--- title: Registering a Contract slug: citsmart-8-en/registering-a-contract description: Learn about the different types of contracts and how to include, change, or delete them in this comprehensive document. Discover the prerequisites for registering a contract, including provider and client registration, currency, and operating conditions. docTags: createdAt: 2022-01-21T15:57:20.000Z --- A contract is an agreement between two parties, which undertake to comply with what was agreed between them, under certain conditions. The contract may be of type contract (**contract between the provider of type service provider and external customer**), operational level agreement (**internal agreement between departments of the same organization, an internal provider with the internal client**), or underpinning contract (**contract between the external provider and internal client**). This feature provides a variety of actions, such as **including, changing, and deleting a contract**. ## Before getting started Before registering a contract, it is necessary: - [x] To register previously the provider, client, currency, and the operating condition. ## Procedure 1. Access the main menu `Processes > Portfolio and Catalog Management > Contract Registration`; 2. Complete the fields available; 3. Click on "**Save**". | **Name** | **Type** | **Objective** | | ------------------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **Contract Service Level Agreement** | Link | It allows you to specify what was agreed in the contract between the service provider and the client | | **View Complexity by Contract** | Link | It allows you to identify the complexity values related to the operational costs of the contract | | **Contract Profiles** | Link | It allows you to define the profiles of professionals that will be fundamental for the development of a project related to the contract. | | **User Groups** | Link | It allows you to link groups to the contract | | **Contract Products** | Link | It allows you to specify the project deliverables related to the contract | | **Communication Matrix** | Link | It allows to define which documents will be communicated, to which stakeholders, at what frequency (when), and by what means (how) | | **Contract Formula** | Link | It allows you to link formulas to the contract. These formulas are used to obtain the value of the total cost of the contract service activities | | **Business Units** | Link | It allows you to link business units to the contract | | **Contract Attachments** | Link | It allows you to attach files to the contract |