Release Date: September 24, 2021
We are pleased to bring you the following new functionality in this week’s release. See details about feature enablement below.
Working with Documents
Rich Text for Merge Fields
With this release, Vault supports Merge Fields for Rich Text fields in Microsoft Word. Merge Field tokens for fields of the Rich Text type resolve and display in Microsoft Word documents using the rich text formatting specified in the Vault Rich Text Editor field.
Merge Fields Multi Column Table Sort
With this release, Vault allows users to further sort Merge Fields data in tables in Microsoft Word documents. Multi Column Table Sorting allows users to sort data merged into tables based on multiple columns instead of a single one by leveraging an ORDER BY VQL clause for up to 3 fields on the mapped token.
Annotation Colors Restored to 12
This enhancement restores the number of available colors for annotations to 12, updates toolbars in external viewers to use Action UI, and adds an option to use the escape key to dismiss unsaved annotations.
EDLs: Create Document from Template
A new user action is available to create a document from a template directly from an EDL Item without navigating away. The newly created document automatically matches the EDL Item, just like uploading a document or creating a placeholder directly from an EDL Item.
Delete Document Relationships On Older Versions
With this release, Vault users can delete relationships on older versions of the document where the relationship is version-specific with the Edit Relationship permission on the document version the relationship is bound to. Previously, users were able to create document relationships on previous versions but were unable to delete them.
Vault Objects
Online Modifications to High Volume Objects
Previously, high volume objects with over 10,000 records required Admins to put the Vault into configuration mode, thereby locking out end-users from Vault in order to make metadata changes. With this feature, the metadata changes can now be made online without having to lock end-users out of the system. While a modification to a high volume object is in progress, the object will display an In Deployment status on the object configuration page.
HVO Performance Optimization on Related Object Section and Advanced Search
To improve performance while paginating through high volume object records in related object sections and advanced search dialogs, we limit the number of records returned to 1,000. Users can use the Show in Tab feature and the corresponding filter support to help narrow down the list to arrive at the data they are interested in.
Lifecycle & Workflow
Workflow Cancellation Actions
Workflow Cancellation Actions allow workflow Admins to configure actions that trigger when a workflow is cancelled. This provides solutions for a number of scenarios involving actions to perform upon cancellation of an active workflow. We have provided a set of default cancellation actions such as Update Record/Document Field and Send a notification. This feature also allows the use of the SDK to add your own cancellation actions.
Workflow Cancellation Comment
Workflow Admins can now require that the cancelling user provide a comment when an active workflow is cancelled. By default, comments are not required when cancelling workflows. When a cancellation comment is required, the user cancelling the workflow needs to give the comment. Cancellation comments are also supported as part of the workflow cancellation API. Cancellation comments are shown in workflow timeline views. The maximum number of characters for a cancellation comment is 500.
View Workflow Start States
On the workflow details page, workflow Admins can view a clickable list of lifecycle states from which the workflow can be started using user actions.
Update Task Due Date on Object Date Field Update
Workflow Admins can configure active task due dates to automatically update based on changes to an associated object record date field. Previously, due dates were set or updated only at the time of task creation. With this release, any time the record field is updated, due dates of all active tasks dependent on that field are also updated. When task due dates are configured to be updated automatically, the Update Task Due Date action for such tasks is unavailable.
Set Tokens in Instructions
Workflow Admins can configure tokens in instructions for the Start and Task steps of a workflow. In workflows on objects, fields on the object can be configured as tokens. In workflows on documents, document name and document number fields are available for configuration. These document tokens show a value only if the workflow consists of a single document. This feature also adds no-link tokens for notification object message templates, allowing the subject line to show a list of document and workflow names.
Envelope Objects to High Volume Object
Our workflows on documents (previously multi-document workflows) use Envelope and Envelope Content objects to contain the documents. Envelope objects are moving to Vault’s High Volume Object framework to provide the scalability required to support a large number of workflows. Moving to the high volume data store brings many fundamental changes, including non-availability of record-level access control and sharing settings. Customers who have created Envelope or Envelope Content custom object tabs should carefully control the access to those tabs. Envelope records are also visible to any user that has access to the document when the document is in an active workflow. Such users won’t be able to see new documents or take any action they aren’t entitled to, but will be able to access the envelope viewer.
Start Step Rule: Required Controls
In previous releases, start step rules were only capable of hiding a control. In this release, workflow Admins can now configure start step rules to require a control. For example, this feature will now allow Admins to ‘require’ an otherwise-optional Participant Control. This is useful for customers that have used workflow participant rules in the past with legacy workflows.
Ignore Non Applicable Field in Content Action or Event Action
With this release, Vault now ignores fields which are not part of the document type of the current document instead of throwing an error during document Content Actions or Event Actions.
Fix Actions with Missing References
This feature allows workflow Admins to update any rule in Entry Actions, Event Actions, User Actions and Entry Criteria that may contain missing records after a Vault refresh. Vault only copies certain object records during a Vault refresh. For example, custom objects and some standard object records are not copied. This can create issues in the refreshed Vault if any Actions or Entry Criteria rules contain those records from the source Vault. Now, Admins have the option to either fix those rules by bringing those records into the Vault using API or Vault Loader, or ignoring those rules while moving the configuration back to the source.
Reporting & Dashboards
Formula Fields in Multi-Pass Reports
This feature allows users to define formula fields in Multi-Pass reports. Users can perform calculations across report views including on summary calculation fields defined in report views. Formula fields may be used to define conditional fields, report filters, and to group results, and may also be used in dashboard charts. This release includes support for object and document report types.
Rendition Reporting
This feature allows users to create reports on document renditions. Admins can create “Rendition” and “Rendition with Document” report types to enable end-users to generate reports on document renditions and associated documents. Admins can also create a “Document with Rendition” report type to enable end-users to create reports on documents and their related renditions.
Enable Filter and Column Aliases Flag Moved to Report Builder Page
This feature moves the “Enable filter and column aliases” flag from the report creator page to the report builder page. This allows users to enable the flag for existing reports as well as new reports. This flag controls users’ ability to change the name of columns and filters, and allows users to remove name columns.
