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To use signature templates with recipe approvals:
1. In the FactoryTalk Batch Equipment Editor, select Recipe Approvals
Configuration from the Edit menu to open the Recipe Approvals
Configuration dialog box.
Tip: If your account has been granted View Only access rights under FactoryTalk Policies,
the dialog box opens but OK is disabled--any changes you make are not saved.
2. Select from available signature templates using the Browse
button to the right of each Approval and Revert field for the step you
want to configure. You may need to configure additional signature
templates for the approval roles in your process.
Configure Approval and Revert signoffs for at least these three steps:
• The first listed step (labeled Begin Approval by default).
• Release Recipe as Step (for both the Approval Process and the
Expedited Process steps).
• Release Recipe to Production (for both the Approval Process and the
Expedited Process steps).
Once valid signoffs are configured for these steps, the Enable Recipe
Approvals checkbox is no longer grayed out.
3. (optional) Check the box to the left of one or more of the three
optional steps to enable and configure more approval steps if needed.
These step labels are user-modifiable.
4. Check the Enable Recipe Approvals box. Once you have enabled recipe
approvals, either the formal process of three to six steps, or the
expedited approval process of two steps, is available for execution in
the FactoryTalk Batch Recipe Editor. Either approval process must be
completed for the recipe to be marked as Release Recipe to