New Features: Study Versioning and more...

Release Date: September 29, 2017

We are pleased to bring you the following new features in this week’s release. See details about each feature’s enablement below.

AWS Migration

As part of our commitment to ongoing innovation and customer success, Veeva is moving its worldwide computing infrastructure from managed data centers to the Veeva virtual private cloud (VPC) running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This began in the second half of 2017 across all Veeva product lines. See AWS Migration FAQ.

EDC

Prevent Auto-Creation of Initial Repeating Form Record

When a repeating Form is first added to a Casebook, Vault will no longer automatically create an initial repeating Form record. Repeating Forms may not be required or used during a study. This feature eliminates the work of removing unused repeating Form records. A data entry user can click + New to create the first repeating Form.

Changing an Event Date Prompts Reason for Change

When users change Event’s dates, Vault prompts them to select a reason for change in the same way as when they change Item values. Organizations can work with Veeva Support to configure the list of reasons for change to have different change reason options than Item-level change reasons.

Freeze & Lock all Forms in an Event

This feature allows EDC users with freeze or lock permissions to be able to apply or undo these actions to all forms in an event. Users can apply these actions by selecting Freeze All Forms or Lock All Forms from the Event’s More Actions menu.

Study Versioning

Study administrators can control and build new Casebook Definition versions for a Study. This feature includes the ability to lock casebook versions to prevent changes and create new versions for editing. With versioning, study administrators and clinical programmers can export and import versioned Casebook Definitions. This feature supports study design changes without impacting existing Casebooks.

Vault Objects

Object Field Defaults

With the Object Field Defaults feature, Admins can set default values for object fields to populate upon object record creation or save. These defaults can use a literal value, such as a specific number, or a formula. Formulas for field defaults use functions and operators to combine literal values and tokens. Users can override default values if they have permission to edit the field. By using object field defaults, organizations can ensure consistency across fields such as Serial Number or that a field, like Legal Question, is always set to Yes on certain records.

Reporting

Flash Report Preview

This feature allows the option to include reports in Flash Report emails. With this option, customers can easily access and preview reports from the Flash Report email. When scheduling a Flash Report, users now have the option to select the Include report in email checkbox. This option includes a copy of the report in HTML format in the Flash Report’s email and contains a link to the report in Vault.

Vault Loader & Configuration Migration

New Supported Component Types for Configuration Migration

The following component types are now supported for Configuration Migration and Vault to Vault comparison.

• Report & Dashboard
• Rendition Type
• Workflow Participant Rule
• Document Relationship Type
• Field Layout

Vault Configuration Report

Vault Configuration Report allows a user to extract the configuration of a vault into an Excel report. This report includes configuration of components as well as reference data used by the components. The Vault Configuration Report is particularly useful for tracking a vault’s configuration during migrations and implementations.

Vault Java SDK

Debug Log for Vault Java SDK

Vault Java SDK allows Veeva Services to program custom business logic which executes whenever users perform an operation on records. With the addition of the Debug Log, programmers can easily troubleshoot issues in their code. The Debug Log captures details about programming errors and errors which result from exceeding governance limits (Vault Java SDK errors). To inquire about Vault Java SDK solutions, contact Veeva Services.

Authentication

Register OAuth2/OIDC as Metadata in SSO Profile

To enable external applications to discover and configure the login requirements and authentication flows for Vault OAuth2.0 / OpenID Connect users, those applications need to obtain the remote authorization server metadata. This feature allows configuration of remote authorization server metadata so it can be discovered and downloaded by external applications.

Google Chrome Blocks Saved Passwords in eSignature

To provide better security, Veeva blocks most browsers from remembering passwords. A recent update to the Google Chrome browser allowed it to remember Vault passwords in some circumstances. With this release, Vault has modified the eSignature password field to prevent Chrome from remembering passwords.

Feature Enablement Details

Enablement Legend

See the following explanations for feature enablement options: