Configure Your QCDS Workspace Settings

The QCDS Settings page controls the shared workspace defaults used when new signing Requests are created. In current Private / Organization Mode, these are organization-workspace settings rather than a separate private settings record for each Joomla user.

Configure the account name, time zone, frontend language fallback, unsigned-Request reminder interval, and default expiration before relying on QCDS for production signing.

Open the Request Defaults

  1. Sign in to the QCDS frontend with a Joomla account that can manage workspace settings.
  2. Open Settings.
  3. In Request defaults, review each value before saving.

Account or Organization Name

This name identifies the current QCDS workspace. It is required when the settings form is saved. In Private / Organization Mode, remember that eligible Joomla users operate in the same primary organization workspace, so this is not a personal label that belongs only to the signed-in sender.

Time Zone

Choose a valid IANA time zone such as America/New_York. If no workspace time zone has been saved, QCDS falls back to Joomla's Site time zone.

The workspace time zone is used when QCDS seeds new Request timing and when the Dashboard calculates this account's current-month Request usage window. A Request can later use its own timing values without changing the saved workspace default.

Default Frontend Language

This is the workspace language fallback for participant-facing QCDS content. A Contact with an explicit Preferred language uses that preference; a Contact left on Use frontend default follows the current workspace frontend language.

If the workspace language has never been set, QCDS initializes/falls back through the configured QCDS/Joomla language defaults rather than requiring every Contact to carry its own language value.

Unsigned Request Reminder

Select how many days QCDS should use as the default reminder interval for a newly created Request. The current Settings choices are 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 21, or 30 days.

This value seeds the Request policy; automatic reminder delivery still depends on the QCDS Automatic Reminders Scheduled Task being enabled and actually running.

Default Expiration

Select the default number of days before a new unsigned Request expires. The current choices are 3, 7, 14, 21, 30, 45, 60, 90, 180, or 365 days.

QCDS uses this value to seed a new Request's deadline. The Request's Exact timing controls can override the deadline and time zone for that transaction without rewriting the workspace default.

Save and Verify

  1. Click Save Settings.
  2. Create a controlled test Request.
  3. Confirm its reminder policy, time zone, and initial deadline match the workspace defaults.
  4. If you changed the frontend language, open a Contact with no explicit Preferred language and confirm later participant-facing content uses the expected fallback.

Changing these workspace defaults is for future/use-time behavior. It does not rewrite the frozen evidence of a Request that was already sent.

Identity Verification Is a Separate Settings Section

The same Settings page also contains the account-level Identity Verification configuration when that feature is licensed. Provider credentials, connection tests, and identity requirements are separate from the Request-default fields above.

Community Discussion

Want to compare workflows, share practical tips, or discuss how you use this QCDS feature? Visit the QC Digital Signature Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific issues, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.