proposal error co terming dates misaligned multi year quote start dates wrong

TL;DR

Fix this in the multi year quote by acting on the exact message first: align every line on the quote to one co-term end date, set each later year start date to the day after the prior year end date, recalculate proration from those dates, and regenerate the proposal schedule. Do not rerun the whole job unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one item, then rerun the full scope and reconcile the counts.

proposal error co terming dates misaligned multi year quote start dates wrong

Use this when

• The operation in the multi year quote fails with this exact message: proposal error co terming dates misaligned multi year quote start dates wrong.
• The same failure repeats on retry with unchanged inputs.
• A proposal, quote or send is blocked until this item completes.

Not for this skill when

• The message is a permission or outage notice from the platform. Resolve that first, then return here if this error remains.
• The operation completes and you only disagree with its output. That is a quality review, not this failure.

Steps

1. Reproduce the failure with the smallest scope that still shows it in the multi year quote, and copy the full message plus the proposal, quote or account involved into the run notes. Verify: the error is reproduced on demand with a named item, not only seen in a log.
2. Apply the specific fix for this error: align every line on the quote to one co-term end date, set each later year start date to the day after the prior year end date, recalculate proration from those dates, and regenerate the proposal schedule. Verify: each year in the schedule starts the day after the previous year ends and the term totals match the contract length.
3. Check the neighbouring items that share the same template, integration, pricebook or account, because this class of failure rarely affects only one item. Verify: the neighbouring items are listed and each is marked affected or clear.
4. Compare the result against the source system in the multi year quote so a silent partial success is caught before sign off. Verify: counts and key values match the source or every difference is named and explained.
5. Rerun the original operation in the multi year quote on the previously failing scope, watching for the same message rather than assuming success from a quiet log. Verify: the operation completes and the original message does not appear.
6. Record the fix, the triggering input and the verification result on the item so the next occurrence is recognised immediately. Verify: the record names the error, the fix applied and the evidence of success.

Why it happens

each line carried its own start date from separate adds and edits, so the years drifted apart and the schedule no longer described one continuous term.

Variant phrasings

proposal error co terming dates misaligned multi year quote start dates wrong

The verbatim form searchers paste from the terminal or console. Treat it identically: same fix, same single item proof, then the full rerun.

How to fix: proposal error co terming dates misaligned multi year quote start dates wrong

The how-to phrasing for the same failure in the multi year quote. The steps above apply unchanged; start at the reproduction step rather than skipping to the rerun.

Troubleshooting this failure in the multi year quote

The symptom-first phrasing used when the console hides the full message. Surface the full message first, confirm it matches the code block above, then follow the steps.

Compatibility: the multi year quote at current versions, plus the platform API or console the query names; no extra tooling beyond the source system access needed to verify counts.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_bwWn5JTzJVitkOHZU6F-Ww