Setup

Setup required before Dynaway's Electronic Signature for maintenance checklists can be used

Introduction

Dynaway's Electronic Signature uses the electronic signature functionality built into Finance & Operations. Follow the steps below to get set up for working with electronic signature for maintenance checklists.

Prerequisites

You have a Dynaway Electronic Signature license from Dynaway.

License Configuration Key

Enabling the Configuration key for Signatures is the first step in setting up Electronic Signatures for maintenance checklists. This will activate a new set of menu items that you need to use for the setup.

  1. Go to System administration > Setup > License configuration and tick the box for 'Electronic signature' to enable the Configuration key.
  2. Tick the box for 'Dynaway Electronic Signature' to enable the use of electronic signatures for maintenance checklist measurement lines and reviewing signatures in the Signature Overview page.
  3. The next step is to use the menu to go to Electronic signature, as shown in the screenshot below.

Enabling License Configuration Key for Signatures.
Enabling License Configuration Key for Signatures.
Electronic signature menu.
Electronic signature menu.

Electronic Signature Parameters

Electronic signature parameters are used for signature alert recipient, comment requirement, and timeout.

Go to Organization administration > Setup > Electronic signature > Electronic signature parameters to set it up.

Electronic signature parameters.
Electronic signature parameters.

Electronic Signature Requirements

Use the Electronic signature requirements form to enable the functionality.

  1. Go to Organization administration > Setup > Electronic signature > Electronic signature requirements.
  2. On the Electronic signature requirements form, select 'Asset management - Work order maintenance checklists'.
  3. In the field to the right, toggle the button to say 'Yes' to enable signatures for measurement checklist line.

Set up Electronic Signature on Maintenance Checklist Lines

Once you have enabled the functionality for maintenance checklists, you can now specify which maintenance checklist templates of the type measurement should require a signature. To do this, go to:

  1. Asset management > Setup > Maintenance Checklists > Maintenance checklist templates.
  2. Select a line, and in the line details, toggle the Signature required button to say yes.
  3. Work orders with the selected maintenance checklist template lines of the type measurement will now require a signature.

Example of a signature required on a maintenance checklist template.
Example of a signature required on a maintenance checklist template.

Reason Codes on Electronic Signatures

The Electronic signatures reason codes form specifies reason codes for changes requiring signatures that in turn are shown in the signature form.

Go to Organization administration > Setup > Electronic signature > Electronic signature reason codes to set up reason codes.

User Setup

User setup should be performed by each user who will be working with electronic signatures. This can be done by going to Settings in the upper right corner > User options > Account.

Get certificate

All users need to generate their own digital certificate attached to signatures.

Click 'Get certificate' in the 'Electronic signature' tab, and you will be prompted to enter a password that will be used to generate your user-specific digital certificate. Passwords should follow best practices in your organization (length, upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters, etc.). The password is required during the electronic signing process.

Reset certificate

If you need to reset a certificate, Click 'Reset certificate' in the 'Electronic signature' tab to reset the certificate linked to your user profile.

Options > Account > Set up account information.
Options > Account > Set up account information.
Enter a password after clickling 'Get certificate'.
Enter a password after clickling 'Get certificate'.

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