This section lists the terms and their definitions for the CLM application.

Term

Definition

Action panelA collection of agreement action buttons on the user interface that can be enabled for the Agreement Record page in the Classic mode for community portals.

Agreement

A set of terms and conditions agreed upon by two or more parties.

Agreement actionsThe actions available at various stages of the agreement such as Preview Agreement, Generate Agreement, Regenerate Agreement, Generate Supporting Document, Send for Review, Send for Signatures, Import Offline Document, Activate, Amend, Renew, Expire, Terminate, and Cancel Request.
Agreement documentA document generated by merging information stored in a record with an existing template.

Agreement Document Protection

A feature that helps protect your documents when they are generated in Microsoft Word format.

Contract administrators can configure document protection rules so that a contract user can perform any of the lifecycle actions, depending on the protection rules that are applied to specific user roles. There are four document protection types such as ignore, unprotect, prompt, and automatic.

Agreement Explorer

A search and reporting feature that allows you to search for records in the Agreement object using configurable and reusable search reports.

Agreement Line Item

A product or service line item that is associated with an agreement.

Agreement Lock

A feature that represents a lock on the agreement. The agreement is locked by the logged-in user automatically after the user checks out the agreement document.

Only users with UnlockCheckedInDocument action permission can unlock the locked agreement.

Agreement Protection

A tab in the Conga Contract Management application that specifies protection settings (available on the Agreement Wizard) for agreements.

Agreement Rule

A condition that allows you to configure how an agreement request is processed when the user clicks Submit Request.

Based on the administrator-defined criteria for a specific agreement record type, agreement rules can dictate if:

  • A document is generated automatically when the agreement is submitted for processing.
  • An agreement is sent to a queue for review and processing.
Agreement versioningA solution framework for document versioning at the agreement record level. 

Amend

An action that enables you to modify the terms of an active agreement.

It creates a new version of the agreement record with an "amended" relationship to the original agreement. The new, amended record shares the same base agreement number as the original, with the decimal point incremented by one.

Apttus Retention Policy Schema

An XML schema that describes the retention policy specification.

A retention policy determines the length of time a record must be stored. Generally, organizations apply retention policies to all records sharing certain characteristics, such as record type, region, and owner.

You can edit the specification of a retention policy to define the date until which the agreement is retained.

Clause

A modular block of text that is used frequently across multiple templates.

Content libraries

An alternative contract repository option to organize files and manage user permissions.

Contract

An agreement between two or more entities, with specific terms.

Contract wizardA wizard that prompts the end user to answer a series of on-screen questions, and then creates the Agreement record.

Contract Document Versions

A solution framework used for document versioning at the Agreement record level. Contract Document Versioning divides the version of an Agreement document into three parts: Major, Minor, and Revision. Each version of an agreement document is represented as a period-delimited numeric value in the Document Version Details object (for example, "1.0.0").

The first version of the document is created after you have created and generated an agreement. Subsequent versions are added during the review and negotiation phases. Version values are numerically incremented as various actions are taken on the document by different users.

Contract Management

The process of systematically and efficiently managing contract creation, execution, and analysis.

Cycle Time Reporting

A feature that enables organizations to track the elapsed time between any two statuses or status categories.

Custom linkAllows you to add a customized link to internal or external URLs.

Document

A dynamically generated output through merging information stored in an agreement record with the static text of an existing template. Output documents can be sent for review, approval, or signature.

Dashboard

A user interface that organizes and presents key statistics in an easy to understand format

Agreement records that you own or have permission to access are displayed in the Agreements dashboard. You can customize the dashboard by configuring a ribbon that provides a quick view of the agreements and their corresponding status categories.

Document Finder

A feature that helps contract managers, sales persons, and legal teams to easily filter and find agreement documents directly from an agreement record.

Document output formatDocument format (file type) to be used for generating an agreement document.

Dynamic Document Assembly

A feature that enables you to configure filter rules that drive a sequence of prescribed dynamic clause or attachment insertions in a generated document.

Expire

An action that marks the agreement as Expired after the agreement term ends.

Intelligent import

Intelligent data extraction functionality lets you import a third-party paper. Conga CLM works with optical character recognition software to scan the imported third-party paper and convert the document to a searchable PDF.

Note

You need to have an Intelligent Import license to process third-party paper in Conga CLM.

Merge web Service

Merge Web Service APIs for generating and manipulating documents.

Object

A definition of a specific type of information that you can store in Salesforce. Some objects are native to Salesforce, such as Contacts or Accounts, while others are specific to Conga functionality, such as Templates or Agreements.

Offline agreementA third-party paper that you want to use as a basis for your contract.
Organization/Org

An organization (org) is a Salesforce instance with a defined set of licensed users. An org is the virtual space provided to Conga CLM by Salesforce. Your org includes all of your data and applications, and is separate from all other orgs.

Page layout

A UI element that allows you to organize the layout on an object detail or edit page. You can use Page Layout to organize the following elements for your users:

  • Fields, related lists, and custom links
  • Field properties (visible, read-only, and required)
  • Page section customizations
Query templateThis feature allows you to narrow down the list of templates available for document generation.

Record

A collection of fields with information about a specific item of a specific type (represented by an object), such as a Contact, an Account, or an Opportunity.

Record Type

An element that allows you to offer different business processes, picklist values, and page layouts to different users.

A record type defines which page layouts users see when they view agreement records, based on their user profile. For example, you can create record types to differentiate your regular sales deals from your professional services engagements, offering different picklist values for each.

RedliningAllows you to identify the changes made by reviewers and accept or reject changes according to your business requirement.

Renew

An action that enables users to create a new version of the agreement.

Reports

Salesforce delivers standard report folders that contain reports for each record type. For example, Accounts, Opportunities, Leads, and so on.

Retention Policy

A rule that determines the length of time a record must be stored.

Template

A blueprint to generate a variety of document types when merged with data from agreements or quotes.

Template filtering rulesThe Template Selection page can be configured to set up user-defined filters to narrow the list of Templates displayed to the user for Preview/Generate/Generate Supporting Document/Regenerate tasks.

Template versioning

A solution framework of document versioning at the Template level to track template versions against generated documents.

Term exceptionAn exception clause or term is a stipulated condition in your agreement to grant or prevent certain allowances to or from a particular group of users in your agreement.

Terminate

Action on the Agreement Details page that enables users to terminate an active contract.

User profile

A set of permissions granted to a group of users for the purpose of limiting feature accessibility. According to a user's role in an organization, Conga CLM Administrator can assign a profile to the user. There are five basic profiles associated with Conga CLMAdministrator, Contract Manager/Template Admin, Read Only, Requester/Approver, and Contract Creator/Negotiator.

Wizard

A wizard that prompts the end-user to answer a series of on-screen questions and then creates the Agreement record.

Wizard Component Library

A tab that enables you to create reusable inputs and steps for your wizard designs.

Workflow ruleEnforcement of key business processes, allowing you to automate tasks, email alerts, field updates, and outbound messages without the need to write any code.