Control whether Adobe Acrobat Sign appends the audit report to agreement PDFs delivered by the final completion email and to PDFs downloaded from the Manage page.
Acrobat Sign can append the audit report to the agreement PDF delivered in the final “Signed and Filed” email and to agreement PDFs downloaded from the Manage page. This combines the signed document and its audit trail into a single file, which simplifies recordkeeping but can also expand distribution of audit details, especially when attachments go out by email.
Before you begin
- You must be an Account Admin or Group Admin to configure this setting.
- Confirm how your organization distributes signed agreements by email before enabling audit report attachments.
- Review your data governance policy to determine whether audit metadata should be shared with external recipients.
Configuration
The Attach audit reports to documents setting applies to all agreements sent through Acrobat Sign.
Availability:
- Acrobat Sign Solutions: Supported
- Acrobat Sign for Government: Supported
- Acrobat Standard and Acrobat Pro: Not Supported
Configuration scope:
Attach audit reports can be configured at the account and group level.
- Group-level settings override account-level settings.
Default value:
- Attach the Audit Report to the Signed and Filed email: All.
- Attach current audit report to documents when downloaded from the Manage page: Disabled.
Access this feature by navigating the administrator's configuration menu to Global Settings > Attach audit report to documents
Controls
- Attach the Audit Report to the Signed and Filed email
- Never: No one receives the audit report with the final email attachment.
- For Sender Only: Only the sender receives the audit report with the final email attachment.
- All (default): All recipients of the final email attachment receive the audit report.
Impact: This control can materially expand what is delivered by email at completion, because recipients can forward the email and attachment.
- Attach the current audit report to documents when downloaded from the Manage page
- Enabled: Downloads from the Manage page include one PDF, with the audit report appended to the end.
- Disabled (default): Downloads from the Manage page include only the agreement content. Users must download the audit report separately.
How it's used
- The email control applies to the final completion email (“Signed and Filed”).
- The download control applies only when a user downloads an agreement from the Manage page.
- When either control is enabled, Acrobat Sign appends the audit report to the end of the PDF that is delivered (downloaded or attached to email).
- If an agreement is still in progress, Acrobat Sign appends the interim audit report as it exists at the time of download.
Best practices
- Limit audit report distribution by email unless recipients require the full audit trail.
- Use the Manage page download control to support internal recordkeeping without automatically broadening email distribution.
- Confirm that sharing audit reports externally aligns with your organization’s data governance policies.
