Multiple documents

SWF 2.5.7 and PAS 5.1.5 supports multiple documents per errand meaning only one sign action per signer is needed to sign multiple documents.

The default limit is set to 10 documents per errand, but this could be increased with the maxDocumentsproperty in the config.json overlay settings file. Increasing this limit could lead to potential performance issues, which is why we recommend not to increase this property. Both SWF/PAS can work with any version of SWF/PAS but both services needs to upgraded to support multiple documents.

Configuring multiple documents

To enable the multiple document feature, use the property allowMultipleFiles, located at the root of the config.json. It could be set in three different ways:

  • Unset or null - old architechture
  • "allowMultipleFiles": false - new architechture, but will only accept one file per errand
  • "allowMultipleFiles": true - new architechture, will accept multiple files

In order to utilize the new architecture, the PAS prism module (the FedSigning prism module) needs to run in non-legacy mode ("legacy_mode": "false"). For more information on how to configure your FedSigning module, see the PAS Prism documentation.

Appendixes

Appendixes, a document only used to support signers in their signing but isn't supposed to be signed, are also supported. These documents will not be signed, but will be shown in the signing flow and the user doesn't have to view them before signing the documents. To enable this feature, set allowAppendixes to true in the root of the config.json. To add an appendix, upload it as documents are usually uploaded and disable the "to be signed" toggle.

Since appendixes won't be signed, they don't need to adhere to the configured PDF flavors.