Usability & UI Updates
Email to Vault
This feature enables customers to send emails to a Vault-owned email address and automatically create documents, records, and attachments in their Vault. Incoming emails are first converted into Email records within the Vault and then further saved as documents, attachments, and other records by Email Processors defined by Platform, Vault apps, and customers. Admins can define Vault-owned email addresses and configurations associated with each email address, including the related processor. All Vaults now include an Email Processor that can convert an email into an unclassified document.
Search
Search Modifiers on Object Tabs
The Search Modifier feature, previously only available on Document search, has been extended to work with Object record search. When searching on any object tab, Vault will suggest a list of object field names that start with the characters typed by the user. After selecting a field, the user can add a value to quickly apply filters, or search within a single text field on that object. Search Modifiers work with Picklists, Object References, and Yes/no fields to filter results. You can use Search Modifiers for single-field scoped searches with Text, Long Text, and Rich Text fields.
Add Language Options to Language Field
The Language field on documents in multilingual Vaults now includes an additional 242 languages to better support work being done all over the world. To see a complete list of selectable languages, see Supported Languages.
Substring Matching for Contains Operator
The Contains operator available when filtering search results on a picklist or object reference field, will now match any part of a word or number. For example, filtering results where the Study Contains “B-1” will find results with Studies “AB-123” and “BB-124”.
Checklists
Checklists: Automation for Aggregate Checklist Updates
Now, when a new version of a checklist design is approved, an entry action will automatically create new, approved versions of all approved aggregate checklist designs containing that checklist design. This action saves customers from manually performing a click-heavy process of creating new versions of each aggregate checklist design.
Access Control
Allowed Users When Assigning New Document Owner
In previous releases, Vault did not restrict which users could be assigned as a new document owner (through manual assignment, bulk actions, or the Rest API). Starting from this release, Admins can configure the Owner lifecycle role to restrict who can be assigned as the new document owner. This feature does not impact the document creation flow, where the creator is automatically assigned as the document owner. Allowed users default to “All users and groups” at upgrade time, preserving the behavior of the previous release.
Details Page for Vault Users: Show in Tab Action on Related Object Sections
The details page for Vault Users (Admin > Users & Groups) now provides a Show in Tab action on related object sections.
Administration
Admin Configuration Tab Updates
Admins frequently use the Configuration tab to access various configuration pages to set up Vault. This tab has been updated to display a landing page with links to all the configuration pages available to an Admin. Admins can also search for a configuration page and easily add frequently used configuration to the Favorites list. A Recently Used section displays up to five (5) of the most recently viewed pages to allow Admins to quickly return to them. Learn more in Navigating the Business Admin and Configuration Tabs.
Standardize Escape Sequence for Special Characters
This feature standardizes the VQL escape character () and allows developers and Admins implementing Criteria VQL to reference supported special characters on all document fields, object fields, and other VQL endpoints. The supported list of characters includes: backslash (\), carriage return (r), double quote (“), line feed (n), percent sign (%), single quote (‘), asterisk (*), and tab (t). Vault will automatically convert existing Criteria VQL to use the standardized escape characters.
Saved View Admin
The new View Administration tools give Admins improved visibility and control over the Views that have been created in a Vault. A new “managed” property has been added to distinguish views created by users to use for themselves or share with other users, from views that are created by admins as part of the Vault’s configuration. Views that are configured to be both “managed” and “mandatory” can be configured as the default view of a tab. This is helpful for steering less frequent users towards results that are pre-filtered. For example, casual users may only expect to see Steady State documents when viewing the Library for the first time so a default view with this filter can be added to the Library tab. A new option has been added to create Views using VQL for search criteria rather than building the view from the tab. These views are always “managed” and behave much like standard views. When accessing the new View tool, all of the Views are available in a searchable list where admins can take the following actions:
- View the search criteria and visibility details
- Update which users the view is visible to
- Reassign ownership of a view
- Show the view in a tab
- Set a view to be managed and/or managed
- Created new views using VQL
- Export the list of views
- Delete
Previously, any user with the View Administration permission would be able to see all views marked as mandatory in the View Manager dialog. That permission has now changed to “Make Mandatory” which is limited to marking views as mandatory. To see all Views in the Vault, there is a new set of permissions in the Admin section of the permission set that gives Administrators access to the new View Administration tools.
Prevent Merge in Steady State Rendition Setting
This release allows Admins to control enablement of the Prevent Merge in Steady feature for renditions. This was previously only enabled by Veeva Support. With this setting and feature enabled, once a document reaches the Steady State, that document no longer merges document fields or related object fields when an action that triggers field merging occurs. The document does not merge while in its Steady State regardless of whether the merging event is triggered by the system or due to a manually performed action.
Re-Render of Previous Rendition Versions
With this release, Vault users with the Vault Owner Actions: Re-render permission can re-render the non-current version of a rendition.
Scheduled Data Exports: Reset Custom Amazon S3 Settings
With this release, Admins can remove their Custom Amazon S3 configuration in Scheduled Data Export Settings.
Vault Loader
Vault Loader Extract: Include All Rendition Types in CSV Export
When extracting Documents and Document Versions, Vault Loader CSV data exports now include metadata for all available rendition types when the Include Renditions option is selected.
Platform Data Model Changes
With every release, we update the data model to better support evolving needs and new feature functionality. With this release, we’ve added the following components to the Platform data model to support new features:
Vault Connections
CTMS/CDMS: Study Related Data Deletion Support
The Vault Connection between the CTMS and CDMS Vault suites, supporting Study, Event, and Protocol deviations/issues sharing between the Vaults, now alerts the CTMS vault of any deleted Events (Subject Visits, for example), Procedures, Subjects, and Protocol deviations. This feature will give Clinical Operations personnel insight into the status of a clinical trial to adjust expectations while avoiding downstream process problems like Payments sent to Sites for canceled or deleted Subject Visits.
CTMS/CDMS: Support Query Object Rules
Veeva Vault Connection for CDMS and Clinical Operations Vaults sharing Study, Site, and Subject information now supports filtering of data shared between the two Vaults for filtering data transferred based on the customer’s unique requirements.
