4 signatures one PDF- Signature workflow not showing

Hi team.

I am trying to create an Approval Workflow where:

1. 4 members of a committee are sent an email concurrently, and all 4 need to sign
2. Once completed by all 4, a PDF is generated showing a simple email, followed by the signatures and positions/names of each person.

Can you advise how this can be done? I have attempted this, but am hitting 2 problems:

1. The signature workflow is not appearing in the emailed PDF (which is triggered by the button in the submission view)
2. I cannot assign a position below the specific signature e.g. Charity President {insert President signature} etc

Thank you kindly!

Hello antiochian,

Thank you for reaching out to Jotform support. Adding a split element to the approval flow can make separate emails sent to the approvers when the form is filled out. To include the positions of the approvers, the field for each approver's signature must be added to the form in order for the PDF copy of the form to be created according to the fields the form has. If the requirement is only to show the approver's signature on the PDF document, it's possible using the Approval Activity History element in the PDF Editor.

Please follow the steps and screencasts below to create the approval flow required on your form:

1. Add 4 signature fields to the form.
2. Create Approval flow.
3. To create the Approval flow, delete all the existing elements first.
4. Add the Split Element. After that, pull 4 links from the Split Elements.
5. Add Approve and Sign elements to each link.
6. Add the {edit link} to the email the approver will receive. This is to collect signatures from the approvers into the form.
7. Pull links from each Approve and Sign element, on the end of it, add the Email element.
8. Enable the PDF attachment on the Email Element.

Creating the form

Creating the Approval flow

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17IrGWYI3K4ySNPHKt-zkKmf9UUhi89mp/view?usp=sharing

Adding Edit Link to Email

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

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2. Adding Fields Manually

• In the Jotform Sign Builder, click on the Add Fields + button on the left side of the screen.
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3. Editing Fields

• In the Jotform Sign Builder, select the related field and click on the gear icon below the field.
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• In the Jotform Sign Builder, click on Settings in the green navigation bar at the top of the page.
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6. Customizing the Email Settings

• In the Jotform Sign Builder, click on Settings in the green navigation bar at the top of the page.
• Then, click on Email Settings.
• In the Email Settings section, you can edit both the Email Subject and Email Message.

After completing the steps above to customize the email settings, your email will look like the one below:

7. Publishing the Document

• In the Jotform Sign Builder, click on Send in the green navigation bar at the top of the page.
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• All you need to do is enter a name and email address in the related fields.
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You can also see a list of your Sent Documents as well at the bottom of the Send section:

In addition, you can send Reminder Emails, set an Expiration Date, add a CC recipient, and enable signer delegation under the Options tab:

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