Contract Relationships
Standard Out-of-the-box (OOTB) relationships: When you amend or renew a contract using contract actions, the system automatically creates a relationship between the original and the new contract. These relationships include Is Amendment For, Is Amended By, Is Renewal For, and Is Renewed By. These system-generated relationships are read-only and cannot be unlinked.
Custom relationships: Administrators can also define and manage custom contract relationships. Custom relationships allow organizations to create specific, tailored links between contracts beyond the default system-provided OOTB types like Amendment or Renewal. For example, administrators might define custom relationship types such as Is Superseded By or Is Related To to reflect organization-specific contract structures.
These custom relationships are manually created by users, unlike OOTB relationships, which are automatically formed through contract actions such as amend or renew.
Parent-Child relationships: In addition to the relationships above, you can establish a parent-child relationship between two contracts using the Parent Contract field on the Contract Details page. You can see IsParentOf relationship in the parent contract and IsChildOf relationship in the child contract.
Creating a Contract Relationship
Administrator has configured the following for the RelatedAgreement object in
.- Added custom picklist entries for Relationship From Type and Relationship To Type .
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Created a relationship between Relationship From Type and Relationship To Type.
In contract management, it is often necessary to define and manage relationships between contracts. While standard relationships such as Amendment and Renewal are automatically created by the system using contract actions, users can also manually create custom contract relationships to link contracts. This enables organizations to define relationships that reflect their unique business processes.
Column | Description |
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Relationship From Type |
Defines how the current contract relates to another (related) contract. |
Relationship To Type |
Defines how the related (or target) contract views its connection to the current contract. |
Contract Name |
Contract name related to the current contract. |
Contract Number |
Contract number related to the current contract. |
Status |
Status of the contract related to the current contract. |
Actions |
Action to remove a relationship between contracts. It is available only for custom relationships and not for system-generated relationships created through contract actions like Amend or Renew. |
Unlinking a Contract Relationship
Learn how to unlink a custom contract relationship to remove unnecessary or erroneous associations between contracts.