The Opportunity tab of the Grant Application and Grant Application Revision transactions provides detailed information on the opportunity. The purpose of including the opportunity information on the Grant Application transaction is to facilitate direct entry of an application without having to separately create a Grant Opportunity transaction. In turn, users can create a Grant Application transaction without an existing Grant Opportunity record; however, they must enter a new opportunity in this tab. If the Grant Opportunity already exists on the Grant Opportunity Status Folder (GTOPSF), then the Opportunity tab must be left blank or the user can select the Load Opportunity action in the Grant Application tab after entering in the required Grant Opportunity ID field. This action will populate the Opportunity tab with the information related to that existing opportunity. Once this action is taken, the Opportunity tab is no longer editable as the details regarding that existing opportunity are displayed for informational purposes only. The opportunity information will be current as of the time that the Load Opportunity action was taken. The information is not automatically updated each time the GTAP/GTAPR transaction is viewed or edited. If necessary, the user can perform the Load Opportunity action again in the GTAP transaction to update the Opportunity tab.
The Opportunity tab of the Grant Application and Grant Application Revision transactions contains the same fields as the Grant Opportunity tab on the GTOP transaction. Refer to the "Grant Opportunity" topic under the "GTOP/GTOPR" topic for more information.