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# Link parent contract requests

# Link parent contract requests {#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

Link parent contracts during drafting and negotiation phases to establish hierarchical relationship between the parent and child contracts.

## Por Que e Quando Desempenhar Esta Tarefa

The following video walks you through the process of linking a parent contract request.

## Antes de Iniciar

Ensure that the contract request is in Draft, Work in progress, Awaiting review, or Contract signed state.  
Nota:  
If the contract request is in Contract signed state, the parent contract request must be in Contract signed or Closed complete state.

You must be either assigned to the contract request or a group manager or a collaborator.

Ensure that the parent contract is a single contract type using own paper or third-party paper.

Role required: sn_cm_core.contract_fulfiller

## Procedimento

1. Open the contract request from workspace that you are using.

   | Method | Steps |
   | Contract Workspace listing | 1. Navigate to AllContract Workspace. 2. Click the list icon (![List icon]()). 3. Select Contract requestsAll 4. Select a contract request. {#cmpro-link-parent-cmr__ul_jlw_4cr_5bc} |
   | Workspace used by your application | 1. Navigate to your workspace. 2. Open the list that displays the contract requests. 3. Select a contract request. {#cmpro-link-parent-cmr__ol_yzv_ndr_5bc} |
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2. Select the Related contract requests tab.
3. Select Link parent contract.
4. In the Link contract window, select the check box corresponding to the contract request that you want to link as a parent contract.  
   Nota:  
   You can select only one contract request when linking it as a parent contract.
   Figura 1. Link contract window
5. Select Link contract.  
   The selected contract request is linked as a parent contract. The parent-child relationship appears in a hierarchical order in the Related contract requests tab.

   The associated contract repository records for
   the contract requests are automatically linked.

   The Parent contract request field is updated with the parent contract request number. The linked parent contract details appear in the
   activity stream.  
   Figura 2. Parent-child hierarchy