diff --git a/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_menu.xml b/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_menu.xml
index 9e5be21cf70..ffbe48f0b19 100644
--- a/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_menu.xml
+++ b/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_menu.xml
@@ -73,9 +73,18 @@
             <field name="res_model">account.analytic.account</field>
             <field name="view_type">form</field>
             <field name="view_mode">tree,form,graph</field>
-            <field name="context">{'default_type':'contract'}</field>
+            <field name="context">{'default_type':'contract', 'search_default_open':1, 'search_default_pending':1}</field>
             <field name="domain">[('type','=','contract')]</field>
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="view_account_analytic_account_overdue_search"/>
+            <field name="help" type="html">
+                <p class="oe_view_nocontent_create">
+                    Click to create a new contract.
+                </p><p>
+                    Use contracts to follow tasks, issues, timesheets or invoicing based on
+                    work done, expenses and/or sales orders. OpenERP will automatically manage
+                    the alerts for the renewal of the contracts to the right salesperson.
+                </p>
+            </field>
         </record>
         <menuitem id="base.menu_sales" name="Sales"
             parent="base.menu_base_partner"
diff --git a/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml b/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml
index 12d8fad1b95..b1ef852f12f 100644
--- a/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_analytic_analysis/account_analytic_analysis_view.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@
             <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
             <field name="domain">[('type','=','template')]</field>
             <field name="context">{'search_default_type':'template','default_type' : 'template'}</field>
+            <field name="help" type="html">
+                <p class="oe_view_nocontent_create">
+                    Click here to create a template of contract.
+                </p><p>
+                    Templates are used to prefigure contract/project that 
+                    can be selected by the salespeople to quickly configure the
+                    terms and conditions of the contract.
+                </p>
+            </field>
+             
         </record>
         <menuitem action="template_of_contract_action" id="menu_template_of_contract_action" parent="base.menu_base_config"/>
     </data>
diff --git a/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml b/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml
index 704d9bb8244..51f5428002f 100644
--- a/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml
+++ b/addons/analytic/analytic_view.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
                                         units is reached, the account manager
                                         is warned by email to renew the contract.
                                     </p>
+                                    <field name="date_start"/>
                                     <label for="date" string="End Date"/>
                                     <div name="duration">
                                         <field name="date" class="oe_inline"/>