The QA Check is an automated process that verifies the validity of a contract. A default QA checklist is seeded in the application. However, if required, the default QA checklist can be modified to include other checks. The default is set with the profile option OKS: Default QA Checklist. You can override the default checklist from the Summary Administration tab of the Service Contracts Authoring form.

A QA checklist consists of one or more processes that are defined in the Process Definitions form prior to their being selected for the QA checklist. A process within the QA checklist can be defined with two severity levels, error and warning. Errors must be corrected before the contract is submitted for approval.

You can start the QA checklist as follows:
• Actions menu: Starting the QA checklist from the Actions menu shows the results for an individual contract immediately in the Quality Assurance Results window.

• Actions menu - Approval : Submitting the contract for approval runs the QA check, shows the results immediately in the Quality Assurance Results window.

• Summary Administration subtab: Starting the QA checklist from the Summary Administration subtab shows the results for an individual contract immediately in the Quality Assurance Results window.

• Contracts QA Report concurrent program: Starting the QA checklist from the Contracts QA Report enables you to run a QA check on multiple contracts. The process produces a report listing the results of each contract. This process can  optionally start the approval workflow after the QA is complete.

After you run the QA Check, you must review the Quality Assurance Results window. The results show any errors or warnings that are associated with the contract.