What's new

The following key enhancements comprise the Veeva Network 21R1.0 major release.

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General updates
Performance improvements The page loading times have been improved in several areas of the Admin console. 21R1.0    
HCO icons New icons have been added for HCOs to help you easily differentiate the HCO types. 20R3.1
Network Portal and widgets
My Request widget Business users can use the My Request widget in the Network Portal to track the status of requests that they've submitted. 21R1.0
Affiliation widget - branding The Affiliation widget now provides the ability to customize the Influence Map branding so you can distinguish object types and highlight relationship details. 21R1.0
Search widget Record profile sections that contain no field values are automatically collapsed. 21R1.0
Network Portal The Network Portal provides a way for business users to access Network data through an easy and intuitive user experience. 20R3.1
Affiliation widget availability The Affiliation widget is now generally available. 20R3.1
Affiliation widget views The Affiliation widget now supports creating multiple views to provide more control and flexibility for your Influence Maps. 20R3.1
Affiliation widget relationship details You can provide additional details about HCP-HCO and HCO-HCO relationships. 20R3.1
Affiliation widget HCO metrics You can now see metrics displayed for HCO objects. 20R3.1
Search widget Administrators can define specific layouts for add requests. 20R3.1
Profiles
View additional affiliations The profile page now displays affiliations that haven't been downloaded from OpenData. 21R1.0
Data privacy opt out date A field has been added to capture the date that the HCP record was opted-out. 20R3.1
Inbox
Add requests Add requests now contain a link to a related suspect match task. 21R1.0    
Suspect match Field value buttons will be hidden or dimmed on tasks that do not need to be processed for specific scenarios. 21R1.0    
Data model
Geocodes Geocodes are now available for addresses in Spain. 21R1.0    
Cluster management This feature now supports IQVIA cluster data for Spain. 21R1.0    
New country A data model has been added for Singapore (SG). 20R3.1    
Formatted name The formatted name formula is updated for several European countries. 20R3.1    
Data maintenance
Delete custom object records Custom object records can be deleted from your Network instance. 21R1.0    
Restrict access to unsubscribed HCPs from Search against OpenData Administrators can now prevent users from searching and downloading HCPs that have been unsubscribed from OpenData. 20R3.1    
Source rankings
Network Portal The Network Portal system cannot be included in the source rankings. 21R1.0    
Veeva OpenData subscriptions
Update all existing records A new option enables you to reset your subscription by downloading all records that you have subscribed to. 21R1.0    
Request targeted record updates Veeva OpenData can now export updates for specific HCPs or HCOs to your Network instance 21R1.0    
Geo Subdivision subscriptions The Geo Subdivision 2 subscription is available for France and Monaco. 21R1.0    
Match
Match to opted-out records Administrators can now choose to include opted-out HCP records in matching for incoming records from add requests and source subscriptions. 21R1.0    
Target subscriptions
Export all objects Administrators can choose a new setting that automatically exports all objects. 21R1.0    
DCR exports DCR exports can now include the master key of the parent HCO. 21R1.0    
Users
Integration User Administrators can now provide Integration Users with additional permissions for the metadata API. 21R1.0    
Users page Administrators can now quickly find user profiles by filtering the Users page by status or user type. 20R3.1    
New user type A new user type, Portal User, enables administrators to provide access to the Network Portal only. 20R3.1    
System managed groups Network now provides a number of system managed groups based on user type, status, and security policy. 20R3.1    
User group improvements Enhancements have been made to user groups to help you find and select groups. 20R3.1    
Admin settings
External Credentials The Test Connection button provides more information about the credential environments. 20R3.1      
Network integrations
Veeva Connector - CRM Upsert Custom keys can now be generated when new records are created in Salesforceâ„¢ using the CRM Upsert Connector. 21R1.0      
Network Bridge Merged_Into addresses that were associated to DEA licenses are now deleted in Veeva CRM. 20R3.1      
API
Version update The Network API is updated to v23.0. 21R1.0 Developers
Metadata API A new value for the countries parameter enables Integration users to retrieve metadata access to all enabled fields for all countries. 21R1.0 Developers

Note: The System and Data Admin user has all of the capabilities of the System Administrator and Data Steward users. Features and enhancements that apply to those users also apply to the System and Data Admin user.

Data Governance - Specific updates for fields and reference data are provided in the Veeva Network Data Governance release notes for every minor and major Network release.

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