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title: Life cycle of document and contract entities
description: The document and contract life-cycle value pairs represent the overall life cycle of document assets \(contracts\) and CIs \(business process documentation\) as related to their products. The life-cycle values for the document and contract life-cycle process are visible only in tables related to document entities in Contracts and CMDB.
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# Life cycle of document and contract entities

The document and contract life-cycle value pairs represent the overall life cycle of document assets \(contracts\) and CIs \(business process documentation\) as related to their products. The life-cycle values for the document and contract life-cycle process are visible only in tables related to document entities in Contracts and CMDB.

## Life-cycle values for document and contract entities

For definitions of the values in the diagram, see [Definitions of life-cycle values for document and contract entities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-lifecycle-df-document.md)

\[Omitted image "csdm-lifecycle-vp-doc-contract.png"\] Alt text: Relationships between CSDM stages and life cycle values.

The life-cycle value pairs for Customer Success Management documents are visible only in tables related to documents in Contract Management and the CMDB.

**Note:** The \[life\_cycle\_control\] table uses the type of CI \(tangible/physical, document and contract, location and so on\) to determine which *life cycle stage status* values are available for each *life cycle stage*.

-   **[Definitions of life-cycle values for document and contract entities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-lifecycle-df-document.md)**  
The document and contract life-cycle value pairs represent the overall life cycle of document assets \(contracts\) and CIs \(business process documentation\) as related to their products. The life-cycle values for the document and contract life-cycle process are visible only in tables related to document entities in Contracts and CMDB.

**Parent Topic:**[CSDM reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-content-frame-reference.md)

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[Definitions of life-cycle values for document and contract entities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/common-service-data-model-csdm/csdm-lifecycle-df-document.md)