Superior and Subordinated Contracts

Contracts can be interlinked in a superior / subordinate contract structure.

Superior / subordinate contract from the superior side:

1. Make a contract 'superior' by selecting its attribute 'Superior' = 'Superior Contract'. As a result, a new tab called 'Subordinate Contracts' is added to the contract editor.
2. In the 'Subordinate Contracts' tab, you can either 'search and assign an existing contract' or 'create and assign a new contract' as subordinate to the superior one. The reference catalog in the tab list all subordinate contracts of the contract opened in the editor.

Note that once a contract has been made superior and assigned at least one subordinate contract, its 'Superior' attribute can be changed back to 'not' superior only after all its links to subordinate contracts are removed.

One contract can be subordinated to only one superior contract. If you try to assign as subordinated a contract which already is subordinated to another one, a dialog is displayed asking if the original relationship should be replaced.

Superior / subordinate contract from the subordinate side:

1. With the subordinate contract opened in the editor, switch to the 'Superior Contract' tab.
2. The tab contains a reference view displaying information about the contract's superior contract.
3. Buttons in the reference view can be used to
   • search and assign an existing contract as superior
   • open the superior contract for editing
   • create a new contract and link it as superior
   • remove the link to the superior contract

   Note that you can make a contract superior by assigning it as superior to another, subordinate contract (i.e. the contract's 'Superior' attribute changes to 'Superior Contract' without the need to open it for editing.

Note that even though the editor of a contract with attribute 'Superior' = 'Superior Contract' does not contain the 'Superior' tab, the contract still can be assigned as subordinate to another contract (and thus have its own superior contract).