{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":31705,"path":"it-service-management/change-management/approval-e-signature-changes.md","title":"Approval with e-Signature for change requests","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Approval with e-Signature for change requests\n\nUse e-signatures to add an additional layer of verification and compliance to change approval workflows. e-signatures are supported in both Core UI and Service Operations Workspace \\(SOW\\).\n\ne-signatures provide a secure, auditable method for approvers to verify their identity when approving change requests.\n\n## Supported approval mechanisms\n\nYou can use e-signatures with any approval mechanism available in Change Management, including:\n\n-   The **Ask for Approval** action in Flow Designer.\n-   The **Approval - User** or **Approval - Group** activities in Workflow.\n-   Change approval policies.\n\n## Supported tables\n\nBy default, Approval with e-Signature supports the Change Request and Standard Change Proposal tables.\n\nFor more information, see [Approval with e-signature](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/build-workflows/approval-with-e-signature.md).\n\n## Requirements\n\nBefore you can use e-signatures with change approvals, verify the following requirements:\n\n-   The e-signature platform plugin is activated on your instance. For activation instructions, see [Activate Approval with e-Signature plugin](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/build-workflows/activate-approval-esignature.md).\n-   Change approvals are configured for the relevant change models or change types using Flow Designer flows, legacy workflows, or change approval policies.\n-   Approvers have the appropriate roles to approve change requests.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Exploring Change Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/exploring-change-management.md)\n\n"}}