Capturing electronic signatures for changes

Organizations that have strict regulation requirements often need to capture electronic signatures as issues move along the workflow, for future auditing purposes. This is often a part of the CFR Part 11 compliance.

In this recipe, we will look at how to enforce and capture e-signatures when someone tries to transition an issue through the workflow.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we need to have the CFR Part 11 E-Signatures add-on installed. You can download the add-on from the following link:

http://www.appfusions.com/display/PRT11J/Home

How to do it...

To start capturing electronic signatures, we first need to create an Electronic Signature custom field:

  1. Navigate to Administration | Issues | Custom fields ...

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