Making life cycle modifications
The following business objects support life cycles:
• Contracts
• Contract lines
• Rentable units
• Usage with rating
At the Contract details level you can add or undo modifications to existing life cycles. To support more flexibility, you can add modifications to any contract life cycle.
Adding a life cycle modification
Procedure
1. Go to Contracts and select the active contract to which you want to add a modification.
2. Go to > .
3. Select a life cycle from the list.
4. On the action panel, click Add modification.
A dialog box displaying the reference date is shown.
5. Select the date for which you want to apply the modification.
6. Click OK.
A new life cycle is added. The previous one automatically ends the day before the new life cycle starts, and the new life cycle inherits the previous cycle’s end date.
Undoing a life cycle modification
Undoing a life cycle modification restores the values from the previous life cycle record.
To undo a life cycle modification
1. Go to > .
2. Select the life cycle record you want to revert.
3. On the action panel, click Undo life cycle changes.
 | Undo life cycle changes does not revert the last changes to the life cycle. Instead, the selected life cycle adopts the life cycle field data of the previous life cycle. Life cycle fields are marked with the icon  . |