Before you use the Conga CLM application to manage contracts, you must define the agreement record types. An agreement record type is a way of categorizing agreements and allows us to provide different page layouts to users based on their profile. The page layout provides a canvas for adding fields and related lists.

The following are some of the agreement record types:

• Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
• Master Subscription Agreement (MSA)
• Software License Agreement (SLA)
• Statement of Work (SOW)

To enable a new agreement type:

1. Define a new Page Layout
2. Create a new Record Type and associate it with the page layout
3. Enable the Record Type for Template Authoring

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