5. Select an appropriate association and then click Select. The selected Association gets added under theAssociation section with an incremented association number.

6. Click  to add a parent to child association. The Create Associated Document dialog box opens with the parent agreement name on the right side of the page.

7. Type the appropriate information in the respective fields and click Create to create a child association for that agreement.

8. The Association gets added under the Association section with an incremented association number.

Ability to define parent-child relationship for peer associations

ICM provides the functionality to attach associations to agreement entities. This functionality has now been enhanced with the ability to define the type of relationship (association) as Parent, Child or Peer. 
With this release, agreements can have only one association as a parent and all existing related agreements will be tagged as peer associations.

Configuring Contract Type to enable parent-child relationship for peer associations

Users need to configure the contract type and define default associations to enable the parent child linkage for peer associations.

To set the associations in Contract Type:

1. Click Configuration > Create Contract Type > Agreement > Next on the Dashboard. The Create Contract Type page opens.
2. Enter the Contract Type name. For example, PK_SOW.
3. Enter remaining details on Details tab.
4. Click Next. The Attribute tab opens.
5. Enter the details on Attributes tab.
6. Click Next. The Association tab opens.
7. Click Add Association icon. The Add Association section is displayed.
8. Add Association Name. For example, ICMPK_MSA.
9. Select the Contract Type. For example, PK_MSA.
10. Toggle the Multiple instances to Yes.
11. Toggle the Allow two-way linkage to Yes.
12. Click Save. The association is added to the contract type.
13. Enter the details in the remaining Display Preference and Team tabs.
14. Verify and click Create. The agreement contract type is created. 

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You can also edit and configure the associations in the existing agreement contract type.

Creating the single-linked associations for agreements

User can link the masterdata instance as an association to the agreement. In such case, the Linkage Type drop-down will not be displayed on the Lookup window and the association will be added as peer.

Note: The self-reference linkage is enabled through technical configuration.

To create the self-linked masterdata association for the agreement:

1. Click Agreement Management > Agreement on the Dashboard. The agreement index page opens.
2. Click View Record icon next to the contract type for which you want to create associations. For example, Icertis Statement of work (agreement created with PK_SOW contract type). The agreement details page opens.

All the configured associations for the contract type will be visible by default on the left panel configuration under Association tab on the agreement Details page.

3. Click Create Associations icon next to the masterdata contract type for which you want to create the single-link association. For example, Product Masterdata. The Lookup Search window opens. All the masterdata instances for the selected masterdata contract type are displayed.
4. Select the masterdata instance. For example, Ads Data Hub.

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The linkage type field on the Lookup Search window is not visible while creating associations for masterdata and the associations are linked as Peer by default.

5. Click Select. The masterdata will be linked to the agreement with the linkage type as Peer.

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Creating the unidirectional associations for agreements

The Allow Two-Way Linkage field is set to No for the associations in the contract type to create the unidirectional associations.

To create the association for the agreement:

1. Click Create Associations icon next to the contract type you want to link to the agreement. For example, Base CT (This association is configured with the two way linkage disabled at the contract type level). 

The Lookup Search window opens. All the agreements for the selected contract type (Base CT) are displayed irrespective of their states.

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Note: Amendments will not be displayed for associating with agreement on the Lookup window.

2. Select the agreement instance. For example, ICMBaseCT_5.

The association will not be allowed and the validation messages will be displayed if the user tries to:

• Relink the already associated agreement
• Link the parent agreement with its child agreement as peer association 
• Link the same agreement to itself ( self-linking the agreement)
• Link more than one agreement with the linkage type as Parent to the agreement
• Link the agreement as child which already has a parent association

For example, validation message is displayed when the user associates the agreement as Child which already has Parent:

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3. Select the Linkage Type as:

• Peer
• Parent
• Child

For example, Parent.

Note: the Linkage Type field is enabled through technical configuration.

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4. Click Select. The agreement will be associated with the linkage type as Parent.

