What's new

Key dates for 26R3.0

  • Early Release Notes available - Friday, November 13

  • Sandbox release - Friday, November 27

  • Production release - Friday, December 11

Release deployments begin at 6pm PST for 3 hours. For more information, see About Network Releases.

Features

The following key enhancements comprise the Veeva Network MDM 26R3.0 major release.

    Enabled by Default? ST DS DM AD
Network AI
Data Exploration agent Users can now use a text-to-SQL agent to explore data in their Network MDM instance. 26R3.0 No
AI Agent configurations Add AI agents to define the fields specific users can access in the Data Exploration agent. 26R3.0 No      
AI Usage Log Administrators can view all interactions with the Data Exploration agent, including inputs and outputs from the AI. 26R3.0 No      
AI Usage Tokens Administrators can break down token usage by agent or user. 26R3.0 No      
Semantic Data Model The new data model helps the Data Exploration agent understand Network concepts and map your question to the correct objects, fields, and reference values. 26R3.0 No      
Network Widgets - General
Hide addresses on account profiles Administrators can now hide addresses on profiles by clearing the Always Display field setting in profile layouts. 26R2.1 Config Req'd
Profiles
Revision History Empty revisions are now identified as hidden relationships and display details. 26R2.1 Yes
Search
Search results Administrators can customize the fields that display in search results for different objects and countries. 26R2.1 Config Req'd
Inbox
Suspect match tasks Match highlighting for field values is now case-insensitive. 26R2.1 Yes  
CDA data model
Supported countries Hong Kong and Macao now support the CDA data model. 26R3.0 Yes
OpenData 2.0 data model
Supported countries Hong Kong and Macao now support the OpenData 2.0 data model. 26R3.0 Yes
Top and Main Org Use new custom fields to send Main Org and Top Org data to Vault CRM as Network IDs. 26R3.0 Yes
DCRs for calculated multivalued fields Changes can be submitted for multivalued fields that are calculated from individual fields. 26R3.0 Yes
IQVIA® OneKey data
Multi-country system configuration Use country groups to define record management and field ownership rules for different countries within a single IQVIA OneKey system. 26R2.1 Config Req'd    
Validate country during data load Records that are loaded for the IQVIA OneKey system are now validated to ensure the country is managed by IQVIA. 26R2.1 Config Req'd    
API access to OneKey records OneKey records are returned in the Search and Retrieve API only if the country is included in the IQVIA OneKey system configuration 26R2.1 Config Req'd Developers
Data Model
Custom cluster versions Create custom cluster versions by uploading mapping files from your data provider. 26R3.0 Config Req'd    
Cluster codes on inherited addresses Include cluster code fields in your Network Address Inheritance configuration. 26R3.0 Config Req'd    
OpenData Subscriptions
Add request routing Route Add Requests submitted from specific systems or users to local data stewards. 26R3.0 Config Req'd    
Download unmerged records Newly created records from unmerges can be automatically downloaded during your OpenData subscription job. 26R2.1 Config Req'd    
User management
Restrict access to admin functions Use permission sets to remove access for adding and editing configurations in the Admin console. 26R2.1 Config Req'd      
Admin Settings
Workflow settings Create flexible conditions for auto-approving DCRs and reviewing master rejections using Network expressions. 26R2.1 Config Req'd      
Exporting configurations SSO settings are no longer supported in configuration packages. They must be configured on each Network MDM instance. 26R2.1 Yes      
Network integrations
Salesforce credentials Create a Salesforce External Client App credential to connect to Salesforce using OAuth 2.0 instead of a username and password. 26R3.0 Config Req'd      
Security
Single sign-on (SSO) SSO dynamic provisioning can now assign Inbox Task Groups to Data Stewards, giving them immediate access to their tasks. 26R2.1 Yes      
TLS ciphers To protect your data, legacy ciphers are removed from publicly accessible Network FTP servers. 26R2.1 Yes      
API
Version update The Network MDM API is updated to v41.0. 26R3.0 Yes 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 MDM Data Governance release notes for every minor and major Network release.

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