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title: Using Contract Management Pro
description: Use Contract Management Pro to initiate and manage contract requests for self served and non-self served contracts.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-use-cmpro.html
release: australia
product: Contract Management Pro
classification: contract-management-pro
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
keywords: [Configure Contract Management Pro, Own-paper template, Third-party paper, Electronic signature, Wet signature, Initiate contract, Contract workspace, Obligation management, Add=hoc approval, Link parent-child contracts, Self-served contract request, Non-self-served contract request]
breadcrumb: [Contract Management Pro, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
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# Using Contract Management Pro

Use Contract Management Pro to initiate and manage contract requests for self served and non-self served contracts.

-   **[Contract Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-contract-workspace.md)**  
As a contract fulfiller, you can work with the actionable widgets on Contract Workspace to categorize, prioritize, and efficiently work on contract requests.
-   **[Standalone contract requests](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-sa-submit.md)**  
Submit and track contract, amendment, and renewal requests using a record producer form without linking to a parent record.
-   **[Parent-linked contract requests](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-initiate-contract.md)**  
Initiate contract, amendment, and renewal requests from a parent record such as a purchase requisition or sourcing event using the Initiate Plug and Play modal.
-   **[Assign a contract request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-assign-con-req.md)**  
As a contract fulfiller or contract administrator, assign a contract request to yourself or to someone in your assignment group.
-   **[Own paper contract requests]()**  
Use Contract Management Pro to submit contract requests that will generate contract documents using a predefined contract template and template rules.
-   **[Third-Party paper contract request]()**  
Use Contract Management Pro to submit non self-served contract requests for review of contracts based on third-party templates.
-   **[Contract amendments](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cmpro-amend-landing.md)**  
The contract amendment workflow enables you to initiate, manage, and track changes to existing contracts through amendment requests.
-   **[Contract renewals](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cmpro-renewal-landing.md)**  
The contract renewal workflow enables you to initiate, manage, and track the renewal of an existing contract as a dedicated request type, and to maintain the link between a previous and renewed contract.
-   **[Common contract request tasks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-common-contract-req-tasks.md)**  
These tasks apply across all contract request types, including own paper, third-party paper, amendments, and renewals.
-   **[Obligation Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-obligation-management.md)**  
Obligation Management in Contract Management Pro enables you to track and fulfill contractual responsibilities by creating obligation records and managing associated tasks.
-   **[Extract contract metadata](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-metadata-extract-land.md)**  
As a contract fulfiller, use ServiceNow Otto for Contract Management Pro to extract metadata from a signed contract and add the information to the mapped fields in the contract repository.
-   **[Manage contract repository agentic workflow](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cmpro-na-reminder-agentic-wf.md)**  
Use the manage contract repository agentic workflow to improve productivity by extracting metadata and obligations automatically from signed contracts and setting the contract reminder dates for contract renewal or termination.
-   **[Use conversational contract search and insights](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cmpro-agentic-use-conv-search.md)**  
Search for contract information using natural language queries to quickly find relevant contracts, clauses, and insights.

**Parent Topic:**[Contract Management Pro](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-cmpro-landing-page.md)