Details

Contracts is the poor cousin Salesforce Object - it's not even a semi-object like Campaign Member (and Assets was), it is just a forgotten relic of the Salesforce world. 

Rules

• Use Record Types. 

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Fields

• Add Record Types to Contracts to allow for different fields to be added for different Contract Types.

Values

Buttons Links

• OMG! No Custom Actions on Contracts! Why?!? (You can add Global Quick Actions on Contracts by enabling Feed Tracking, but that is not enough. Vote here https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000l8MGAAY&sort=2

Layout

• No Feed Layouts (see the idea on the Feed Layouts page to vote for it). 

Views

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Required Views

• One View for each Record Type 

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