Clinical Operations
Site Connect: Allow Resending of Same Document Version
Site Connect customers now have the option to resend the same document version to a single Study Site.
Automate Milestone State Changes
This feature introduces a Vault-wide setting to automatically change the state of Milestones based on the population of specific date fields. To start, it will enable Milestones to be moved to their complete state when the Actual Finish Date is populated, without requiring additional actions in the lifecycle.
Clinical Operations Feature Flag Cleanup
This feature makes visible assorted Clinical Operations feature flags in the Settings section of Vault that were previously only available to Vault Support.
Site Connect: Manual Study Invitation Creation & Send
This feature adds support to manually create and send Site Connect Study Agreements directly from a Study Site record.
Site Connect: Prevent Document Upversion on Study Field Updates
With this enhancement, documents received from SiteVault will no longer lead to creating a new document version if the document content is the same. If the content is the same, Site Connect will only update the document’s Study, Study Country, and Study Site fields.
Site Connect: Reason for Rejection on Study Invitation
When the receiving side rejects Site Connect Study Invitations or TMF Transfer Agreements, a reason for rejection verdict is now required.
Site Connect: Request Document from Expected Document with Matched Document
With this feature, Site Connect customers can now request additional documents from an expected document even if there is already a matched document.
Safety Distribution: Email Notify SiteVault Sites
With this feature, Site Connect customers can designate that Safety Distributions send directly to Study Site personnel via email in addition to their delivery to SiteVault.
Site Connect: Send Site Packages from Study Site
This feature allows Site Connect customers to send Site Packages directly from the Study Site record.
Vault Payments: Site Advance Payments
This feature allows Vault Payments to support Site Advances. When designated as a Site Advance, the Fee will generate both credit and debit Payable Items, allowing Payments customers to issue Site Advances and track ongoing expenses for reporting and visibility.
Site Connect: Additional Vault Clinical Docs Support
This feature adds support to transfer new document types via Veeva Site Connect. The new Vault Clinical Docs artifacts that are now transferrable via Site Connect include the following:
- Site Signature & Initials
- Site Budget
- Site Selection Letter
- Study Team Member Contact List
- IP Certificate of Destruction
- Sample Storage Condition Log
- Investigators Meeting Material
Site Connect: Connection Automation
With this Production-only feature, Site Connect customers can automatically establish Connections to SiteVault. Vault creates these standard Site Connect connections whenever you create an Organization record with a USN value.
Site Connect: Site Packages Improvements
This feature includes many enhancements to the Site Connect Site Packages flow including:
- Increasing the limit for the number of documents that Vault can send to a Study Site.
- Locking the Name column in the Preview Package screen.
- Pulling in the name of each Study Site’s Principal Investigator to more easily identify each Site.
Site Connect: Study Invitation Welcome Text
Site Connect customers can now include custom Welcome Text when sending Study Invitations to Study Sites. SiteVault displays the Welcome Text to the Site during the Study Invitation acceptance flow. You can also set Welcome Text for TMF Transfer Agreements.
TMF Bot: Train Models from Production Data
This feature allows admins to train a Trained Model from a Sandbox, QA, or Pre-release environment using that customer’s related Production environment data.
TMF Viewer: Classification Filtering for View-Only Users
With this feature, users with view-only permissions can now utilize the Classification filter within the TMF Viewer.
Clinical Operations Data Model Changes
With every release, we update the data model to better support evolving needs and new feature functionality. With this release, we’ve added the following components to the Clinical Operations data model to support new features:
Commercial
Dedicated Medical Inquiry User Interface
This feature provides a modern and configurable user interface dedicated to medical inquiry that allows users to capture all the information related to the inquiry in one place. As well as core details about the case, the user can capture multiple requests, alongside each of which one or more responses can be logged, as well as any other related details communicated by the HCP such as an adverse event or product quality complaint. Doing so in a single screen drives speed and efficiency for MedComms users.
CLM Metadata Enhancements for Medical Affairs
With this release, through data model changes and industry best practices, MedComms captures far richer metadata at the point of content creation. This provides MSLs using Veeva CRM with an enhanced searching experience for CLM content, allowing them to identify what they are looking for more quickly and efficiently.
Document Level Rendition Type Selector for Single Doc Publishing for CLM Content
This feature allows users to select an alternative rendition type for a document being used with single document multichannel publishing for CLM Content. While the existing default rendition setting at the document type-level remains, this change allows users to override that default per document as required.
Content Modules: Hierarchical Copy
With this release, Content Modules allow the enablement of hierarchical or “deep” copy. The hierarchical copy allows users to clone a Content Module and all related records during the object record copying process. Users are still able to copy only the Content Module and not the related records.
Commercial Data Model Changes
With every release, we update the data model to better support evolving needs and new feature functionality. With this release, we’ve added the following components to the Commercial data model to support new features:
Quality
Recurrence Check: Complaints
With this release, Vault QMS expands its Recurrence Check capabilities to Complaints and introduces an intelligent and streamlined process for end-users to check whether a Complaint is a recurrence of another. The previously complex manual process is replaced with a simple user action that quickly finds potential recurrences and displays them in an easy to scan list view. Once the recurrence check is complete, Vault QMS will automatically store the results which can then later be utilized for reporting and trending.
Standard Cycle Time Metrics for Quality Events
With this release, Vault QMS is able to automatically capture the following cycle time metrics for Quality Events:
- Cycle Time: Duration in number of days between initiation and closure
- Closure Delta from Original Due Date: Number of days a Quality Event closes before or after the original due date
- Closure Delta from Current Due Date: Number of days a Quality Event closes before or after the current due date if the original due date was modified
- Extensions Granted: Number of approved extension requests for a Quality Event
Display Key Quality Team Roles for Filtering, Reporting
With this release, QMS customers can now surface key Quality Team Role assignments as User fields, allowing them to appear and be used in related lists, searches, filters on library views, reports and more. This feature introduces the ability to declare which User object reference field on a given Quality Team-enabled object will be linked to a Quality Team Role’s membership. When the linked team role’s membership is changed, Vault updates the field to reflect the new team role membership. Once the feature is enabled, Admins can choose an update strategy that works best for their business teams to ensure that existing records’ fields are updated to match their pre-existing assignments’ values. This field linking is supported for any Quality Team Role with a Maximum Users value of one (1). Once linked to a team role, a given object reference field may not be updated by any mechanism other than via edits to the Quality Team Role it is linked to. You must configure this Quality Team Role field linking before it can be used. The Quality Team Role’s linked fields are updated asynchronously from the role membership changes themselves, which are instant, so users may need to wait a moment after saving Quality Team Role membership changes to see the updated team role assignments as user fields throughout the Vault. Learn more about setting up linked role fields.