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5. Click View Record next to the association. For example, ICMBaseCT_5. The association Details page opens. The original agreement (Icertis statement of work) will not be associated with the current agreement.

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Creating the bidirectional associations for agreements

Users need to set the Allow Two-Way Linkage field to Yes for the associations in the contract type to create the bidirectional associations.

To create the association for the agreement:

1. Click Create Associations icon next to the contract type you want to link to the agreement. For example, PK_MSA. The Lookup Search window opens. All the agreements for the selected contract type are displayed irrespective of their states.

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2. Select the agreement instance. For example, ICMPK_MSA_18.
3. Select the Linkage Type. For example, Parent.

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4. Click Select. The agreement will be associated with the linkage type as Parent.

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5. Click View Record next to the association created. For example, ICMPK_MSA_18. The association Details page opens. The original agreement (Icertis Statement of work) will be displayed with the linkage type as Child on the association grid of the current agreement.

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Note: 

• When associations are linked with linkage type as Peer, both linked agreements will be displayed on the respective association grids with the linkage type as Peer.
• Users can modify the existing linkage type of associations.
   

Creating the peer associations for amendments

To create the association for the amendment:

1. Click Agreement Management > Agreement on the Dashboard. The agreement index page opens.
2. Click View Record icon next to the amendment for which you want to create associations. For example, Icertis SoW Amendment. The amendment Details page opens.
3. Click Create Associations icon next to the contract type you want to link to the agreement. For example, PK_MSA. The Lookup Search window opens. All the agreements for the selected contract type are displayed.
4. Select the agreement instance. For example, ICMPK_MSA_17.

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Note: The linkage type field on the Lookup Search window will be disabled while creating associations for amendments and the associations are linked as Peer by default.

5. Click Select. The agreement will be associated with the linkage type as Peer.

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When the amendment is created for the agreement, all associations from parent agreement will be copied to the amendment with the relation type as Peer.

Dissociating two-way linked associations

In case of two-way linkage, if one of the association is dissociated, it will be removed in the other associated agreement as well.

To dissociate the association for SOW agreement:

1. Click on the Associations you want view on the left panel configuration on the agreement Details page. For example, PK_MSA. The association grid opens.
2. Click on the three dots next to the agreement you want to disassociate. For example, ICMPK_MSA_19. The action drop-down opens.

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3. Select Disassociate. The confirmation window is displayed.

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4. Click Yes. The association will be removed from the agreement.

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When user dissociates the association in the agreement, the association is removed from the linked (parent/child or peer) association as well for two-way linkage type. For example, ICMPK_SOW_223 is removed from ICMPK_MSA_19.

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Copying the Agreement with selected associations

User can copy the existing agreement and create a new copy with Copy Record functionality.

To copy the agreement:

1. Click Agreement Management > Agreement on the Dashboard. The agreement index page opens.
2. Click View Record icon next to the agreement for which you want to create a copy. For example, Icertis Statement of work (agreement created with PK_SOW contract type). The agreement Details page opens.
3. Click Copy Record action icon. 

The agreement will be copied if its associations are of peer and parent linkage type. The agreement with associations with linkage type as child cannot be copied and the validation error is displayed.
For example, the agreement Icertis Statement of work has the association ICMPK_MSA_20 with linkage type as child, so the agreement cannot be copied.

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The validation message is displayed. 

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Configuring the contract type for inheritance

Users can configure the Contract type to associate and inherit all its attributes while creating the agreement. User need to set the attributes as global and there Is_inherited property to Yes at contract type level to enable the inheritance of the agreement.

To set the attribute properties in agreement contract type:

1. Click Configuration > Create Contract Type > Agreement > Next on the Dashboard. The Create Contract Type page opens.
2. Enter the Contract Type name. For example, ICMPK_MSA.
3. Enter remaining details on Details tab.
4. Select the attribute you want to localize. For example, GS_Mobile_Company.
5. Toggle On the Is_inherited field.
6. Click Save. The Attribute updated successfully message is displayed. The Association tab opens.

