Steps to Create a Contract:
- Click on Create Contract link from Navigation menu, or go to Manage contract, click on Create contract Tab.
Create contract screen is displayed with different tab sections as mentioned below.
- Main
- Custom
- Documents
- Clauses
- Milestones
- Notes
Under "Main" Tab, create contract page displays
- Enter contract number and Title. ( Contract Number is Auto generated based on Contract Settings )
- Select Contract Type and Contracting Party
- Choose an effective date
- Enter the description
- Select the Risk level, Department and Contract owners.
- Choose an Expiry date(optional)
- Enter contract value and select the currency.(optional)
- Select Notification list and workflow (optional), Based on the Workflow Selected Email Notifications will be sent to the configured users.
- Enter renewal term in days.(optional)
2.Custom Field Form - If the contract type selected in Main tab has any custom field forms associated with it , the custom fields will get displayed here and user can enter data that
will get saved along with the contract metadata.
3. Now Click on Documents tab.
- Click on Choose files, select the file which has to be uploaded for the specific contract, enter file description if any .
- If there are more than 1 file, click on Add file, and attach the document .
- Click on "Create" button.
- Attached files are displayed in a grid in the same page.
4. Click on Clauses tab. (Optional )
- On click of Clauses tab, page displays with Contract clauses grid and Add clauses tab.
- Click on Add clauses tab, displays list of clauses which are pre loaded.
- check the clauses which are to be added for the specific contract, click on Add.
- The selected clauses are added and displayed in the grid.
5. Click on Milestone tab. (Optional )
- On click of Milestone tab,page displays with Milestone grid and Add Milestone tab.
- Click on Add Milestone tab,displays Milestone entry field,end date and Milestone reminder check box.
- Enter the Milestone of a contract and end date.
- On Checking the Milestone Reminder check box,Alert Before Days filed pops up.
- Enter Alert before days and click on "Save" button.
- The created Milestone are displayed in the grid.
5.Click on Notes Tab (Optional )
- On click of Notes tab,page displays with Notes grid and Add Notes tab.
- Click on Add Notes tab,displays Notes entry field.
- Enter the Notes of a contract .
- Click on "Save" button.
- The created Notes are displayed in the grid. d
After entering all these click on "Create" button.Contract creates successfully and displayed in the Manage contract Grid.