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<Session ID="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3500m500" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Purchase Contracts Overview (tdpur3500m500)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to view <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchContra_td" role="glossary">purchase contracts</Link> by contract number.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you double-click a record in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3100m000" role="session">Purchase Contracts (tdpur3100m000)</Link> session, you can view more details of a purchase
		  contract.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, you can choose <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3500m500#tdpur3501m500" role="command">Purchase Contract Lines Overview</GUIRef> to start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3501m500" role="session">Purchase Contract Lines Overview (tdpur3501m500)</GUIRef> session. In this session you can view <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PuCoLines_td" role="glossary">purchase contract lines</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000067" role="manual">Purchase contracts</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.cono">
         <Header>
            <Title>Contract</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The number of the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchContra_td" role="glossary">purchase contract</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.cdes">
         <Header>
            <Title>Description</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The contract description is used to sort or retrieve contracts.
		  It is essential to fill this field in a systematic way as this will enable you
		  to search for contracts by description.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.otbp">
         <Header>
            <Title>Buy-from BP</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The business partner from whom you order goods or services;
		this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes
		the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, delivery
		terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.ccon">
         <Header>
            <Title>Buyer</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The employee of your company who is the contact to the
		concerned buy-from business partner. The buyer is also known as the purchasing
		agent.</FuncDesc>
         <DefaultValue>
            <SectionTitle>Default value</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise retrieves the default buyer from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </DefaultValue>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.icyp">
         <Header>
            <Title>Contract Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The contract type indicates if the purchase contract is a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#NormalContra_td" role="glossary">normal contract</Link> or
		  a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SpeciaContra_td" role="glossary">special contract</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.icap">
         <Header>
            <Title>Contract Status</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The purchase contract's status.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>A purchase contract can have one of the following
				statuses:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#free" role="option">Free</GUIRef>: When a contract is created, the contract status is
				automatically set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#free" role="option">Free</GUIRef>. If a contract has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#free" role="option">Free</GUIRef> status,
				you can make changes to the contract.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#active" role="option">Active</GUIRef>: You can link a purchase order/schedule/quotation
				to a contract with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#active" role="option">Active</GUIRef> status. If the status is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#active" role="option">Active</GUIRef> and
				the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m300#tdpur000.cabt.3" role="manual">Maintaining Contracts Always Allowed</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m300" role="session">Purchase Contract Parameters (tdpur0100m300)</GUIRef> session is cleared, you cannot deactivate
				the contract.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#closed" role="option">Terminated</GUIRef>: After a contract is terminated, the contract
				can no longer be used.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.cdat">
         <Header>
            <Title>Contract Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date on which the contract is entered in the system.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.sdat">
         <Header>
            <Title>Effective Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The first day on which a record or a setting is valid. The
		effective date often includes the effective time.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur300.edat">
         <Header>
            <Title>Expiry Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The last date on which a record or a setting is valid. The
		expiry date often includes the expiry time.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>