Activating a Construct

Only active constructs which are effective are used during the construct based billing process. Therefore, you need to activate a construct.

Prerequisites

To activate a construct, you should have:

  • Target contract type (characteristic type) defined on usage accounts' contracts’ contract type

  • Default account creation algorithm defined using the C1-ACTCR-IC algorithm type

  • Default contract creation algorithm defined using the C1-CTMP-IC algorithm type

  • Assign the C1-IC_​AC To Do type to a To Do role whose users must receive the To Do entries generated when the new invoice account is created while activating a construct

Procedure

To activate a construct:

  1. Search for the draft construct in the Construct screen.
  2. In the Search Results section, clickView (The View Icon) icon in the View column corresponding to the construct that you want to activate.
    The Construct screen appears.
  3. Click Submit button in the Construct Information zone.

    A message appears confirming whether you want to activate a construct.

    Note: If you click on Edit (The Edit Icon) icon or Copy icon (The Duplicate Icon) in the respective columns while searching for a construct, click on Save and Next button and then click Submit button in the Construct Information zone.
  4. Click OK.

    The construct is activated.

Related Topics

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Construct screen Construct (Used for Searching)
How to search for a construct Searching for a Construct