{"id":156574,"date":"2026-11-05T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=156574"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:54:48","slug":"why-doesnt-the-add-contract-button-appear-in-a-quotation","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-doesnt-the-add-contract-button-appear-in-a-quotation\/","title":{"rendered":"Why doesn\u2019t the \u201cAdd Contract\u201d button appear in a quotation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">The <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Add Contract<\/strong> button appears at the top of the construction quotation page when all the following conditions are met. If it doesn&#8217;t appear, check the reason:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 0 18px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Reason<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Solution<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">The quotation status isn&#8217;t <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Approved<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Approve the quotation first using the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Approve<\/strong> button.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">The quotation is linked only to a bid.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Convert the bid to a project, so the quotation is on the project.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">The project already has a contract, whether active or not.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Each project has one contract; edit the existing contract instead of adding a new one.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">The quotation is already <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Contracted<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Open the contract from the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Contract<\/strong> link at the top of the page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">You don&#8217;t have permission to add contracts.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Ask the account manager for the permission.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 10px; background: #f6f8fb; border-left: 4px solid #1a56db; border-radius: 6px; padding: 14px 16px; margin: 0 0 18px;\">\n<p><span style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6;\">\ud83d\udec8<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Note:<\/strong> An approved quotation that isn&#8217;t linked to a project or bid also shows the button.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"template":"","categories":[15599,16075,16736],"tags":[28908,28918,28533,28922,15689,28652,16747,28646,17920,28919,28921,28920],"class_list":["post-156574","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-construction","category-quotations","category-contracts-construction","tag-add-contract-button","tag-add-contract-button-doesnt-appear","tag-approve-quotation","tag-can-a-project-have-more-than-one-contract","tag-construction","tag-construction-contract","tag-construction-quotation","tag-contracted","tag-convert-bid-to-project","tag-create-contract-from-quotation","tag-how-do-i-create-a-contract-from-a-quotation-linked-to-a-bid","tag-why-doesnt-the-add-contract-button-appear-in-the-quotation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why doesn\u2019t the \u201cAdd Contract\u201d button appear in a quotation? - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-doesnt-the-add-contract-button-appear-in-a-quotation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why doesn\u2019t the \u201cAdd Contract\u201d button appear in a quotation? - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Add Contract button appears at the top of the construction quotation page when all the following conditions are met. 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