# Digital Signature

## Import a user certificate from a private exchange file

| Requirement for this example is that configuration parameter has been set in the list mask Configuration and the user Sample was created with the following information.
User Name | DEMOEP
User ID | 201
You also need the private exchange file "sample.p12" (Thi file contains the private as well as the public key. The file can be found in the Agile e6 environment in the directory "... unsup30/cer"
| Select Manager > Digital Signature > Administration. The Digital Signature Administration mask is opened.
| If you have already entered the user in the key administration, then you may use one of the letter buttons on the top edge of the mask to call up the user data (The system searches the first letter in the field name, i.e. S%). Then you may continue with step 10.
| Select the Certificats tab.
| Switch to the insert mode above the context menu or the button .
| Switch to the field User id.
| Click on the button . The user list is opened.
| Use the search function to display the data for user DEMOEP.
| Highlight the entry.
| Select Take Entry from the context menu. The list closes and the entry is used.
| Enter User for Documentation in the field Description.
| Save the entry with the button .
| Highlight the entry.
| Select Import Private Exchange File from the context menu. A file-select window opens.
| Select the key file sample.p12 and click on open. The select window closes and the selected certificate is assigned to the user.
| Enter the password sample and click OK.
| In this case it is not necessary to enter a new password, because the certificate (from the public key) is not encoded.
| Before a user can use his key, the key must be assigned to an administration method!