Generate Quality Document from Record: Batch Release Process Support
QMS customers now have the ability to automatically create documents as part of a Batch Release/Disposition lifecycle, such as CoAs, CoCs, or other documentation artifacts. The ability to create documents based off of Formatted Outputs or Document Templates may be familiar to QMS customers who work regularly with Audits or Quality Events, for whom this functionality was introduced earlier this year. When creating the documents, Vault links the newly created document to the Disposition record which triggered its creation, as well as linking that Disposition record back to the document, establishing a bidirectional relationship. This feature requires configuration before it can be used. Learn more about Quality document generation from records.
Enable Reference Objects for Quality Suite Vaults
In the Quality Suite, certain objects are considered ‘core’, and require that a given application be deployed in order to be usable. With this release, we’ve revised Vault’s definition of which objects are considered ‘core’ to each of the Quality Suite’s sub-applications. Customers may now interact with objects like Organization (qms_organization__qdm), used for creating lists of suppliers or external organizations which can impact Quality operations, Context (context__qdm), or Department (department__v) regardless of which Quality Suite application(s) have been activated within their Quality Vault. While this change is automatically enabled, it requires configuration to impact end-users, as this feature does not impact existing permission sets or security profiles.
MDCC: Change Authorization Section
With this release, a new Change Authorization object can be leveraged to add one or many documents to a DCC for change authorization approval. Each document that is added to the Change Authorization can be tagged as Needs Revision or Make Obsolete as part of an impact assessment. Once the Change Authorization record has been approved, a document that needs revision will have a new draft version automatically created and added to the Documents to be Made Effective section of the DCC. Similarly, if a document is to be made obsolete, approval of the Change Authorization record automatically moves the document to the Documents to be Made Obsolete section of the DCC. Prior to this feature, a draft version of an effective document needed to be manually created before adding it to a DCC.
DCC Banner Utilizes Label of Document Change Control Object
The DCC banner that appears when a document is under a Document Change Control was previously hard-coded as “This document is currently governed by change control”. With this release, the “change control” portion of the message will now be replaced with the label of the Document Change Control object. This is helpful in Vaults where the Document Change Control object has been renamed.
Training Self-Enrollment
This feature allows Learners to self-enroll in Training Requirements that have been made available for self-enrollment by Training Admins. Once configured, Learners can browse or search for Training Requirements that interest them, then self-enroll in the courses. For example, a Learner may want to know about Good Documentation Practices. The Learner can find the course from the Learner Homepage, self-enroll, and complete it. Learners can unenroll from a course at any time. Learn more about self-enrollment.
Training Job Performance Improvements
This feature delivers various performance and reliability improvements for the Update Training Assignments job.
Increased Limit for Training Join Relationships
This feature increases the maximum number of Training Requirements per Curriculum to 100. The maximum number of Curricula per Learner Role has been increased to 60.
Training Content Set Object is Not Cloned
With this release, the Training Content Set object is no longer cloned during Vault provisioning.
Training Document Entry Actions Captured in Audit Trail
With this release, when the Issue Training Assignment, Create Training Requirement Impact Assessment, or Retire or Assess Impact on Training Requirements entry actions are executed on a document, the document’s audit trail is updated.
Validate Object Type for Imported Training Assignments
When importing Training Assignments, the application now validates that the Training Assignment object type matches the Training Requirement’s object type.
Direct Assignment Action: Document Trainability Validation
This feature ensures that the Direct Assignment action on a Training Requirement is not visible, and therefore cannot be performed, if documents in the Training Requirement are not in either the Steady State or Ready for Training state types. For a direct assignment on a Curriculum, Training Assignments are not assigned for Training Requirements within the Curriculum that have documents not in either the Steady State or Ready for Training state type.
AICC E-Learning Courses: URL Validation Refinement
In this release, when an AICC e-learning course is uploaded, Vault Training will set the value for E-Learning Standard for any URLs in the file_name (in course.au file) unless its value is “servername.com”.
Issue Training Assignment Entry Action Update
When the Issue Training Assignment action is executed on a document and a Training Requirement Impact Assessment does not exist, the action will now update the Training Requirement’s Training Content Set. This only occurs if there is one document in the Training Requirement.
Allow Description Field Requiredness on Curriculum & Learner Role Objects
For the Description field on Curriculum and Learner Role objects, Admins can now enable the User must enter a value (required) setting.
Rule References Upon Retiring Training Objects
When attempting to retire a Training Requirement or Curriculum which has defined prerequisite rules, the rule label and name are now included in the error message.
Direct Assignment Cancellation: Cancel Open Training Assignment Action & Curriculum Retirement
With this release, both the Cancel Open Training Assignment document entry action and changing a Curriculum to the Retired state cancels open Direct Assignment Training Assignment records.
Multi-Country Adverse Events Reporting
With this feature, Vault automatically creates Adverse Event Reports once the user finishes the Reportability Assessment based on the Country of Incident, Severity Outcome of the Complaint, the Product involved in the Incident, and Reporting Decision Rules.
VPS: Validation Results Storage
With this feature, users are able to see all the validation errors for an Adverse Event Report as object records. Vault directs the user to the specific section in the respective health authority form, making it easy for the end user to fix validation errors before submitting the report to health authorities.
VPS Data Model Changes
With this release, several data model changes were made to support Vault Product Surveillance features:
Quality Data Model Changes
With every release, we update the data model to better support evolving needs and new feature functionality. With this release, we’ve added and updated the following components to the Quality data model:
Regulatory
Brexit: Add UK(NI) to Centralised Countries for Create Registrations
With this release, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) (XI) will be included by default as one of the countries when creating registrations for European Union centralised procedure applications. This change is being made in response to Brexit.