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7. Click Next. The Association page opens.
8. Enter details in the remaining Association, Display Preference and Team tabs.
9. Verify and click Create. The agreement contract type is created.

Similarly, configure the contract type which inherits this ICMPK_MSA contract type.

1. Click Configuration > Create Contract Type > Agreement > Next on the Dashboard. The Create Contract Type page opens.
2. Enter the Contract Type name. For example, PK_SOW.
3. Enter remaining details on the Details and Attributes tab.
4. Click Next. The Association page opens.
5. Select the association you want to inherit. For example, ICMPK_MSA.
6. Toggle the Allow Inheritance field to Yes.
7. Click Save. The association is added to the contract type.
8. Enter details in the remaining Display Preference and Team tabs.
9. Verify and click Create. The agreement contract type is created. 

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You can edit and configure the existing agreement contract type to allow the inheritance.

Creating agreements by inheriting the agreement

1. Click Agreement Management > Create Agreement on the Dashboard. The Create Agreement page opens.
2. Select the Contract Type. For example, PK_SOW.

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3. Click Next. The Attributes page opens.
4. Click Inherit action icon next to the contract type you want to inherit in Associate and Inherit field. For example, PK_MSA. The Lookup Search window opens. The agreement instances of the selected contract type are displayed.

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Note: Associate and Inherit field is displayed for the contract types which have an association with other contract type.

5. Select the agreement instance. For example, statement of work.
6. Click Select. The agreement will be inherited into the agreement you are creating.

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The attributes in the parent agreement with Is_Inherit property set to yes will be inherited in the current agreement.

7. Click Next. The Select Template page opens.
8. Select the template and click Next. The Verify page opens.
9. Verify and click Create and Publish. The agreement will be created.

The inherited agreement will be associated with the current agreement with the linkage type as peer and displayed on the association grid of the agreement.
For example, the inherited agreement ICMPK_MSA_20 is associated with the current agreement ICMPK_SOW_225 as Peer.

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Note: The associations of the parent agreement will not be inherited while creating an agreement.

Auto-attachment of Associated documents

You can also create multiple Agreements that will have all the required supporting documents auto-attached to it. For this to work, the ICM Administrator must create two Masterdata Contract Types, one for the Supporting Documents and another to map the Agreement Contract Type to the specific Supporting Document. This feature will be useful when several Agreements need to be created with the same supporting documents. For example: Every sales order Agreement may be required to include a warranty documentation.

Tagging Saved Search of Associated documents in an Agreement

There are two ways to add an Associated document Saved search to an Agreement. 

• Adding the Saved search tag to the Template
• Adding the Saved search tag to the Agreement document

Note: A Saved Search needs to be created in ICM of the required association data. 

To tag Associated Document Saved Search:

You can add the rich text content control to tag the saved search in the Template or Agreement document using Word:

1. Select the Plain Text Content Control from the Developer menu.

2. Click Properties. TheContent Control Prpoerties winow opens. 

3. Enter the Title and tag as ICMAssociation|AssociatedSavedSearchName. For example, ICMAssociation|Country Master.

4. Click Ok. The Saved Search is now tagged in the Template/Agreement document in the form of a table.

Note: This template is uploaded in ICM to be available while creating a document. The Saved Search is visible after assembling the contract.

Upon publishing the Agreement you can add more instances to the Associated document Saved Search in the Agreement document from the Agreement's Details page:

1. Click the Associations tab on the Agreement's Details page. 

2. Click the Create Association icon in the Associations tab. The Create Association page opens.  

3. Enter the necessary details on the Meta Data tab. For example, Name, Contract Value.

4. Click Next. The Templates tab opens.

4. Select the appropriate template. 

5. Click Create. The association instance is added. The Agreement's Details page opens. The number next to the association is updated in the Associations tab.Erlier there were 2 instances of the associations and now there are 3. 

6. Click the Assemble Contract button on the Details page. The newly added instance get's updated in the Agreement document.

Note: The Associated document saved search instances can also be updated in the document by Edit and Update actions.