Edit contract templates by manually adding content controls

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title: Edit contract templates by manually adding content controls
description: Edit a contract template to reflect any modifications that must be included in the template to generate a standard contract when an employee submits a contract request.
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Edit contract templates by manually adding content controls

Edit a contract template to reflect any modifications that must be included in the template to generate a standard contract when an employee submits a contract request.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_cm\_core.contract\_config

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Contracts Core** > **Contract Administration** > **Contract Templates**.

2.  Open a contract template from the list.

3.  On the form, modify the fields.

<table id="table_qfw_c4s_ypb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Unique name for the contract template.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Table

</td><td>

Table to which you want to associate the contract template.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

Document category to which you want to associate the contract template.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Document

</td><td>

The document from which you want to import clauses and template field mapping. The selected document should be a Microsoft Word \(.docx\) document and should have valid content controllers. For more information, see [Add content controls in a Microsoft Word document](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-word-doc-tmplt-contls.md).

</td></tr><tr><td>

State

</td><td>

-   If you edit a contract template in Draft state, it will remain in Draft state.
-   If you edit a contract template in Published state, the state will change to Editing.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Application

</td><td>

Application to which the contract template belongs. This field is automatically set to the application scope in which you’re creating the contract template.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Active

</td><td>

Option to make the template active and available for use.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>4.  Select **Parse Document** to extract any modified content marked by content control from the imported document.

    -   The existing imported clauses with no change will be retained along with its Classification and Mapping clause.
    -   The imported clauses for which the content controls are deleted in the imported document will be deleted from the list.
    -   Any new added content controls will be listed under Imported clauses, Clause Mapping or Template Mappings.
5.  Classify and map the newly added Imported clauses.

    For more information, see [Classify and map imported clauses](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-import-clauses.md).

6.  Select **Update** to save the modifications.

7.  On finalizing the content of the contract document, select **Publish**.


**Parent Topic:**[Manage clauses, tables, and contract templates](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-manage-clauses-ctemplates.md)

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