The contract status results from the status of the contract periods.

The life cycle of the contract period comprises the following steps:

• In preparation: The contract period is not yet finalized.
• Validated: Once a period is validated, the contract is validated. The contract rates are then offered in the purchase requests and work orders can be posted to the contract.
  For a validated period, some information can no longer be changed.
  
  Validation: If the setting "Automatic generation of Contract PRs" is set to "Yes ," purchase requests corresponding to the amount of the contract are generated upon validation of the contract period.

• Suspended: The contract is temporarily interrupted when a period is suspended. It can be reinstated using the "Restart Contract" action.
  Suspension: Suspension causes purchase requests, POs, and work orders posted to the contract to be blocked. They cannot change status until the contract is restarted.

• Canceled: The contract period can only be canceled if no purchase request, order, or work order posted to the contract has been validated. This status is irreversible.

  Cancellation: In the event of contract cancellation,

  • The PRs, POs, and work orders are cancelled,
  • The triggers are disabled (unless they are referenced in a validated period of another contract),
  • Any amounts committed by the contract are released.

• Archived: The contract period can be archived only if all of the elements allocated to the period are fixed (cannot be changed): PRs and POs must be closed or canceled, and work orders must be archived or canceled.

  Archiving: At the time of contract archiving,

  • The triggers are disabled (unless they are referenced in a validated period of another contract),
  • The amounts committed that have not been used are released.