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title: "Send Documents For Signing"
slug: "send-documents-for-signing"
updated: 2025-08-15T17:09:37Z
published: 2025-08-15T17:09:37Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/send-documents-for-signing"
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# Send Documents For Signing

| Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 4.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 9.14.0 |
| **Location** | Integration > DocuSign |

The **Send Documents For Signing** step is used to send documents that need to be signed by a user. If the step runs successfully, the step will output an EnvelopeId.

### Prerequisites

This step requires the [DocuSign Module](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/docusign) to be [installed](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/installing-modules-decisions) before it will be available in the toolbox.

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## Properties

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CC | Will send the documents to this list of emails after completing the signing. | List of String |
| Document | List of documents that need to be signed. DocuSign Module supports the following documents. - PDF (.pdf) - Word (.docx) | List of Byte |
| Document Title | Title of document. | String |
| Email Blurb | The input of the email message that will be sent out to the recipient. | String |
| Override Credentials | This optional input allows the Decisions Developer to override the DocuSign settings configured in the System Settings. | --- |
| Recipients | The input expects the email address to who the documents will be sent. Press the Add Value button to see a menu of all possible recipient values. New values are added in different versions. | List of RecipientTabMapping |
| Respect Signing Order | Will send the document to the recipients in the order they are listed. | Boolean |
| Reminders | Allows a user to set reminders and document expirations | --- |
| Subject | Email subject line. | String |
| Transform PDF Fields | This allows PDF Fields to be automatically converted to signable objects when uploaded to DocuSign. | Boolean |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Error Message | Message detailing the error if one was hit. | String |
| EnvelopeID | EnvelopeID used to track the documents sent. | String |

#### ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1755262751387.png)

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## Step Changes

| Description | Version | Date | Developer Task |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The "Send Documents For Signing" step now supports ".docx" files. | [8.10](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-810x-release-notes) | March, 2023 | [DT-036749] |
| New configurations have been added to the Recipient object. IDCheckConfigurationName was added as a string input to use for a Recipient. Also a composite object was added called RecipientSignatureProviders that will allow the developer to define security information for the Recipient. | [9.14](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-9.14x-release-notes) | August, 2025 | [DT-045265] |

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Related Information

Articles: [The DocuSign Module](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/docusign-module) Forum Posts: [Using DocuSign with Decisions](https://support.decisions.com/forum/topic1516-using-docusign-with-decisions.aspx)