Setting up the Opportunity To Contract Feature
Use the BC Opportunity to Contract Integration feature in Feature Console to configure your opportunity to contract process. This topic summarizes the setup process, including background information about the actions.
Step | Action | Step Type | Mandatory or Optional |
Manual or Automatic |
Notes |
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1. | Ensure that the "CPQ" feature is disabled in Feature Console | Information | Mandatory | Manual | You must disable the CPQ feature if you intend to use the BC Opportunity to Contract Integration feature. You cannot use both integrations in your org. |
2. | Add "Existing Customer - Renewal" to the picklist values for field Opportunity.Type | Add picklist value | Optional | Automatic | Perform this step if you are using the Billing Central default configuration. This value enables you to automatically create a renewal contract when the BC Opportunity to Contract Integration feature is enabled in Feature Console. |
3. | Configure custom metadata type Opportunity to Contract Configuration | Information | Optional | Manual |
Perform this step if you are not using the Billing Central default configuration. |
4. | To distinguish between mappings in a list view, add a new FFBC Field Mapping custom metadata type list view | Information | Optional | Manual |
This enables you to view a detailed list of field mappings. |
5. | Configure custom metadata type FFBC Field Mapping | Information | Optional | Manual | |
6. | Add Billing Central fields and the Add Plan Lightning action to your Opportunity page layouts | Information | Optional | Manual |
Perform this step if you are using the Billing Central default configuration. Add the fields that you need. For more information, see the Salesforce help on customizing page layouts and adding Lightning actions to page layouts. |
7. | Add Billing Central fields to your Opportunity Product page layouts | Information | Optional | Manual | Perform this step if you are using the Billing Central default configuration. Add the fields that you need. For more information see the Salesforce help on customizing page layouts. |
8. | Add Opportunity related list to Billing Central Contract page layout | Page layout | Optional | Automatic |
This step adds a related list to the Billing Central Contract page layout. You must manually add this related list to any custom Contract layouts. For more information see the Salesforce help on customizing page layouts. |
9. | Set the defaults for the FFBC Opportunity to Contract Settings custom setting | Custom setting | Mandatory | Automatic | If you click Revert, the values for all fields in the FFBC Opportunity to Contract Settings revert to "null". |
10. | Specify plugin in custom settings | Information | Optional | Manual |
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