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sourceDocument: Australia Customer Service Management
sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/pt-BR/customer-service-management

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    - Australia Customer Service Management

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# Setting up Customer Contracts and Entitlements

# Setting up the Customer Contracts and Entitlements application {#ariaid-title1}

* Versão de lançamento: Australia
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* Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 min. de leitura

Configure the features and components of Customer Contracts and Entitlements to enable a seamless, end-to-end service experience including after sales services for your customers.

As a user with the admin role, you can set up the Customer Contracts and Entitlements application to enable users to create entitlements and customer contracts for users.  
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| Task | Description |
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| [Create a characteristic](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/0kBMo_ExeZQvoX3WC8191Q "Create a characteristic that can be associated with an entitlement or customer contract line.") | Create a characteristic to add to an entitlement. A characteristic refers to the specific attributes or properties that define the entitlement. |
| [Create a user](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_CreateAUser&version=australia&pubname=australia-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US) | Add a user to your instance to enable them to log in and use designated application features. After adding the user, you make them approver to review customer contracts. |
| [Assign a role to a user](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_AssignARoleToAUser&version=australia&pubname=australia-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US) | Assign roles to users. Use this feature to grant the sn_customerservice_manager (CSM manager) role to a newly added user and authorize them to make an informed judgment to review a customer contract. |
| [Create customer accounts](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/vydsXU6HlfsBzaBt2XRJCQ "An account is a supported external customer. Use the Customer Service Management application to create account records.") Nota: On the Accounts form, to view the customer contracts, remove the contract-related lists and configure the customer contracts related list. | Create an account and associate it to a customer contract. |
| [Create a consumer record](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/c0O0rK35Buz27iUenCT50g "Consumer service agents and managers can create consumer records from the Customer Service Management application.") | Create a consumer record in Customer Service Management. A consumer can be associated with a customer contract in the Customer Contracts and Entitlements application. |
| [Create a sold product](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/LKU2C~51LlTGHZCYVIkuAA "Create a sold product to track the products or services that are sold to an account or consumer.") | Create a record for a product that is sold to an account or a consumer. A sold product can be associated with multiple contracts. |
| [Create an install base item](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/I1Dyfzjp8dd0CzXyU4rS3Q "Create an install base item in the Customer Service Management application that represents the instance of the product that has been configured for a customer. The install base item enables you to track all the purchases that were made by a customer.") | Create a record for an install base item that is sold to an account or a consumer. An install base item can be associated with multiple contracts. |
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