Patent ID: 7849101

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of enabling an electronic signature approval process for modification of data in a transaction of an Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP), the method comprising: receiving the transaction having the data to be modified; accessing a table from a computer storage media, the table corresponding to the transaction; adding one or more signature fields to the table for approving the modification of the data, each signature field having a property sheet, wherein the property sheet includes a plurality of properties for defining one or more aspects of the electronic signature approval process in association with the transaction; receiving a parameter for at least one of the plurality of properties, the parameter defining how one of the one or more signature fields functions; receiving a request to modify the data; receiving an electronic signature that corresponds to the parameter; approving the modification of the data in the transaction when the electronic signature includes a valid username and password; and logging the electronic signature as unsuccessful in a signature log when the electronic signature includes an invalid username and password.