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Template Settings & Configuration

Learn how to configure document naming patterns, numbering, default settings, and metadata.

Written by Backoffice
Updated over a week ago

How to Access Settings

You can find template settings by opening the template and selecting the Settings tab. Here you can configure the document naming pattern, numbering, default settings, and metadata.

Document Naming Pattern

You can set an automatic naming format for generated documents using tokens.

Available Tokens

Token

Description

{templateName}

Template name

{number}

Automatic document number

{employeeName}

Employee's full name

{date}

Generation date

{organizationName}

Organization name

Examples

Pattern

Result

{templateName} - {employeeName}

Employment Contract - Jonas Petraitis

{templateName} No. {number}

Employment Contract No. 0001

{employeeName} - {templateName} ({date})

Jonas Petraitis - Employment Contract (2024-03-15)

{organizationName} - {templateName} - {number}

UAB Example - Employment Contract - 0001

In the settings, you will see a live preview — it shows what the final name will look like with real data.

Tip: When generating a document, you can override the automatic name and enter your own.

Document Numbering

Numbering allows you to automatically assign sequential numbers to generated documents.

Numbering Settings

Setting

Description

Example

Enabled/Disabled

Whether to use automatic numbering

Prefix

Text before the number

EMP- → EMP-0001

Suffix

Text after the number

-LT → 0001-LT

Zero Padding

How many digits to display (with leading zeros)

4 → 0001, 6 → 000001

Start Value

The number to start counting from

1, 100, 1000

Reset Period

When the counter resets to the start value

Never, Yearly, Monthly

Reset Periods

  • Never — the number increases sequentially without resetting.

  • Yearly — at the beginning of each year, the number resets to the start value.

  • Monthly — at the beginning of each month, the number resets to the start value.

Warning: You can manually reset the counter in the settings section, but this action is irreversible — all numbers will be counted from the specified start value.

Default Settings

These settings apply every time a document is generated from this template:

Setting

Description

Require Employee Selection

If enabled, an employee must be selected when generating a document. Recommended when the template uses employee variables.

Require Signing

If enabled, the system will automatically prompt you to send the document for e-signing after generation.

Document Validity (days)

Specifies how many days after generation the document is considered valid. Used for signing session expiration.

Metadata

Metadata helps organize and filter templates:

Field

Description

Category

Template category (e.g., "Employment Contracts", "Orders", "Certificates"). Used for filtering in the template list.

Language

Document language (e.g., Lithuanian, English). An informational field that helps identify the template.

Tip: Use categories and language consistently — this will help you quickly find the right template as the number of templates grows.

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