About the 18R3 Release

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

  • October 24: Vault 18R3 Commercial Release Kit available (through Veeva Support Portal)
  • October 24-31: Preview webinars for R&D
  • October 29: Pre-release vaults available
  • October 30: Validation package available on VeevaDocs
  • November 5-8: Preview webinars for Commercial
  • November 16: Release to all limited release PODs and to POD VV1-12, VV1-13. See Veeva Trust for the latest updates.
  • November 30: Release to all general release PODs

Preview Webinars

R&D Webinars (Recordings)

Visit the pages linked below to watch recordings of R&D preview webinars:

Commercial Webinars (Recordings)

Visit the page linked below to watch recordings of Commercial preview webinars:

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 18R3 (Last Updated: November 6, 2018) provides detailed explanations of each feature. 

Pre-Release Information

  • Pre-Release FAQ (Last Updated: August 15, 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 18R3 Pre-Release (Last Updated: November 6, 2018) lists known issues in the 18R3 pre-release.

Release Information

  • Release Impact Assessment (Last Updated: November 27, 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.
  • 18R3 Fixed Issues (Last Updated: November 30, 2018) documents issues that affected previous versions or pre-release and are fixed in 18R3.
  • 18R3 Known Issues (Last Updated: December 10, 2018) documents issues introduced in 18R3 which are not yet fixed.
  • 18R3 Maintenance Releases document fixes for issues that are affecting customers in production environments.

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 became 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.