About contract setup and activation

The way you initiate a contract may depend on the services you provide.

You may want the contract signing and the start of provision to occur at different times.
For example: You might need some time to install the equipment required for the provision of services and you may want to invoice the customer for this equipment before installation. In this case, the recurring invoicing schedule should begin at the start date of provision.
If you don't need to separate the time of contract signing and service provision, you can perform these two actions simultaneously.

In Visma Net, contract signing is referred to as contract setup.
The date when the contract is signed is called the setup date.
The start of the provision of services is referred to as contract activation, and the date of contract activation is called the activation date.

Note that you can record service usage for only activated contracts.