The contract number that identifies the sales contract.
Sales Contracts (tdsls3500m000)Use this session to view, enter, and maintain sales contract headers. You can start this session in the details mode by clicking:
When you double-click a record, or click the New button, the Sales Contract (tdsls3600m000) session is started. Note Click Sort by on the View menu to have a different view of this session. As a result, the session's title bar, column sequence, and the number of view fields are changed.
Contract The contract number that identifies the sales contract. Sold-to Business Partner The business partner who orders goods or services from your organization, who owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project. Usually a customer's purchase department. The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include:
Note If you want to define a promotional contract, you must leave this field empty and set the Contract Type field to Special Contract. Contract Type The contract type indicates whether the contract is a normal or a special contract. Customer Order The number assigned to the order or contract by the sold-to business partner (for example, the sold-to business partner's purchase contract number). The customer order number can be used to identify a sales contract line. Note You can specify a value in this field only if the Use Customer Order for Schedules check box is selected in the Sales Schedule Parameters (tdsls0100s500) session. This value is defaulted in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Action on Deviating Customer Order The action that must be initiated when the customer order on an incoming sales release is specified and deviates from the Customer Order in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Note This field is enabled only if a customer order number is specified in the Customer Order field. This value is defaulted in the Action on Deviating Customer Order field in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Allowed values Action on Deviating Empty Customer Order The action that must be initiated when the customer order on an incoming sales release is not specified and deviates from the specified Customer Order in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Note This field is enabled only if a customer order number is specified in the Customer Order field. This value is defaulted in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Allowed values Customer Contract Reference The identifier of the item's model, part, or year with the sold-to business partner. This reference is used to identify a sales contract line. Note You can specify a value in this field only if the Use Customer Contract Reference for Schedules check box is selected in the Sales Schedule Parameters (tdsls0100s500) session. This value is defaulted in the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session. Terms and Conditions ID The terms and conditions agreement that is linked to the sales contract. Contract Amount The total value of the goods recorded on the contract. This field includes the sum of the line amounts for all linked contract lines with the Free and Active status. A contract line amount is calculated as follows: Agreed Quantity * Price - Discounts Contract Date The date on which the contract is entered in the system. Contract Status The status of the sales contract. A contract can have the following statuses:
You can assign a status to each contract with the following commands:
Note In the Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3501m000) session, you can:
Internal Sales Representative The internal sales representative. Note
Sales Office A department that is identified in the company business model to manage the business partner's sales relations. The sales office is used to identify the locations that are responsible for the organization's sales activities. Default value When you enter a sales contract, LN retrieves the sales office from the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session. This value can be changed. If no sales office is found in the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session, LN searches the Sales User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session. If no sales office is found in the Sales User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session either, no sales office is defined. As a result, LN cannot retrieve a default sales office. Order Type A group of orders that are processed according to the same procedure (series of order steps = sessions). In addition, these orders share a number of other characteristics (return order y/n, collect order y/n, subcontracting order y/n, and so on). Reference A The first extra reference by which the order or request for quotation can be identified. This reference is printed on various order documents and lists. Reference B The second extra reference field that you can fill with extra information. This reference is printed on the order documents and lists. Original Contract The number of the original contract on which the current sales contract is based. If this contract is copied from another contract, this field is automatically filled with the original contract's number. This field can also be filled manually. Effective Date The first day on which a record or a setting is valid. The effective date often includes the effective time. Note When you change the effective date, LN asks you whether the effective date on the lines must be changed as well. LN then checks if the effective dates and expiry dates of the lines fall within the header's range of effective date and expiry date. The date ranges of te lines cannot exceed the date range of the header. Expiry Date The last day on which a record is valid. If you do not specify an expiry time, the validity expires at the end of the expiry date, at 24:00 hours. Note When you change the expiry date, LN asks you whether the expiry date on the lines must be changed as well. LN then checks if the effective dates and expiry dates of the lines fall within the header's range of effective date and expiry date. The date ranges of te lines cannot exceed the date range of the header. External Sales Representative The external sales representative. Note
