Copying sales contracts

You can copy sales contracts in the Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000) session.

You can always copy a normal contract to a normal contract or a special contract to a special contract. Whether or not you can copy a normal contract to a special contract, and a special contract to a normal contract, depends on the settings of these check boxes in the Sales Contract Parameters (tdsls0100s300) session:

  • Copy Special Contract to Normal Contract
  • Copy Normal Contract to Special Contract

When you copy to a new normal contract, LN verifies whether a normal contract already exists:

  • In the same period
  • With the same price group or item
  • For the same sold-to business partner

If such a contract already exists and its status is Active, copying is not allowed.

If no such contract exists, when you copy to a new normal contract:

  • The new contract's effective date will be just after the expiry date of the old contract
  • The contract period will be one year

Contracts are copied with a new contract number, which is determined in the same way as when you specify a new contract in the Sales Contract (tdsls3600m000) session, but with different effective and expiry dates.

If the Contract Prices in Use check box is selected on the source contract line, the sales contract price revisions that are linked to the source contract with effective dates that are in the effectivity period of the new contract, are copied to the new contract. If no valid price revision exists, and the Copy Prices check box is selected in the Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000) session, the last price revision of the old contract is copied to the new contract's price revision with the same effective date as the contract line's effective date.

Note

Discounts and discount schedules from the old contract are not automatically included if you copy prices to the new contract. To also copy discounts to the new contract, select the Copy Discounts check box in the Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000) session.

If price books or discount schedules are not valid within the run time of the contract, you can create new price books and new discount schedules for the new contract by selecting the Create New Price Book and Create New Discount Schedule check boxes in the Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000) session. You can also add new price/discount lines to existing price books/discount schedules.

Delivery schemes that are linked to the old contract can be copied to the new contract. To copy the delivery scheme, select the Copy Delivery Contract check box in the Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000) session.

The currency of the invoice-to business partner must be the same as the contract currency. When a contract is agreed upon, the status of the business partners must be Active. A parent relation must exist between a sold-to business partner and the other business partner roles.

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