Select All selects the first 30 contracts in the grid. If more than 30 contracts exist, you must select and start them in batches.

The grid that displays contains the contracts that match your search criteria. Click on the drill down button to open the Pending Contract Details page.

Please refer to the Pending Start/Stop Contract scroll for a description of the fields in the pending start/stop contract grid on the Pending Contract tab and on the Pending Contract Details page. Additional fields are described here:

Pending Contracts Grid:

  • Select box. Use this check box to select contracts for mass update.
  • The Action icons highlight if the associated contract is a pending start or a pending stop. Refer to the action icon on Start/Stop - Main.

Mass Update Buttons:

Use the Cancel Selected button to cancel the selected pending start / stops. This button is enabled if you have selected one or more pending contracts.

Use the Change Start/Stop Date button to change the start / stop date for the selected pending start / stop contracts. This button is enabled if you have selected one or more pending contracts.