S&C Instruction Sheet 1043-550
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Contract State
This field shows the present state of the contract:
Active
The contract has been granted and is presently active.
Rqst unsent
The contract agent received a contract request from the
team member, but has not yet sent the request to the next
contract agent.
Rqst pending
The contract request is pending.
Rqst travel
The contract agent is forwarding the contract further; the
decision whether to grant the contract cannot be made at
this location.
Rqst accept
The contract request was accepted by this agent; the contract
approval is headed back to the originating agent. When this
message appears at the granting agent, the contract has
been approved.
Rqst decline
The contract request was declined by this agent. The request
will be sent back to the originating agent.
Decline cont.
A “declined” message is being passed along to the request-
ing agent.
Dissolve start
An agent is dissolving the contract. This is generally done
by the requesting agent.
Dissolve cont.
A “dissolve” message is being passed along.
Maint start
The maintenance timer on an active contract has expired,
causing a maintenance action to occur.
Maint tickle
This contract agent has not seen a maintenance message
for the contract lately. The agent sends a reminder to the
requesting agent to see if the contract is still needed.
Maint travel
A maintenance message is being passed from the requesting
agent to other agents along the contract route.
Maint tra NF
The contract agent has received a maintenance message for
a contract that is not found in its list.
Maint tra NF rt
A
Maint tra NF
message (see above) is being returned to
the requesting agent. This message can also appear at other
agents along the contract route.
Maint tic NF
The contract agent has received a
tickle
message for a con-
tract that is not found in its list.
Maint tic NF rt
A
Maint tic NF
message (see above) is being returned to the
agent that initiated the tickle. This message can also appear
at other agents along the contract route.
Maint restart
The requesting agent has confirmed that it still needs the
contract. The maintenance timer is restarted.
Maint res cont.
A
restart message
is being passed to other agents along the
contract route.
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