Clinical/Nonclinical Study Content Plan Section Creation Update
With this release, when Study Type and/or Study Subtype are blank on the Submission Clinical Study or Submission Nonclinical Study used for content planning, Vault will no longer create the study for any Content Plan section with a defined Study Type/Subtype instead of repeating the study for every section with a defined Study Type/Subtype.
Dynamic Ordering for Correspondences
With this update, Correspondence documents will also be ordered by the Submission record’s Actual Submission Date when Show Correspondence in Viewer and Enable Dynamic Ordering within Submissions Archive Viewer Submissions Archive settings are enabled.
EAEU Import &Viewing R.022 XML
This feature allows customers to import and view EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) electronic format submissions in the RIM Submissions Archive. EAEU submissions are supported with all current Submission Archive Import methods when the submission’s Dossier Format is set to EAEU.
Empty Section Indicator
With this release, Submissions Archive can precalculate which eCTD and EAEU submission sections are empty as a result of delete operations. In the Submissions Archive Viewer users will see an icon depicting which sections are empty as a result of delete operations. When Submissions are newly published or imported, the system will recalculate the impacted Applications. The feature is Administrator-enabled and cannot be undone.
Extend Content Plan Tokens
This feature extends tokenization support for Content Plan tokens so that text and object reference fields on submission relationship tokens are tokenizable. For example, if the token ${submission_pharmaceutical_product__rim.xml_drug_product__v} is applied on the Name, Title, or Published Output Location of a Content Plan or Content Plan Item record, the token in the field will be resolved with the value in the XML Drug Product field of the referenced Submission Product record. Previously, Content Plan tokens only resolved the name of the submission relationship, or the name or title of the matched document. Tokenization support for matched documents is also extended to two new standard document text fields: eCTD Title (ectd_title__v) and Output Name (output_name__v).
IDMP Data Model and Algorithm Updates (Per IG v2)
This feature updates the data model for Vault Registrations to support EU IDMP implementation guide versions 2.0 and 2.1. Updates include additions to source records, IDMP submission data records, and the data aggregation mechanism.
Manage Registered Details Enhancements
With this release, name-based object type mapping will provide Manage Registered Details the ability to add registered details with a mix of object types to the same registration, which is needed for Unique Device Identification (UDI) as well as combination products; this requires the internal names of the object types on the source and target objects to match. Also, Manage Registered Details will be able to add and update the following details on product registrations to support UDI: Registered Clinical Studies, Registered Organizations, Registered Authorizations, and Registered Regulatory Text. Finally, support will be added for copying and updating additional standard fields added to the preexisting registered details in 21R2 for UDI.
Publish with Overlays
With this release, users can now define an overlay on Publishing Elements and apply them to individual content plan items for submission content plans and report level content plans (RLCP). Additionally, users can define a default overlay. During RLCP or submissions publishing activities, Vault applies the defined overlay to the published output.
Update Copy into Content Plan Error Validation
With this release, an update has been made to the Copy into Content Plan feature. Users will be able to copy content plans without an associated submission or report level content plan into submission content plans and report level content plans. Previously, error validation prevented this action.
Support for Keyword Linking & Additional Link Types
With this release, users can define a library of keywords and alternative text and associated hyperlink targets. The user is then able to ‘Suggest Links’ on a document and automatically create Vault Link Annotations. Submissions Publishing and RLCP Publishing resolve the suggested links within the published output. Additionally, Vault Link Annotations that target permalinks and Vault Link Annotations that are bought forward from previous versions are now supported with Submissions Publishing and RLCP Publishing.
Process ZIP Import at the Submission Level
When admin enabled, this feature provides an ability to import and process all Zip file uploads via the Submissions Archive import as if the file contents were created at the submission level of the application. Unreferenced files at the root of the submission are grouped in the Unreferenced Files folder.
Informational Warnings in Email Notifications for All Import Methods
With this release, users receive post submission import email notifications in an updated format, which includes a new grouping with informational messages from the import pre-validation process.
File Format Icons Display in Active Dossier
With this release, the Active Dossier Viewer and Editor display the file format icon of the documents tracked within the Active Dossier.
21R3 RIM Data Model Changes
With every release, we update the data model to better support evolving needs and new feature functionality. With this release, we’ve added and updated the following components to the Regulatory data model:
Safety
Safety features are targeted for tentative availability on September 30, 2021.
Intake Enhancements on Inbox Item Auto-on
Manual intake and verification on Inbox Items is made easier with two new enhancements. Firstly, a New Info Date field will now be available in the Inbox grid to sort new Inbox Items by date and easily identify late Cases. Secondly, the display for imported long text fields (such as Case Narratives) is now wider to facilitate the verification of long text.
Most Conservative Product and Assessment Evaluation per Region Rules Configuration
Vault Safety administrators can now optionally configure reporting rule sets to evaluate rules against the most conservative Case Product and Case Assessment, when there are multiple suspect or interacting Case Products registered to a given reporting destination. Seriousness, expectedness, relatedness, and the drug role of the related Case Products are all considered when determining the most conservative Case Product and Case Assessment. Unless configured otherwise, pre-existing rule sets, such as the FDA and EMA ICSR rule sets, continue to evaluate rules based on the primary Case Product and Case Assessment.
In addition, when this feature is configured in a rule set, Vault Safety evaluates the “AE in Jurisdiction” rule parameter using the country specified on the primary Reporter Case Contact instead of the country on the primary Case Adverse Event. This is to align with ICH guidelines.
Learn More: Configure Reporting Rules Product Selection
Configurable Field Masking Exceptions for Masked Distributions: Blank, Sex, and Country Configuration
When turning on Patient Content Protection, Vault Safety now supports configurable field masking for blank fields, Reporter Country, Parent Sex, and Patient Sex. You can now pre-configure which of these PII / maskable E2B fields should be unmasked, while the remaining fields stay masked. In addition, when the Date of Birth field is masked, the system still populates the Age and Age Group field values during ICSR report generation, if available. This will be supported for all ICSR outputs, including E2B and PDF forms.
