The General Tab provides a place to record basic Change Order information, such as to-from parties, number, date, title.

The Review Status Tab is where RFI approvals are recorded using the approval workflow. The workflow allows for an unlimited number of approvers, and can specify the order in which approvals are needed. For more information about how the workflow can be used, see The Contract Management Workflow article.

The Contract Summary provides summary information and links into other modules associated with the contract.

Each Line Item in the Change Order can be recorded as a Unit Price or a Lump Sum amount. Tax rates and material names / IDs, P6 schedule activities, Cost Codes and Issues can be associated at the line item level. URLs or documents can be attached and custom fields can be added to track additional information.

Additional information is stored in the Details Tab. A description of the change and reason for change as well as Change Management information is stored.

In the Schedule Tab, the Change Order can be linked to an activity from the P6 schedule and a time change can be recorded if necessary.

Custom Fields allow you to track any type of information that you may need. Various types of data fields can be used, and pick lists can be used to validate data that is entered.

An unlimited number of Issues can be linked to each document. An issue is like a virtual file folder holding links to each document related to a particular subject, work package or issue.

In the Attachments Tab, URLs or documents can be attached. For example, a copy of the signed Change Order could be attached.

The Version Tab holds all the recorded versions of the Change Order.  Versions can be recorded manually or they can automatically be recorded every time a RFI is modified and saved. This feature is new to Contract Management Release 13.