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title: "Authoring a Batch Recipe with E-Signatures"
id: "authoring-a-batch-recipe-with-e-signatures"
project: "MES User Manual"
url: "https://docs.sepasoft.com/articles/user-manual/authoring-a-batch-recipe-with-e-signatures"
updated: 2026-10-01T17:53:58Z
---

# Authoring a Batch Recipe with E\-Signatures

**Sepasoft MES Module Suite**

### Overview of Authoring a Batch Recipe with E-Signatures

In Batch Procedure, use the e-signature phase and components to track: who did what and when.

To control batches using e-signatures, see [Batch Command Signature](/articles/user-manual/batch-command-signature).

Tracking is configured at the Batch Procedure Phase level within the Batch Procedure Framework and Batch Commands within the Batch Command-State Sequence.

In **MES 3.81.13 SP1**, **MES 4.83.3 SP1**, and later, a custom Perspective screen can require a Signature Template for each recipe-level command. See [Batch Command Signature](/articles/user-manual/batch-command-signature).

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Version Specific

| ![Warning](/resources/Storage/user-manual/Warning.png) | **E-Signature is supported in 3.81.6 RC 1 and later.** |
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FR21 Part 11 Code FDA Compliance

| ![Information](/resources/Storage/user-manual/Info.png) | Sepasoft and Ignition used in solutions that require 21 CFR part 11 compliance. |
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**Scripting:**

system.mes.signature
 ## Authoring a Batch Recipe with e-Signature

You create the signature template and then add the e-Signature phase to a recipe. When you execute the batch, the authorization challenges displays in the list.

To set this up:

* You need to add the Signature Template Manager to your project. And then, create an e-Signature Template with the desired approvers on it.
* Add the e-Signature step to a Batch Recipe prior to the step that requires approval.
* Ensure the "approved" and "reject" paths are separate branches in the Batch Recipe.
* Run the Batch Recipe from the Batch Execution component.
* When the e-Signature step runs, the Pending Authorization list shows the challenge from the template.

In **MES 3.81.12 SP4**, **MES 4.83.1 SP4**, and later, with `grouped` set to `True`, an `OR` expression is one challenge. One matching role approves that part. An `AND` expression requires every part. Reject on any required part follows the rejected path.

* Users approve or reject the challenge.
* If the challenge(s) are approved by ALL required users, the Recipe takes the "approved" path.
* If the challenge(s) are rejected by any ONE of the users, then the "rejected" path is followed.
 
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