Who is this article for?

Administrators responsible for managing the system.

Administrator permissions are needed.

Ideagen Quality Management • Code uses password-based electronic signatures that are recognised as legally valid. These signatures are linked to the user's login details and are required during document approval when enabled.

This article shows you where you can enable this feature.

2. Enabling electronic signatures

To enable signatures:

1. Go to Documents.
2. Open the folder containing the documents that need approval.
3. Click Folder Properties.
4. Select Folder Properties (in the General tab).
5. Tick Require password verification.
6. Click Save Changes.

After enabling this, any document approval in that folder will require the user to enter their login credentials, applying a legally valid electronic signature.

Further reading

• Creating a Document