Date and Renew Fields

The status of a contract determines which of the following fields on the Edit Contract Header form are required and whether the system validates the field values.

Start Date and End Date

Draft status: The Start Date and End Date fields are not required. However, if you enter a value in either field, the other field is required. If both fields contain dates, the system validates that the end date is after the start date.

Active status: If you revise the contract end date, the system validates that the block dates that are associated with the contract are within the revised date range. If the contract end date is earlier than any of the attached block end dates, the system issues an error message and you cannot change the contract end date.

Renewable End Date, Renew Term, and Renew Period

Draft status: If the renew type is renew or roll, the Renewable End Date, Renew Term, and Renew Period fields are not required. However, if you enter a value in the Renewable End Date field, the system validates that the date is greater than or equal to the contract end date in the End Date field. If you enter a value in the Renew Term field, the Renew Period field is required.

Active status: If the renew type is renew, the Renewable End Date, Renew Term, and Renew Period fields are required. (These fields are not required if the renew type is roll.) If you revise the Renewable End Date field, the system validates that the date is greater than or equal to the contract end date.

Note:

The Renew Term and Renew Period fields are for information only. The system does not validate the contract end date against these fields.

If you change the renewable end date to a date that is before the current date and contract harvests exist, the system deletes the contract harvests.