Learn More: Generate Masked Distributions: Exceptions to Patient Content Protection
ISO 8859-1 Validations for FDA E2B(R2) Configuration
Vault Safety now validates FDA E2B(R2) submission documents for character encoding. FDA E2B(R2) follows the ISO 8859-1 standard, which does not support UTF-encoded characters. An E2B(R2) Transmission with UTF-encoded characters bound for the FDA CBER or CDER gateway will now trigger validation errors and warnings. Furthermore, the system will automatically convert some UTF-encoded characters that map to ISO 8859-1.
Learn More: FDA Character Encoding Validation
MHRA E2B(R2) Dose Form Codes Auto-on
Vault Safety’s Dose Forms dictionary now supports the full list of approximately 400 MHRA Dose Forms, including their corresponding 1 to 3 digit codes. Encoded dose forms in E2B(R2) reports received from the MHRA and imported into Vault Safety will be mapped using the new dictionary entries.
Learn More: Enter Case Data: Dosages Section
Intake JSON API for Safety Customers
Vault Safety can now ingest calls from the Safety Intake AI endpoint to receive an Inbox Item from a JSON file:
POST /api/{version}/app/safety/ai/intake
Vaults no longer require Safety.AI to receive calls from this endpoint. Vaults without Safety.AI only support processing structured data (JSON). The system ignores unstructured data.
Learn More:
Feature Enablement Changes
Note the following feature with enablement changes in this release:
| Feature | Previous Enablement | New Enablement |
|---|---|---|
| PT Aggregation in Periodic Reports | Auto-On (21R2.2) | Support (21R2.3) |
Read more about this feature in New in 21R2.2.
SiteVault
Create Draft from Original
With this feature, SiteVault users can create a draft version of a document using the latest version of the original document that it is based on.
Support for Deleting Connected Study Documents
With this feature, SiteVault users can now hard delete documents that have been sent or received on a Connected Study.
New Exchangeable Document Types on Connected Studies
This feature adds support to transfer the following new document types from a sponsor or CRO’s vault for a Connected Study:
- Budget
- IP Destruction
- Signature & Initials
- Specimen Tracking
- Sponsor/CRO Contact Information
Regulatory Document Request Improvements
With these improvements, SiteVault users can sort, search, and paginate the document sections of the Regulatory Document Requests page. Additionally, the Regulatory Document Request task is automatically closed after a user completes the last item in the Documents to Return section.
Veeva eConsent Additional Signatories
This feature adds support for additional signatories to consent electronically on behalf of or in conjunction with a study participant in MyVeeva for Patients.
Research Organizations Selectable in the Vault Selector
With this feature, all users can navigate to the context of their research organization using the vault selector. This feature only applies to SiteVaults using Extensible Permissions.
Scheduled Study Access for External Users
This feature enables Admins to schedule study access for external users by specifying start and end dates. External users automatically receive and lose access to the study on the scheduled start and end dates, respectively.
Share Non-eConsent Documents with Participants
This feature enables SiteVault users to designate IRB-approved, study-related documents as shareable with study participants or their signatories through MyVeeva for Patients.
SiteVault Setup Assistant
This feature introduces the SiteVault Setup Assistant. Users can use a new Setup tab to quickly enter data and documents to make the most use of SiteVault’s key features such as eRegulatory, Connected Studies, and Veeva eConsent. This first release enables users to create SiteVault users, upload user Profile documents, and add users to Studies in a single workflow.
Sync Study PI with Study Assignments
With this feature, when a user is added to a Study Assignment with the Principal Investigator (PI) role and is activated, the Principal Investigator field on the study is automatically updated to that PI.
SiteVault Data Model Changes
With every release, we update the SiteVault data model to better support evolving needs and new functionality. With this release, we’ve added the following components to the data model:
QualityOne
Control Charts for Inspection Management
This feature allows users to view inspection data of a Product in a Control Chart for assessment. This assessment helps to determine whether additional action is required to improve any manufacturing process, such as reducing sources of variation during production. Learn more about Control Charts.
Audit Program Planning
This feature allows the customer to initiate, plan, and approve Audit Programs to be executed for a given time period. Once the Audit Program is in execution, Vault automatically creates Audits from Proposed Audits. Learn more about QualityOne Audit Program Planning.
Create Related Record Entry Action Enhancement
This feature enhances the Create Related Record entry action by allowing Admins to automate the creation of related-child object records. Admins can configure the components between the Source-Child Inbound Relationship and the Related-Child Inbound Relationship and their field mappings. The Create Related Record object action can also be configured as a user action. Learn more about related-child object records.
Enhanced Configurability for Risk Management
In this release, we have added the ability for Admins to configure the attribute Allow hierarchical copy for the Risk Register (risk_register__v) field on the Risk Event (risk_event__v) object.
COA Analysis Multilingual Support
This feature allows users to ingest and process Certificates of Analysis (COAs) in multiple languages as part of the incoming inspection process. COA details are displayed with pre-loaded localizations for Characteristic, Test Result (Attribute Data), and Test Result Unit fields based on the user’s Vault locale. The languages currently supported are English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Learn more about COA Multilingual Support.
Note: This feature is currently available only to early adopters. Contact your Customer Success Manager for more information.
OSHA Reporting for Incident Management
This feature adds the ability to generate OSHA 301, OSHA 300, and OSHA 300A logs of HSE Events for OSHA reporting purposes. Learn more about OSHA Reports.
Note: This feature is currently available only to early adopters. Contact your Customer Success Manager for more information.
RegulatoryOne
RegulatoryOne features are targeted for tentative availability on October 5th.
Object Field Mapping for Relational Tokens
Admins can define field mappings between a source and target object and then link those field mappings to specific relational tokens. When Vault generates new records based on how those relational tokens resolve, those fields are automatically populated in the generated records based on values in the source record. Learn more about configuring object field mapping for relational tokens.
Recursive Relational Tokens
This feature allows Admins to create recursive relational tokens. When users trigger record generation based on those relational tokens, Vault recursively checks related records of the same object to include in record creation. Admins can also specify if any VQL Criteria on relational tokens is applied after the relational tokens resolve on all recursive records in the hierarchy. Learn more about configuring recursive relational tokens.
