Understanding Digital Signature in BI Publisher Reports

BI Publisher for PeopleSoft enables you to add a digital signature to PDF reports so that you can verify the authenticity of the documents or reports you send and receive. Also, the receiver of the documents or reports can verify the authenticity of the documents or reports.

In order to attach a digital signature to a report, BI Publisher for PeopleSoft accesses your digital ID file from a central, secure location and at runtime signs the PDF report with the digital ID. The digital signature verifies the signer's identity and ensures that the document was not altered after it was created and signed.

BI Publisher for PeopleSoft supports attaching digital signatures only to PDF reports that are based on PDF or RTF templates.