Refresh Document Signature Status

Use the Refresh Document Signature Status scheduled process to retrieve the signature status of all purchasing documents currently sent out for signature and update their status in the application.

When to Use

This scheduled process reviews the status of all in process signature packets for documents requiring signature. Use this process when you want to update the status of documents in the application. This job should be scheduled only if the Enable Electronic Signature for Procurement Documents feature is enabled.

After the scheduled process is run, users of the Purchase Agreements and Purchase Orders work areas can view the following:
  • Updated signature status of a purchasing document.
  • Updated document signature history.

Privileges Required

  • Refresh Purchasing Document Signature Status (PO_REFRESH_PURCH_DOC_SIGNATURE_STATUS_PRIV)

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this scheduled process:
Specification Description
Job Type Scheduled.
Frequency Every day. The default setting for this scheduled process is to run every 30 minutes. If needed, you can change the default setup for the scheduled processes to run on a frequency that better meets your organization's needs.
Time of Day Choose the time of day that doesn't interfere with your daily business activity, such as at the end of the workday, after the end of shifts, after peak transaction activity, or during a lull in transaction activity.
Duration Runtime of this process varies based on the number of purchasing documents.
Compatibility There must only be one instance of the job running at any point of time. This is automatically handled by the application.

Parameters

None.

Troubleshooting Information

  • You can view the status of the process in the Scheduled Processes work area.
  • No validation errors and warning messages.
  • Any interactive warning validations aren't performed.
  • When the program is submitted, you can Resubmit, Put on Hold, Cancel Process, or Release Process as provided by the Scheduled Processes work area.