Multiple Documents and recipients - soap format issues

Question

I have to send 2 documents to 2 recipients via DocuSign soap api. 1st document should be signed by the 1st recipient, and then it should go to 2nd recipient to sign the 2nd document.

But when I send using the below soap format, the 1st recipient is prompted to sign on both documents, instead of just the 1st one. 2nd recipient is similarly messed up. Can you please advice what is wrong with this soap structure, or if I am missing any other elements?

Thanks

Soap format:

            <ns0:Documents>
                <ns0:Document>
                    <ns0:ID>1</ns0:ID>
                    <ns0:Name>TestDocuSign.pdf</ns0:Name>
                    <ns0:PDFBytes xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include">bytes1</ns0:PDFBytes>
                    <ns0:TransformPdfFields>false</ns0:TransformPdfFields>
                    <ns0:FileExtension>pdf</ns0:FileExtension>
                    <ns0:AttachmentDescription>DS1</ns0:AttachmentDescription>
                </ns0:Document>
                <ns0:Document>
                    <ns0:ID>2</ns0:ID>
                    <ns0:Name>TestDocuSign2.pdf</ns0:Name>
                    <ns0:PDFBytes xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include">bytes2</ns0:PDFBytes>
                    <ns0:TransformPdfFields>false</ns0:TransformPdfFields>
                    <ns0:FileExtension>pdf</ns0:FileExtension>
                    <ns0:AttachmentDescription>DS2</ns0:AttachmentDescription>
                </ns0:Document>
            <ns0:Recipients>
                <ns0:Recipient>
                    <ns0:ID>1</ns0:ID>
                    <ns0:UserName>abc</ns0:UserName>
                    <ns0:SignerName>abcName</ns0:SignerName>
                    <ns0:Email>abc@yhoo.com</ns0:Email>
                    <ns0:Type>Signer</ns0:Type>
                    <ns0:AccessCode xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/>
                    <ns0:RoutingOrder>1</ns0:RoutingOrder>
                </ns0:Recipient>
                <ns0:Recipient>
                    <ns0:ID>2</ns0:ID>
                    <ns0:UserName>def</ns0:UserName>
                    <ns0:SignerName>defName</ns0:SignerName>
                    <ns0:Email>def@yhoo.com</ns0:Email>
                    <ns0:Type>Signer</ns0:Type>
                    <ns0:AccessCode xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/>
                    <ns0:RoutingOrder>2</ns0:RoutingOrder>
                </ns0:Recipient>
            </ns0:Recipients>
            <ns0:Tabs>
                <ns0:Tab>
                    <ns0:DocumentID>1</ns0:DocumentID>
                    <ns0:RecipientID>1</ns0:RecipientID>
                        <ns0:AnchorTabItem>
                            <ns0:AnchorTabString>SIGNATURE</ns0:AnchorTabString>
                            <ns0:XOffset>0.0</ns0:XOffset>
                            <ns0:YOffset>-10.0</ns0:YOffset>
                            <ns0:Unit>Pixels</ns0:Unit>
                            <ns0:IgnoreIfNotPresent>true</ns0:IgnoreIfNotPresent>
                        </ns0:AnchorTabItem>
                    <ns0:Type>SignHere</ns0:Type>
                </ns0:Tab>
                <ns0:Tab>
                    <ns0:DocumentID>2</ns0:DocumentID>
                    <ns0:RecipientID>2</ns0:RecipientID>
                        <ns0:AnchorTabItem>
                            <ns0:AnchorTabString>SIGNATURE</ns0:AnchorTabString>
                            <ns0:XOffset>50.0</ns0:XOffset>
                            <ns0:YOffset>-10.0</ns0:YOffset>
                            <ns0:Unit>Pixels</ns0:Unit>
                            <ns0:IgnoreIfNotPresent>true</ns0:IgnoreIfNotPresent>
                        </ns0:AnchorTabItem>
                    <ns0:Type>SignHere</ns0:Type>   
                </ns0:Tab>
            </ns0:Tabs>

Answer 1

Seeing your code, it seems SIGNATURE anchorString is available on both documents. AnchorString scope is not limited to document level, instead it is at envelope level. When you mention AnchorString, DocuSign will search that anchorString in complete envelope, in your case it will find this string in both documents for both the recipients, hence both recipients are seeing Signature Tab on both documents. Solution is to change the Anchor String for both signers, make Signature1 for Signer1 and Signature2 for Signer2, then everything will work fine as Signarure1 will be present in Document1 and Signature2 will be only present in Document2.