Opportunity Closed Date

[enovative]

Forgive me if I am missing something obvious, but I am just getting familiar with Sugar.crm and I am wondering why "Closed Date" is a mandatory field when creating a new opportunity. It seems contradictory to close an opportunity to be able to create it.

Steve

[Se7eN]

Please check this thread under the Help Forum ("Definitions needed")
You'll find a very comprehensive answer.

Se7eN B)