Configure input form screens with signature inputs

Configure input fields that your users can use to sign electronically on the input form screen. Users can sign on the screen or type their name to record their signature.

Before you begin

You must create an input form screen before you create inputs. For information about creating an input form screen, see Configure an input form screen.

Role required: admin

About this task

Signature inputs support both declarative and scripted writeback actions in action items. For information about action items, see Configure an action item.

Configure these inputs by using the signature input type with the optional IsOverlay attribute. By default, signatures are rendered in the full modal window. If you set the IsOverlay attribute to true, the signature renders in a half modal window. When a signature input is configured as the only input on a page and the IsOverlay attribute is set to true, the attribute is ignored. In this case, the signature is rendered in the full modal window.

Important: For HR workflows that use a precondition for an HR Task Signature, these preconditions must be replaced with the new signature input type. Don’t configure both the precondition as an HR Task Signature and the signature input type. Using both is a misconfiguration.

Signature inputs are available offline. Mobile UI rules apply to signature inputs.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All and enter sys_sg_parameter_screen_list.do in the filter.

2. Select the input form screen to which you want to add the signature input.

3. Select the Inputs tab.

4. Double-click the Insert a new row… and enter the following information for your signature input as needed.

   Field	Description
   Name	Name of the input
   Label	Label that displays for the input
   Input Type	The type of input. Select Signature.
   Placeholder	Text that appears in an input field before the user enters a value.
   Page	Input form screen page on which the signature input appears.
   Order	Order in which the signature input appears in the input form screen.
   Mandatory	Option to mark the signature input as required.
   Readonly	Option to mark the signature input as read-only.
   Auto-fill Variable	The auto-fill variable used for this signature input.

5. Right-click the Input form screen banner and select Save to save the signature input and stay on the form.

6. If you want to configure the IsOverlay attribute to open the signature in a half modal window, double-click the Name of the signature input you just created to configure the attribute.

   1. Scroll down to the Attributes section of the form and then double-click Insert a new row….

   2. In the Name field, enter IsOverlay and select the check mark to save the attribute name.

   3. Double-click the Value field and enter true to configure the signature to open in a half modal window.

   If you want the signature to open in a full modal window, don’t configure the IsOverlay attribute. By default signature inputs open in a full modal window.

7. When you finish configuring all the fields you want, select Update.

What to do next

If you want to configure a scripted writeback action to save the signature input for this input form screen, add the scripted writeback action to the action item. For details, see Configure a scripted writeback action that saves a signature input.