Responsible Office The sales office which maintains and owns the sales contract. Contract Acknowledgement You can indicate whether a contract acknowledgment must be printed. Print Status This field shows the printing status of the contract acknowledgement. You can print contract acknowledgements in the Print Sales Contract Acknowledgements (tdsls3405m000) session. Note If the Reprint Contract Acknowl. after Modification check box is selected in the Sales Contract Parameters (tdsls0100s300) session and the contract is modified after the final contract acknowledgement is printed, the print status is automatically set to Changed. As a result, you can reprint the contract acknowledgement. If the Reprint Contract Acknowl. after Modification check box is cleared in the Sales Contract Parameters (tdsls0100s300) session and a change is made to the contract after the final contract acknowledgement is printed, the print status remains Original Printed. Allowed values Sold-to Contact The sold-to business partner's contact. Phone Your contact's (direct) telephone number. Sold-to Address The sold-to business partner's address code. Default value LN retrieves the default address from the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session. Street A full set of address-related details, which include the postal address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address, identification for taxation purposes, and routing information. Ship-to Business Partner The business partner to whom you ship the ordered goods. This usually represents a customer's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse from which you send the goods, the carrier who carries out the transport, and the related sold-to business partner. Ship-to Address A full set of address-related details, which include the postal address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address, identification for taxation purposes, and routing information. Ship-to Contact The person with whom you discuss business transactions. For example, you address questions, quotations, and follow-up calls, direct mail, and promotional gifts to the contact. The contact's data include the name, telephone number, e-mail address, and other details. Delivery Terms The agreements with the business partner, concerning the way the goods are delivered. Relevant information is printed on various order documents. Default value LN retrieves the default value from the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session. Note The description of the delivery terms is printed on the contract acknowledgment. Point of Title Passage The point at which the legal ownership changes. At this point, the risk passes from the seller to the buyer. Carrier/LSP An organization that provides transport services. You can link a default carrier to both ship-to and ship-from business partners. In addition, you can print sales and purchase orders on a packing list, sorted by carrier. For ordering and invoicing, you must define a carrier as a business partner. Invoice-to Business Partner The business partner to which you send invoices. This usually represents a customer's accounts payable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method and frequency, information about the customer's credit limit, the terms and method of payment, and the related pay-by business partner. Invoice-to Address A full set of address-related details, which include the postal address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address, identification for taxation purposes, and routing information. Invoice-to Contact The person with whom you discuss business transactions. For example, you address questions, quotations, and follow-up calls, direct mail, and promotional gifts to the contact. The contact's data include the name, telephone number, e-mail address, and other details. Currency The currency in which the amounts on the contract are expressed. Default value LN retrieves the default currency from the Invoice-to Business Partner (tccom4112s000) session. Tax Classification An attribute of order headers and order lines that you can use to define tax exceptions for the transaction. LN retrieves the default tax classification from the invoice-from and invoice-to business partners. For example, you can use the tax classification to indicate:
Default value This field is defaulted from the Business Partner Tax Classification field of the Invoice-to Business Partner (tccom4112s000) session. Pay-by Business Partner The business partner from whom you receive payments. This usually represents a customer's accounts payable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, the customer's bank relation, the type of reminders you send to the business partner, and the frequency of sending reminders. Pay-by Address A full set of address-related details, which include the postal address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address, identification for taxation purposes, and routing information. Pay-by Contact The person with whom you discuss business transactions. For example, you address questions, quotations, and follow-up calls, direct mail, and promotional gifts to the contact. The contact's data include the name, telephone number, e-mail address, and other details. Full Name The contact's full name. Payment Terms Agreements about the way in which invoices are paid. The payment terms include:
The payment terms allow you to calculate:
You can determine the expiry date of the payment period and discount period based on the payment terms on a sales invoice. Note
Late Payment Surcharge The percentage that is charged over the goods amount or over rendered services that the recipient of the invoice must pay if the invoice is not paid within a specified period. Default value LN retrieves the default late payment surcharge from the Invoice-to Business Partner (tccom4112s000) session. Payment Method The way in which the payment (purchase invoice) or the direct debit (sales invoice) takes place. The payment method defines details such as, the maximum amount, the type of due date, if foreign currencies are allowed, and which details must be printed on the report. These details are default values that you can change on the order or invoice as necessary. Text If this check box is selected, header text exists for the contract.
Terminate Terminates a sales contract. You cannot generate sales schedules for Terminated normal contracts and you cannot generate sales orders from Terminated special contracts. Activate Activates a sales contract. You cannot change headers or lines with an Active status. If possible, LN activates the whole contract and the lines. Line statuses can be activated independently from the header. De-activate De-activates a sales contract. This action changes the status from Active to Free. If possible, LN de-activates the whole contract and the lines. Line statuses can be de-activated independently from the header. Open Contracts Only displays sales contracts with the Free, or Active status. All Contracts Displays all sales contracts.
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