Formulation Composition Viewer
This feature allows Regulatory users to view the composition of a formula to determine whether constituent chemicals meet market requirements, allowing users to quickly approve the composition for use by their organization. Learn more about the Formulation Composition Viewer.
Enhanced Configurability for the Organization Object
In this release, we have added the ability for Admins to enable system-managed naming using the attribute System manages field value for the Name (name__v) field on the Organization (organization__v) object.
Veeva Claims
Veeva Claims features are targeted for tentative availability on October 5th.
Searching Statement Text in Local Adaptations
This feature allows users to search and filter by statement text in the Local Adaptation library. Users can also change the default statement text on a local adaptation by changing the reference to the statement from the global statement to one of its related statements. Learn more about searching statement text in local adaptations.
Selective Creation of Claims from Project
The feature allows users to create multiple Claims for the Statements and Products of their choice by enabling them to selectively control which Statements can be applied to one or all Products through a new user action. This feature reduces extra clicks caused by unwanted Claims generated when users can’t specify which Statement and Product combinations to create Claims for. When configured, users can now view the new action on the Project record(s) if there is at least one Statement and one Product in the project. After clicking the action, users can select the Statements under the Project in a new dialog for All or specific products. After users complete their selection, clicking Continue creates new Claim records and links them to the existing Project. If a Claim already exists for any of the Statement-Product combinations, the system will not generate duplicate records but will link the existing Claim record to the Project. Learn more about configuring the selective creation of claims from a project.
Enablement Details
| Feature | Enablement | Application |
| Working with Documents | ||
| Rich Text for Merge Fields | Configuration | Platform |
| Merge Fields Multi Column Table Sort | Configuration | Platform |
| Annotate Usability Refresh, Continued | Auto-on | Platform |
| EDLs: Create Document from Template | Auto-on | Platform |
| Delete Document Relationships On Older Versions | Auto-on | Platform |
| Google Drive Integration | Admin Checkbox | Platform |
| Vault Objects | ||
| Asynchronous High Volume Object Modification | Auto-on | Platform |
| HVO Search Results Capped at 1000 Records | Auto-on | Platform |
| Lifecycle & Workflow | ||
| Workflow Cancellation Actions | Configuration | Platform |
| Workflow Cancellation Comment | Configuration | Platform |
| View Workflow Start States | Auto-on | Platform |
| Update Task Due Date on Object Date Field Update | Configuration | Platform |
| Set Tokens in Instructions | Configuration | Platform |
| Envelope Objects to High Volume Object | Auto-on | Platform |
| Start Step Rule: Required Controls | Configuration | Platform |
| Ignore Non Applicable Field in Content Action or Event Action | Auto-on | Platform |
| Fix Actions with Missing References | Auto-on | Platform |
| Reporting & Dashboards | ||
| Formula Fields in Multi-Pass Reports | Auto-on | Platform |
| Rendition Reporting | Auto-on | Platform |
| Enable Filter and Column Aliases Flag Moved to Report Builder Page | Auto-on | Platform |
| UI & Usability Updates | ||
| Email to Vault | Configuration | Platform |
| Search | ||
| Search Modifiers on Object Tabs | Auto-on | Platform |
| Add Language Options to Language Field | Auto-on | Platform |
| Substring Matching for Contains Operator | Auto-on | Platform |
| Checklists | ||
| Checklists: Automation for Aggregate Checklist Updates | Configuration | Platform |
| Access Control | ||
| Allowed Users When Assigning New Document Owner | Auto-on | Platform |
| Details Page for Vault Users: Show in Tab Action on Related Object Sections | Auto-on | Platform |
| Administration | ||
| Admin Configuration Tab Updates | Auto-on | Platform |
| Standardize Escape Sequence for Special Characters | Auto-on | Platform |
| Saved View Admin | Auto-on | Platform |
| Prevent Merge in Steady State Rendition Setting | Admin Checkbox | Platform |
| Re-Render Previous Rendition Versions | Auto-on | Platform |
| Scheduled Data Exports: Reset Custom Amazon S3 Settings | Configuration | Platform |
| Vault Loader | ||
| Vault Loader Extract: Include All Rendition Types in CSV Export | Auto-on | Platform |
| Platform Data Model Changes | ||
| Platform Data Model Changes | Auto-on | Platform |
| Vault Connections | ||
| CTMS/CDMS: Study Related Data Deletion Support | Admin Checkbox | CTMS<>CDMS |
| CTMS/CDMS: Support Query Object Rules | Auto-on | CTMS<>CDMS |
| Clinical Operations | ||
| Site Connect: Allow Resending of Same Document Version | Auto-on | SiteConnect |
| Automate Milestone State Changes | Admin Checkbox | CTMS, SiteConnect, Study Startup, Vault Payments, eTMF |
| Clinical Feature Flag Cleanup | Auto-on | CTMS, SiteConnect, Study Startup, Vault Payments, eTMF |
| Site Connect: Manual Study Invitation Creation & Send | Configuration | SiteConnect |
| Site Connect: Prevent Document Upversion on Study Field Updates | Auto-on | SiteConnect |
| Site Connect: Reason for Rejection on Study Invitation | Auto-on | SiteConnect, eTMF |
| Site Connect: Request Document from Expected Document with Matched Document | Auto-on | SiteConnect |
| Safety Distribution: Email Notify SiteVault Sites | Configuration | SiteConnect |
| Site Connect: Send Site Packages from Study Site | Configuration | SiteConnect |
| Vault Payments: Site Advance Payments | Configuration | Vault Payments |
| Site Connect: Additional Vault Clinical Docs Support | Configuration | CTMS, SiteConnect, Study Startup, eTMF |
| Site Connect: Connection Automation | Configuration | CTMS, SiteConnect, Study Startup, eTMF |
| Site Connect: Site Packages Improvements | Auto-on | SiteConnect |
| Site Connect: Study Invitation Welcome Text | Configuration | SiteConnect, eTMF |
| TMF Bot: Train Models from Production Data | Auto-on | CTMS, SiteConnect, Study Startup, Vault Payments, eTMF |
| Clinical Operations Data Model Changes | Auto-on | CTMS, SiteConnect, Study Startup, Vault Payments, eTMF |
