chris-josongmail-com | Posts: 30

Populate date field based on actual signature date

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We're using document extraction to populate a Signature Date field with the date of signing via naming a form field with something like this: [Signer1.Capture1.label1.Date]. We're not able to use any template as we need to pre-fill client-specific values to the [pdf] document everytime which becomes readonly when presented to the client during signing ceremony. Now, we have a new requirement to dynamically populate a separate date field by adding a fixed # of days to signature date, which is to reflect right after signing. Is there a similarly auto-extraction approach (or API means) to achieve this?

chris-josongmail-com | Posts: 30

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Forgot to mention that we're still in classic environment.

harishaidary | Posts: 1812

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Hi Chris, You could use Position Extraction in conjunction with Document Extraction to extract a specific form field in your PDF and position a label field populated with whatever date you wish. https://developer.esignlive.com/guides/feature-guides/position-extraction/

chris-josongmail-com | Posts: 30

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Hi Haris, Thanks for the inputs, will look more into Position Extraction. However, still not sure how that will allow me to dynamically populate a date field based on the actual Signing completion date without re-uploading the document?

harishaidary | Posts: 1812

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Ah yes, I misunderstood your initial post. If you're looking to populate a field after the signing date has been completed, there isn't much you can do since documents are not editable after signing has started.

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