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The Master Contract Escalation window summarizes the escalation information for all contracts attached to the master contract. Changes made in this window roll down to all maintenance contracts. You can assign global escalation indexes, an escalation notification date, and escalation approval to all maintenance contracts under the master contract by making changes in this window.
Escalation indexes only appear in the five fields if they're consistent through all attached maintenance contracts. A blank field could mean that there is no escalation for that category, or it could mean that the indexes are not all the same. Note:
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| Only values deliberately set in the master contract escalation window roll down to attached maintenance contracts. Empty fields will not be rolled down. Because a field could be blank in the Master Contract Escalation window, even though there is data in the same field at the maintenance contract level, you should use caution when rolling down new values. |
Assume the escalation index used for one labor category is used for all five labor categories.
For master contracts only, the Escalation Index lookup window contains an entry "C" which clears all index entries for a specific cost category. By choosing the "C" index for a category, that category will be blank in all attached maintenance contracts. You would use this if you want to leave a category intentionally blank in all attached maintenance contracts as well as the master contract.
After you build the escalation, a red circle appears next to any cost category that did not have an escalation index detail set up correctly.
If a master contract has an assigned maintenance contract that had a red circle next to an escalation index in the Maintenance Contract Escalation window, there will also be a red circle next to the escalation index in the Master Contract Escalation window.
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