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title: Create and configure participants for legal contract template
description: Add and configure participants that act as placeholder for users who will be assigned as signers of a contract document.
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classification: legal-simple-contracts
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Create and configure participants for legal contract template

Add and configure participants that act as placeholder for users who will be assigned as signers of a contract document.

## Before you begin

A Microsoft Word document must have been uploaded and parsed to provide template mappings for the contract template. For more information, see [Create a Microsoft Word legal contract template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-simple-contracts/lsc-create-ct-msword.md).

Role required: sn\_lg\_contracts.contracts\_config

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Legal Administration** > **Simple Contracts Admin** > **Contract Templates**.

2.  Open a contract template.

3.  In the Participants related list, click **New**.

4.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_lld_cps_ypb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Unique display name of the mapped participant. **Note:** The length of the name should be equal to or less than the length allocated in the Word document template for a signer.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Order

</td><td>

Order in which the signature request will be initiated for the participant.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Signer

</td><td>

User field from the list of fields that are populated from the Signer \[sn\_lg\_contracts\_signer\] table.**Note:** You can select only the highlighted user fields.

The user in the mapped field is automatically added as a signatory in the document.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>5.  Select **Submit**.


**Parent Topic:**[Configure legal contract templates of type Microsoft Word](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-simple-contracts/lsc-configure-ct-msword.md)

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