About the 20R3 Safety Release | Vault Release Notes

Use this page to learn about the following items for the upcoming release:

The release schedule for Safety
Release information, including what’s new in this release and the Safety Release Impact Assessment
Safety communities on Veeva Connect

For the release schedule and release details about other Vault applications, including Vault Platform, see About the 20R3 Release.

Important Dates

November 9, 2020: Pre-release Vaults available
November 10, 2020: Validation package available on VeevaDocs (System Release Memo, Compliance Documents)
November 16, 2020: Validation Summary Report available on VeevaDocs
November 25, 2020: Release to limited release and pre-release Vaults
December 11, 2020: Release to general release Vaults

Release Information

What's New in 20R3

(Last Updated November 30, 2020) Learn about new and changed features in this release.

Safety Release Impact Assessment

(Last Updated November 16, 2020) Learn about the assessed impact of new features and changes in this release.

Safety Release Impact Assessment (MS Excel™)

(Last Updated November 16, 2020) Excel version of the Safety Release Impact Assessment.

Feature Enablement

(Last Updated May 26, 2022) Learn about how to enable each new feature in this release.

Fixed Issues

(Last Updated November 4, 2022) Learn about issues that affected previous versions and are fixed in this release.

Known Issues

(Last Updated December 8, 2020) Learn about issues and limitations introduced in this release that are not yet fixed.

Pre-Release Known Issues

(Last Updated December 1, 2020) Learn about issues and limitations introduced in this release that affect the pre-release.

20R3 Safety Maintenance Releases

(Last Updated August 12, 2022) Learn about fixes affecting production environments.

Central Dictionary Updates

Safety Central Dictionary Updates

(Last Updated March 28, 2024) Learn about when central dictionary updates will be available in your Safety Vault.

Preview Webinars

The Vault Safety 20R3 Release Webinar is available here. For information about Vault Platform release webinars, see About the 20R3 Release.

General Information

About Vault Releases

(Last Updated December 11, 2023) Learn about how Vault releases work, release types, release timing, and release definitions.

Pre-Release FAQ

(Last Updated November 29, 2023) Learn about pre-releases and how to self-deploy pre-release Vaults.

Note: Do not use a pre-release Vault to process or submit Cases. If you must enter information for testing purposes, only use fake data. Records and data entered in pre-release Vaults are not transferred to your production Vault.

Template Revisions

Learn about Safety template revisions in the 20R3 release.