Although it may not be relevant to associate some documents with contacts or dates, ContactsLaw requires at least one role and date type to be added to a document type. The procedures used for browsing and searching documents use a performance optimisation mechanism that relies on the presence of one-or-more roles/dates; without this optimisation, it would take significantly longer to list documents in ContactsLaw.

 

Although a primary role/date type must be specified, documents do not require a contact/value to be added to either. By turning off the 'visible' option against the role/date type, the user will not be presented with the field during document cataloguing or creation.

 

In situations where there is no relevant role or date type, you can use generic specifiers like 'Contact' and 'Document date'.