Contract 26.10 Release Notes

This is a preview of the upcoming release. General release is available starting 09-NOV-2026.

• Associate InEight Change items to vendor change order line items – Contract now supports two new ways to create new line items in vendor change orders from cost item pricing in InEight Change. In Contract, you can use the new Push to new line items button in the Associated change items section of the Vendor change order Details page. In Change, you can automatically create line items in Contract when you associate a cost item to a vendor change order. Read more

  In Contract, you can now select associated change items, and then click Push to new line items , so you can pull cost items from issues without having to manually add them from Change. You can also use this feature to push updates from Change to the new line items.

  

  After the items are pushed, the UoM and Unit price columns in the line items match the data in Change. The Quantity column value matches the Adjust CB column in Change. The WBS description value shows any edits to the WBS description made in Change.

  If you remove items from the Associated change items grid on the Vendor change order Details page, they are also automatically removed from the Line items tab.

  The new feature in Change lets Change users create line items in Contract when they associate cost items to vendor change orders. The line items are added to the Line items tab with a Line item ID of New. The UOM, unit price, quantity, and WBS conversions are the same as those described for pushing to new line items.

• Package supporting documents – You can now quickly package documents from the Contract and Master agreements Supporting documents registers into a single document that you can send to InEight Document or send out for electronic signature. Read more

  Packaging documents lets you combine documents to create a single PDF file instead of downloading each one and combining them outside of Contract. Only documents in Microsoft Word or Excel, PDF, or image format that come from the document source My computer can be added to the package.

  The Package documents icon has been added to the Supporting documents tab in a contract or master agreement. To package documents, select one or more documents with the source My computer, and then click the Package documents icon.

  

  The Package supporting documents dialog box opens to the Selected documents step. You can then select additional eligible documents to be in the package or reorder the documents in the package. Only document formats that can be merged into a PDF are shown in the Available documents list.

  

  Click Next to go to the Package document details step where you can enter the title, document type, file or link name, and notes. The File/Link name field defaults to the value you enter in the Title field, but you can change it.

  

  The package is saved as a single PDF in the Supporting documents register. The documents are arranged in the same order as the grid in the Selected documents step dialog box.

• Changes to restricting workflow when over budget – The Allow workflow when over budget setting (organization Settings > Contract > Configurations > Contract type configuration setup) now restricts workflow on vendor change order approvals when the change amount will cause a contract to go over budget. Read more

  If the amount of the vendor change order would cause the contract to go over the InEight Control current budget, the workflow is not started, and a warning message is shown.

• Publish and update contracts when over budget – You can now specify whether a contract or vendor change order can be updated when a change puts the contract over budget. The updates include publishing or updating a purchase order or executing a vendor change order. Read more

  A new setting, Allow Contract to be published and updated when over budget, has been added to the organization Settings > Contract > Configurations > Contract type configuration setup.

  

  When the toggle is set to Yes, any updates are allowed when the contract or vendor change order goes over budget. When the toggle is set to No, and a change to the published contract value places the contract or vendor change order over the InEight Control current budget, the updates are not allowed, and a warning message is shown.

• DOR column descriptions on Contracts register – The Contracts register now shows the labels assigned to each DOR along with the DOR number. The labels are also included in the import templates. Read more

  The DOR labels are configured in the organization Bid packages settings (organization Settings > Contract > Bid packages > Divsion of responsibilities (DOR)). The project Settings > Contract > Bid packages Division of responsibilities (DOR) setting shows the DORs applicable to your project.

• Copied field values from organization master agreements – When you create a project master agreement from an organization master agreement, Contract now copies additional field values from the organization master agreement, so you do not have to copy them manually. Read more

  The following field values are copied to the project master agreement:

  • Custom fields and lists

  • Inclusions

  • Exclusions

  • Warranty

  • Contract terms 1–10

  • Payment term

  • Incoterms

  • Incoterm location

  • Country of origin

  You can edit these fields as needed.

• Edit schedule of values Retention requested column – You can now edit the Retention column in the This submission section from the Payment forms Schedule of values and Line items tabs. When you push the schedule of values item to a line item or pull from a schedule of value item to a line item, the value is retained, so you don't have to manually update it. Read more

  If you update the retention and then update the net price or quantity, the custom retention value defaults to the base percent settings.

  The retention amount cannot exceed the amount you are submitting for the line item or schedule of value item.

  Updates are tracked as administrative notes for the line item or schedule of values.

  You must have the Edit retention permission to edit the retention in the payment form.

• Uncertify payment claims – If you have the Edit payment claim permission, you can now change the Payment claim status from Certified to New, so you can uncertify the payment claim and edit the Details, Schedule of values, and Invoices tabs. Read more

  Edits made to the uncertified payment claim are reflected in the payment claim only and do not affect any associated vendor change orders, contract claims, payment forms, or accrual and receipts. Invoices associated to a submitted payment form will remain uneditable.

  Contract adds an administrative note when you uncertify a payment claim.

• View and edit paid amount details from Payment Progress tab – You can now click a value in the Paid amount column on a contract's Payment Progress tab to view the individual payments that make up the paid amount. If you have the Edit payment progress permission, you can edit the individual paid amounts. Read more

  When you click a Paid amount value, the Paid amount details slide-out panel opens with a list of each payment, the paid amount, date cashed, and date modified.

  

  If you want to change a paid amount (for example, there is a duplicate payment that needs to be voided), you can click in the cell and then enter a new amount for the payment if you have the applicable permission. Changes are logged in the administrative notes for audit purposes.

• Editable tax rates for proxy ERP – You can now edit individual tax rates at the contract, vendor change order, and payment form levels in a proxy ERP environment. Read more

  The tax information icon has been added to vendor change order and payment forms. You can click the icon to view a description of each tax that makes up the tax amount.

  

  The contract, vendor change order, and payment form Tax details now include the Manual override check box. When you select the box, the Rate column becomes editable.

  

  If you update the tax at the contract level, any line items on vendor change orders or payment forms that have not been executed or submitted are also updated. If you edit at the vendor change order level, changes are pushed to the contract line items and pending payment forms when the vendor change order is executed. Edits to a line item's tax rate inside a payment form is only for the payment form and does not update the tax rate on the contract.

  The Rate column editing is disabled when the line item is closed.

  Editing contract and vendor change order tax rates requires the Edit contracts tax rate ERP proxy only permission, and editing payment form tax rates requires the Edit payment forms tax rate permission.

• Contract writer collection table tag updates – New tags <<Contract: General Ledger Account>> and <<Contract: General Ledger Account details>> have been added to the contract, vendor change order, and payment form collection table templates.