Manage drawers in the Doc Express® service

In this article:

• add or edit drawers
• remove a drawer

See the article on workflow order and transitions to edit the document workflow and transitions.

Add or edit drawers

You can change fields within a template drawer, drawers that you created, and drawers currently in use in a contract at any time. This includes adding folder types and workflow steps. You can also set the types of signatures needed for each drawer.

• Changes made to a drawer from the Manage Drawers page do not affect drawers already in a contract.
• Changes made to a drawer in a contract do not affect other drawers in the Doc Express service. However, you can add a type to a drawer on the Manage Drawers page and have it added to all contracts.
• The Working drawer is a place to work on a document before publishing it to another drawer. Not all of the drawer options are available for the Working drawer.

1. To update a drawer for all new contracts, select Template Drawers from the Sidebar menu and select the name of the drawer you want to update.

2. To edit a drawer for a contract, select the contract, then the drawer, and click Edit from the Actions menu.

3. Make the changes. For step-by-step instructions, see Document workflow order and transitions.

4. When you are finished updating the drawer, click Save.

Add drawers to an existing contract 

You can add a blank drawer or a drawer from a template to an existing contract through the Actions button. 

1. From the Doc Express Contracts page, click Edit for the selected contract. The Doc
   Express service displays the contract details including the drawers for the contract
   and users who have access to the drawers.

2. Click Actions from the contract details section and select either New Blank Drawer,
   New Drawer From Template, or New Blank Staging Drawer.

3. If you are adding the drawer from a template, select the drawer from the Add Drawer
   window and click Save. Drawers that have already been added to the contract will
   not be displayed. The Doc Express service adds the drawer to the contract.

4. If you are adding a new blank drawer, enter the necessary information for the drawer
   and then click Save. The Doc Express service adds the drawer to the contract.

Once the drawer is added to your contact, select the drawer and make any edits to the workflow.

Add drawers for new contracts

You can add a drawer to the Doc Express service so it's available when you create a contract.

1. Select Template Drawers in the Sidebar menu.

2. Click New Drawer. The Doc Express service opens the New Drawer page.

3. Enter a name and description of the new drawer. These fields are required.

4. Use the information in Document workflow order and transitions to set up the workflow and transition.

5. Click Save.

The Doc Express service adds your drawer to the list and returns you to the Manage Drawers page. This drawer will now be available for your contracts.

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Remove drawers

Remove drawers from a contract

You can remove a drawer from a contract provided no documents have been submitted to that drawer.

1. From the Doc Express Contracts page, click Edit for the selected contract. The Doc Express service displays the contract details and the drawers for the contract, plus those who have access to the drawers.

2. Click the X for the drawer you want to delete. The X is not available for drawers that can't be deleted.

3. Click OK in the delete confirmation window.

The Doc Express service removes the drawer.

Remove drawers from the Doc Express service

If you delete all of the drawers on the Template Drawers page, the Doc Express service repopulates the page with the default drawers that are part of the Doc Express service.

Deleting a drawer won't remove the drawer from any current contracts. 

1. Click Template Drawers from the sidebar menu.
2. Click the X for the drawer you want to remove.
3. Click OK in the confirmation window.