This page can help you understand the schedule for the coming release and the list of features included. Dates are subject to change.
Important Dates
- July 10-19: Preview webinars
- July 9: Pre-release vaults available
- July 9: Commercial Vault Release Kit available in Veeva Product Support Portal
- July 10: Validation package available on VeevaDocs
- August 3: Release to all limited release PODs and to POD VV1-2
- August 10: Release to all general release PODs
Webinars
R&D Webinars: Recordings Available
- Vault Clinical: Vault eTMF, Vault Study Startup, and Vault CTMS
- Vault Quality: Vault QualityDocs and Vault QMS
- Vault RIM: Vault Registrations, Vault Submissions, and Vault Submissions Archive
- Vault Platform
Commercial Webinars: July 16-19
- Commercial Vault Business Focused (EU or NA)
- Commercial Vault IT Focused (EU or NA)
- Commercial Vault Objects Focused (EU or NA)
- Commercial Vault MedComms Focused (NA)
Notifications Opt-In
As a valued member of our community, providing you with control over the communications you receive from Veeva is important to us. Please allow us to send you invitations to the upcoming Product Release Webinars and other industry related information: From your user profile within Vault, verify that the Product Announcements checkbox is selected.
Feature Information
- What’s New in 18R2 (Last Updated: October 2, 2018) provides detailed explanations of each feature.
- 18R2 Feature Enablement Details (Last Updated: August 9, 2018) includes information on how new features are enabled.
Pre-Release Information
- Pre-Release FAQ (Last Updated: July 11, 2018) answers common questions about “pre-release”. Note that the elements copied from your production vault to create your pre-release vault have changed since 18R1.
- Known Issues in 18R2 Pre-Release (Last Updated: August 10, 2018) lists known issues in the 18R2 pre-release.
Release Information
- Release Impact Assessment (Last Updated: August 6, 2018) analyzes the impact of new features. If you need an editable version, we also provide an MS Excel™ version.
- Vault Previews are release preview/CSM webinars. For R&D, these include downloadable PowerPoint™ slides.
- 18R2 Fixed Issues (Last Updated: August 10, 2018) documents issues that affected previous versions or pre-release and are fixed in 18R2.
- 18R2 Known Issues Last Updated: September 12, 2018) documents issues introduced in 18R2 which are not yet fixed.
Announcement: Enhanced Checkout Java Applet
At the end of 2018, we will stop supporting the Enhanced Checkout Java applet. Please reach out to your Customer Success Manager if you would like to learn more about this. The new Vault File Manager functionality will be available in 18R2, and we encourage you to begin using Vault File Manager over the next release. Vault File Manager has a number of enhanced abilities, including bulk checkout and bulk check-in, but does not yet include the Enhanced Checkout applet’s capability to auto-open files upon download, or to check in via the document’s action menu. (You check in directly from the Vault File Manager desktop application instead). However, we will be working on feature parity over the next few releases, and looking to make Vault File Manager available for Mac OS. Today, Vault File Manager only supports Windows.
Definitions
- Pre-Release: This is a three* or four-week period prior to the general availability of the next major release (17R1, etc.). During this period, customers can explore the new features in a vault based on their production vault configurations.
- PODs: POD stands for “point of delivery”. In simple terms, think of them as the Vault application servers where each vault is hosted. To confirm your POD, you can log into your vault as an administrator and navigate to Admin > Settings > General Settings and look at the POD field.
General Release Information
You can find general information on how Vault releases work in About Vault Releases.