Control element for service contract processing which contains default contract data.

Each service contract profile is defined in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Sales ® Sales Documents ® Contracts ® Contract Data ® Define Contract Profiles. You assign a service contract profile to a service contract type in Customizing under Sales ® Sales Documents ® Contracts ® Value Contract ® Maintain Value Contract Type And Contract Release Type in the Contract section in the Contract profile field.

When you create a service contract, the system determines whether a contract profile has been assigned to the service contract type you have chosen. If so, it copies the data defined in the contract profile into the service contract.

A service contract profile contains the following data:

• Date determination rules
• Cancellation procedure
• Follow-up action
• Follow-up action rule