Review a contract document

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title: Review a contract document
description: As a contract user, review a contract document and submit a change request to the contract fulfiller if changes are required in the contract document.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-sa-own-req-chngs.html
release: australia
product: Contract Management Pro
classification: contract-management-pro
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-05-19"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Submit a standalone own paper contract request, Standalone contract requests, Use, Contract Management Pro, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
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# Review a contract document

As a contract user, review a contract document and submit a change request to the contract fulfiller if changes are required in the contract document.

## Before you begin

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

## About this task

-   Change requests can be submitted only by the user who has initiated the contract request or for whom it was initiated.
-   The Contract state is Work in progress.
-   The **Request changes** option isn’t available if a previously submitted change request isn’t completed.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Employee Center**.

2.  Select **My Requests** from the header.

3.  Open your own-paper contract request.

4.  Select the **Contract documents** tab.

5.  Access the contract document.

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Location

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**From internal storage**

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1.  Navigate to Contract Documents or Preview tab.
2.  Download the document by selecting the document in Contract Documents tab or selecting Download document in the Preview tab.


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**From external storage**

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Select the link in the **URL** column. The document opens from the external storage.

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</table>6.  Review the contract document.

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Review result

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**No change is required**

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Select **Send for signature** to send the document for signature. For more information, see [Manage signature in own-paper requests](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-sa-own-send-sign.md).

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**Changes are required**

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Submit a change request.

 1.  From the Actions drop-down list, select **Request Changes**.
2.  Attach a file in the **Attachment document** field.
3.  Describe the desired changes in the **Comments** box.
4.  Select **Submit**.

The change request is submitted for the contract document. The change request details and the attached document are added to the activity stream.

 -   When a contract request has been assigned to a contract fulfiller, its status updates to Changes requested and the Contract state remain in Work in progress.
-   If a contract request isn’t assigned to anyone, its state changes to New and it is listed as unassigned in the contract workspace for a contract fulfiller to work on.


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**Parent Topic:**[Submit a standalone own paper contract request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-sa-own-paper.md)