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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use service-contract templates</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>template</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>service contract</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>service-contract quotation</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Service-contract templates enable you to prepare specific details of a service-contract quotation, or of a service contract in advance. The creation time for the service-contract quotation or the service contract is reduced, and the same terms and conditions are applied in similar circumstances.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The <Link href="/baanerp/ts/ctm/tsctm0150m000" role="session">Contract Templates (tsctm0150m000)</Link> session enables you to enter the following details:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The description.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#ContraTypes.ts" role="glossary">contract type</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000009" role="glossary">installment template</Link> and the currency.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The sales-related data, such as effectivity and expiry dates.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The duration of the proposed service contract or quotation.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#PricinMethod.ts" role="glossary">pricing method</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000075" role="glossary">item</Link> to which the terms will be attached, if any.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>If overtime will be allowed.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>If <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000380" role="glossary">service-contract changes</Link> apply.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>After you define the header data of the template, on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, choose <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/ctm/tsctm0120m000#coverage" role="form command">Coverage Terms</GUIRef> to specify the <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#CoveraTerms.ts" role="glossary">coverage terms</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><ProcedureList><ListIntro>To use service-contract templates:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Define the template(s) that you want to use.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Enter the <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000375" role="glossary">header data</Link> of the service contract or the quotation.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, choose <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Configuration Lines</GUIRef> to start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/ctm/tsctm1110m300" role="session">Contract Configuration Lines (tsctm1110m300)</GUIRef> session (or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/ctm/tsctm1110m200" role="session">Contract Quotation Configuration Lines (tsctm1110m200)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Specify <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">clusters</Link> or <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#Objects.ts" role="glossary">serialized items</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Specify the appropriate contract template.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>At least one cluster or item must be linked to the service contract or the quotation.</Paragraph>
	</Note>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000093" role="manual">Contract management - master data</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000117" role="manual">To create contract quotations</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000119" role="manual">To create service contracts</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
