The General Tab provides a place to record basic RFI 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.

Questions are asked in the Questions Tab. The Question Distribution allows you to record who the question was sent to.

Answers are provided in the Answer Tab. Cost and Schedule impacts can be recorded here, and the Answer Distribution records who the answer was sent to.

Additional information is stored in the Details Tab. The RFI can be linked to a Contract, and if a cost or schedule change results from the RFI, it can also be linked to the Change Management document for reference.

Drawings can be linked to the RFI as well. These can be technical engineering drawings, or a variety of other documents.

In the Schedule Tab, the RFI can be linked to an activity from the P6 schedule.

The Contract Summary has tabs to access summary information about the contract that the RFI is linked to.

Again within the Contract Summary Tab, access links to documents in other modules associated with the contract.

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 RFI. 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 RFI could be attached to the RFI.

The Version Tab holds all the recorded versions of the RFI.  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.