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# Service Contract Fields

Service contracts have the following fields. Some fields may not be visible or editable depending on your page layout and field-level security settings.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.service_editions_reference.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">View supported editions</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small ">
        <colgroup>
          <col style="width:50%">
          <col style="width:50%">
        </colgroup>
        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
          <tr class="">
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d185115e57">Field</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d185115e60">Description</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Account Name</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The account that purchased or owns the
              service contract.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Activation Date</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The day the service contract first went into
              effect.*</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Approval Status</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">An approval process status field. If your
              business has an approval process for service
              contracts, this field indicates the current stage
              of the approval process.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Billing City</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">City portion of billing address. Up to 40
              characters are allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Billing Country</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Country portion of billing address. Entry is
              selected from a picklist of standard values or
              entered as text. If the field is a text field, up
              to 80 characters are allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Billing State</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">State or province portion of billing address.
              Entry is selected from a picklist of standard
              values or entered as text. If the field is a text
              field, up to 80 characters are allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Billing Zip</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Zip or postal code portion of billing
              address. Up to 20 characters are allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Contact Name</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The contact associated with the service
              contract. Select from the drop-down list.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Contract Name</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>Name of the service contract.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Depending on
                your business needs, you may want to include the
                name of the customer, the contract end date, the
                type of product covered by the contract, or other
                information.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Contract Number</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <span id="service_contracts_fields__ContractNumberDesc"><a name="service_contracts_fields__ContractNumberDesc"><!-- --></a>Auto-generated
                number identifying the service contract. (Read
                only)</span>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Created By</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">User who created the service contract. (Read
              only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Created Date</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The date the service contract was
              created.*</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Currency</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>The currency for all amount fields in the
                service contract. Available only for organizations
                that use multiple currencies.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">You can’t change
                the currency on a service contract that has
                contract line items. </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Description</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>Description of the service contract. Up to 32 KB of data are allowed in this
                field.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Try to include information that helps support reps understand the
                coverage provided by the service contract. For example, “This contract entitles
                the customer to a first response within 2 hours and a case resolution within 24
                hours.”</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Discount</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Weighted average of all contract line item
              discounts on the service contract. Can be any
              positive number up to 100. (Read only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">End Date</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>
                <span id="service_contracts_fields__EndDateDesc"><a name="service_contracts_fields__EndDateDesc"><!-- --></a>The last day the service
                  contract is in effect.*</span>
              </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">This field is blank
                unless you set up an Apex trigger or quick action
                to populate it. For example, you can create a
                quick action that sets the <samp class="parmname">End
                  Date</samp> to 365 days after the
                <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp>.
              </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Grand Total</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Total price of the service contract plus
              shipping and taxes. (Read only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Last Modified By</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">User who most recently changed the service
              contract. (Read only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Line Items</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Number of contract line items (products) on
              the service contract.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Parent Service
                Contract</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The service contract’s parent service
              contract, if it has one. View, create, and delete
              a service contract’s child service contracts in
              the Child Service Contracts related list.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Price Book</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The price book associated with the service
              contract. Only products from the specified price
              book can be added to the service contract as
              contract line items.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Root Service
                Contract</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The top-level service contract in a service
              contract hierarchy. Depending on where a service
              contract lies in the hierarchy, its root may be
              the same as its parent. (Read only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Service Contract
                Owner</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">The assigned owner of the service
              contact.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Shipping and
                Handling</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Total shipping and handling costs for the
              service contract. </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Shipping City</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">City portion of primary mailing or shipping
              address. Up to 40 characters are allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Shipping Country</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Country portion of primary mailing or
              shipping address. Entry is selected from a
              picklist of standard values or entered as text. If
              the field is a text field, up to 80 characters are
              allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Shipping State</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">State or province portion of primary mailing
              or shipping address. Entry is selected from a
              picklist of standard values or entered as text. If
              the field is a text field, up to 80 characters are
              allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Shipping Street</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Primary mailing or shipping street address of
              account. Up to 255 characters are allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Shipping Zip</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Zip or postal code portion of primary mailing
              or shipping address. Up to 20 characters are
              allowed.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Special Terms</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Any terms that you have agreed to and want to
              track in the service contract.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>
                <span id="service_contracts_fields__StartDateDesc"><a name="service_contracts_fields__StartDateDesc"><!-- --></a>The first day the
                  service contract is in effect.*</span>
              </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">This field
                is blank unless you set up an Apex trigger or
                quick action to populate it. For example, you can
                create a quick action that sets the
                <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp> to the date when
                the <samp class="parmname">Status</samp> changes to
                Active.
              </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Status</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>
                <span id="service_contracts_fields__StausDesc"><a name="service_contracts_fields__StausDesc"><!-- --></a>The status of the service
                  contract.</span>
              </p>
              <p>Status is determined by your
                organization’s current system date and the
                service contract’s <samp class="parmname">Start
                  Date</samp> and <samp class="parmname">End Date</samp>.
                The status is: </p>
              <ul>
                <li>Active if the system date is equal to or later
                  than the <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp> and equal
                  to or earlier than the <samp class="parmname">End
                    Date</samp>.</li>

                <li>Expired if the system date is later than the
                  <samp class="parmname">End Date</samp>.
                </li>

                <li>Inactive if the system date is earlier than
                  the <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp>.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Status Icon</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>Represents the service contract’s status with
                one of the following icons:</p><a name="service_contracts_fields__StatusIcons"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="service_contracts_fields__StatusIcons">
                <li><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/support/images/entitlements/active_entitlement_status.png" alt="Active status icon"></span>
                  Active</li>
                <li><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/support/images/entitlements/expired_entitlement_status.png" alt="Expired status icon"></span>
                  Expired</li>
                <li><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/support/images/entitlements/inactive_entitlement_status.png" alt="Inactive status icon"></span>
                  Inactive</li>
              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Subtotal</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Total of the service contract line items
              (products) before discounts, taxes, and shipping
              are applied. (Read only) </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Tax</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Total taxes for the service contract. This is
              a currency field, so enter the amount, not
              percentage. For example, enter
              <kbd>$10.50</kbd>.
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Term (months)</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">
              <p>Number of months that the service contract is
                in effect.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">This field is independent of the
                <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp> and <samp class="parmname">End
                  Date</samp> values. Depending on how your
                business uses service contracts, you may choose to
                hide the <samp class="parmname">Term</samp> field or set up
                data validation that populates the <samp class="parmname">End
                  Date</samp> when a <samp class="parmname">Term</samp>
                is specified, for example.
              </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e57 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Total Price</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d185115e60 ">Total of the contract line items (products)
              after discounts and before taxes and shipping.
              (Read only)</td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

\*Service contracts have four date fields. Created Date is the date the service contract was created in Salesforce, so it’s the earliest of the dates. Activation Date is the date that it was first activated for an account or customer. Finally, Start Date represents the date the service contract was put into effect or last renewed, while End Date is the last date the service contract is in effect. Start Date and End Date are blank by default, but you can create Apex triggers that populate these fields based on other service contract fields like Status.

#### See Also

- [Guidelines for Working with Service Contracts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.service_contracts_creating.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Service contracts are agreements between you and your customers for a type of customer support. Learn how to perform basic actions on service contracts.")
- [Contract Line Item Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.service_contracts_line_item_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Contract line items have the following fields. Sometimes you can't see or edit certain fields because of your page layout and field-level security settings.")