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title: "About contract setup and activation"
description: "The way you initiate a contract may depend on the services you provide."
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# About contract setup and activation

Last modified February 19, 2026

> The way you initiate a contract may depend on the services you provide.


You may want the
contract signing and the start of provision to occur at different times.
For example: You might
need some time to install the equipment required for the provision of services and you may want
to invoice the customer for this equipment before installation. In this case, the recurring invoicing
schedule should begin at the start date of provision.
If you don't need to separate the time of
contract signing and service provision, you can perform these two actions simultaneously.

In Visma Net,
contract signing is referred to as **contract setup**.
The date when the contract is signed
is called the **setup date**.
The start of the provision of services is referred to as
**contract activation**, and the date of contract activation is called the **activation date**.

Note that you can record service usage for only activated contracts.

<h2>Related pages</h2><h3>Concepts</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/manage-contracts-overview/index.md">Manage contracts - overview</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-examples/about-fixed-price-contracts/index.md">About fixed-price contracts</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-examples/contract-examples-overview/index.md">Contract examples - overview</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-renewal/about-contract-renewal/index.md">About contract renewal</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/prior-configuration/about-prior-configuration-of-contracts/index.md">About prior configuration of contracts</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-preparation/about-contract-preparation/index.md">About contract preparation</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/about-the-contract-life-cycle/index.md">About the contract life cycle</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-usage-recording/about-contract-usage-recording/index.md">About contract usage recording</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-invoicing/about-contract-invoicing/index.md">About contract invoicing</a></li>
</ul><h3>Tasks</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-setup-and-activation/set-up-a-contract/index.md">Set up a contract</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-setup-and-activation/activate-a-contract/index.md">Activate a contract</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/contract-setup-and-activation/set-up-and-activate-a-contract-simultaneously/index.md">Set up and activate a contract simultaneously</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/prior-configuration/configure-a-contract-item/index.md">Configure a contract item</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/prior-configuration/configure-a-contract-template/index.md">Configure a contract template</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-contracts/make-changes-to-contract-services/index.md">Make changes to contract services</a></li>
</ul><h3>Windows</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/customer-contracts-ct301000/index.md">Customer contracts (CT301000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/contract-items-ct201000/index.md">Contract items (CT201000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/contract-templates-ct202000/index.md">Contract templates (CT202000)</a></li>
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