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Contract fields

Understand the details, counterparties, duration, payment plan, and additional fields available on a contract.

3 min readUpdated Oct 19, 2026

Use these fields when you edit contract details.

Contract Details

  • Title: the name used to identify the contract.
  • Responsible person: the person responsible for the contract. Select an available person.
  • Tags: comma-separated tags that help you classify and find the contract.

Counterparties

  • Counterparty: the company or other party to the contract. Search for an existing counterparty or enter a new name. A new counterparty name can contain up to 200 characters.
  • Relationship: the counterparty’s role in the contract. Each counterparty and relationship combination must be unique.
  • Contact person: an optional contact person for the selected counterparty.

When you add a contact person for a new counterparty:

  • First name: the contact person’s first name. Required. Use 100 characters or fewer.
  • Last name: the contact person’s last name. Required. Use 100 characters or fewer.
  • Email address: the contact person’s email address. Enter a valid email address if you provide one. Use 200 characters or fewer.
  • Phone number: the contact person’s phone number. Use 30 characters or fewer.
  • Job title: the contact person’s role or title. Use 120 characters or fewer.

Duration

  • Start Date: the date the contract starts. Required.
  • Expiration Date: the date the contract expires.
  • Duration (months): the contract duration in months.
  • Notice Period (months): the number of months’ notice required before the contract ends.
  • Termination Deadline: the termination deadline shown by James. It is auto-calculated.
  • Calculated Duration: the duration calculated by James.

Payment Plan

  • Payment Amount: the amount of one payment. Required when you add a payment plan. Enter zero or a positive amount without grouping separators.
  • Currency: the currency for the payment amount. Required when you add a payment plan.
  • Payment Frequency: how often the payment amount is due. Required when you add a payment plan.

Additional fields

You can add available fields from the field library to a contract’s metadata. James adds each field in the section where it appears in the library. A field can be added only once to the same contract.

  • Tags: tags saved on the contract. If you clear all tags, Tags becomes available to add again from the field library.

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