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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Create and configure participants for legal contract template

Add and configure participants that act as placeholder for users who will be assigned as signers of a contract document.

Before you begin

A Microsoft Word document must have been uploaded and parsed to provide template mappings for the contract template. For more information, see Create a Microsoft Word legal contract template.

Role required: sn_lg_contracts.contracts_config

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Legal Administration > Simple Contracts Admin > Contract Templates.

  2. Open a contract template.

  3. In the Participants related list, click New.

  4. On the form, fill in the fields.

FieldDescription
NameUnique display name of the mapped participant. Note: The length of the name should be equal to or less than the length allocated in the Word document template for a signer.
OrderOrder in which the signature request will be initiated for the participant.
Signer

User field from the list of fields that are populated from the Signer [sn_lg_contracts_signer] table.Note: You can select only the highlighted user fields.

The user in the mapped field is automatically added as a signatory in the document.

  1. Select Submit.

Parent Topic:Configure legal contract templates of type Microsoft Word

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