| Commercial | ||
| Dedicated Medical Inquiry User Interface | Support | MedComms |
| CLM Metadata Enhancements for Medical Affairs | Configuration | MedComms, PromoMats |
| Document Level Rendition Type Selector for Single Doc Publishing for CLM Content | Configuration | MedComms, PromoMats |
| Content Modules: Hierarchical Copy | Configuration | PromoMats |
| Commercial Data Model Changes | Auto-on | MedComms, PromoMats |
| Quality | ||
| Recurrence Check: Complaints | Configuration | QMS |
| Standard Cycle Time Metrics for Quality Events | Configuration | QMS |
| Display Key Quality Team Roles for Filtering, Reporting | Configuration | QMS |
| Generate Quality Document from Record: Batch Release Process Support | Configuration | QMS |
| Enable Reference Objects for Quality Suite Vaults | N/A | QMS, Quality, QualityDocs, Training |
| MDCC: Change Authorization Section | Configuration | QualityDocs |
| DCC Banner Utilizes Label of Document Change Control Object | Auto-on | QualityDocs, QualityOne |
| Training Self-Enrollment | Configuration | Training |
| Training Job Performance Improvements | Auto-on | Training |
| Increased Limit for Training Join Relationships | Auto-on | Training |
| Training Content Set Object is Not Cloned | Auto-on | Training |
| Training Document Entry Actions Captured in Audit Trail | Auto-on | Training |
| Validate Object Type for Imported Training Assignments | Auto-on | Training |
| Direct Assignment Action: Document Trainability Validation | Auto-on | Training |
| AICC E-Learning Courses: URL Validation Refinement | Auto-on | Training |
| Issue Training Assignment Entry Action Update | Auto-on | Training |
| Allow Description Field Requiredness on Curriculum & Learner Role Objects | Auto-on | Training |
| Rule References Upon Retiring Training Objects | Auto-on | Training |
| Direct Assignment Cancellation: Cancel Open Training Assignment Action & Curriculum Retirement | Auto-on | Training |
| Multi-Country Adverse Events Reporting | Auto-on | Surveillance |
| VPS: Validation Results Storage | Auto-on | Surveillance |
| VPS Data Model Changes | Auto-on | Quality, Surveillance |
| Quality Data Model Changes | Auto-on | QMS, QualityDocs, Station Manager, Surveillance, Training |
| Regulatory | ||
| Brexit: Add UK(NI) to Centralised Countries for Create Registrations | Auto-on | RIM Registrations |
| Clinical/Nonclinical Study Content Plan Section Creation Update | Auto-on | RIM Submissions |
| Dynamic Ordering for Correspondences | Auto-on | RIM Submissions Archive |
| EAEU Import & Viewing R.022 XML | Auto-on | RIM Submissions Archive |
| Empty Section Indicator | Admin Checkbox | RIM Submissions Archive |
| Extend Content Plan Tokens | Auto-on | RIM Submissions |
| IDMP Data Model and Algorithm Updates (Per IG v2) | Auto-on | RIM Registrations |
| Manage Registered Details Enhancements | Auto-on | RIM Registrations |
| Publish with Overlays | Configuration | RIM Publishing |
| Update Copy into Content Plan Error Validation | Auto-on | RIM Submissions |
| Support for Keyword Linking and additional Link Types | Configuration | RIM Publishing |
| Process ZIP Import at the Submission Level | Admin Checkbox | RIM Submissions Archive |
| Informational Warnings in Email Notifications for All Import Methods | Auto-on | RIM Submissions Archive |
| File Format Icons Display in Active Dossier | Auto-on | RIM |
| 21R3 RIM Data Model Changes | Configuration | RIM |
| SiteVault | ||
| Create Draft from Original | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| Support for Deleting Connected Study Documents | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| New Exchangeable Document Types on Connected Studies | Auto-on | SiteConnect, SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| Regulatory Document Request Improvements | Auto-on | SiteConnect, SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| Veeva eConsent Additional Signatories | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| Research Organizations Selectable in the Vault Selector | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| Scheduled Study Access for External Users | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| Share Non-eConsent Documents with Participants | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| SiteVault Setup Assistant | Configuration | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| Sync Study PI with Study Assignments | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| SiteVault Data Model Changes | Auto-on | SiteVault Enterprise, SiteVault Free |
| QualityOne | ||
| Control Charts for Inspection Management | Configuration | QualityOne |
| Audit Program Planning | Configuration | QualityOne |
| Create Related Record Entry Action Enhancement | Configuration | QualityOne |
| Enhanced Configurability for Risk Management | Auto-on | QualityOne |
| COA Analysis Multilingual Support | Auto-on | QualityOne |
| OSHA Reporting for Incident Management | Configuration | QualityOne |
| RegulatoryOne | ||
| Object Field Mapping for Relational Tokens | Configuration | RegulatoryOne Registration & Dossier Management |
| Recursive Relational Tokens | Configuration | RegulatoryOne Registration & Dossier Management |
| Formulation Composition Viewer | Configuration | RegulatoryOne Compliance Management |
| Enhanced Configurability for the Organization Object | Auto-on | RegulatoryOne Registration & Dossier Management, RegulatoryOne Compliance Management, RegulatoryOne Regulatory Documents |
| Veeva Claims | ||
| Searching Statement Text in Local Adaptations | Auto-on | Veeva Claims |
| Selective Creation of Claims from Project | Configuration | Veeva Claims |
| Enhanced Configurability for the Organization Object | Auto-on | Veeva Claims |
See the following explanations for enablement options:
| Enablement | Description | Auto-On | Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; note that in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured. | Admin Checkbox | Admins must turn on the feature with an Admin checkbox. Note that some "Auto-On" features have a checkbox setting that hides the feature; these will show "Auto-On." | Configuration | Admins must configure the feature (separately from an Admin checkbox) before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates. | Support | On/off option controlled by Support. |
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