What's new

The following key enhancements comprise the Veeva Network 20R3.0 major release.

    ST DS DM AD
General updates
SSL certificate update Customers who explicitly download and install certificates must update the certificate for veevanetwork.com. 20R3.0      
Browser support Internet Explorerâ„¢ 11 is no longer supported for Veeva Network. 20R3.0
Environment tag Tags have been added to Production instances to help you quickly identify the environment you are using. 20R3.0    
Home dashboard widget A new widget provides an overview of the data domains and records that are loaded in your Network instance. 20R3.0    
Sandbox URL Sandbox instances now have unique URLs. 20R3.0      
Profiles
Task visibility Standard users can be given access to view tasks submitted by all users, not just their own tasks. 20R3.0      
Candidate records Sub-objects are now deleted when candidate records are deleted. 20R3.0  
Reports
Tree view The SQL Query Editor displays a tree view of the data domains, tables, and fields in your Network instance to help you create queries. 20R3.0
Inbox
Assigning tasks Improvements have been made to help data stewards quickly reassign tasks. 20R3.0    
Suspect match Usability improvements help data stewards process these tasks. 20R3.0    
Data validation rules
Custom keys Data validation rules can be created for custom keys on HCO and HCP objects. 20R3.0  
Data updater
Address cleansing Data updater jobs for address objects now contain an option to enable address cleansing. 20R2.1    
Data model
Network Expression (NEX) rules The LOOKUPN(), JOIN(), GETTARGETTYPE(), and DELETE() functions are supported for NEX rules. 20R3.0    
Data domains
ERD view Network now provides an entity relationship diagram (ERD) view for each data domain in your Network instance. 20R2.1    
Lookup tables
Reporting on lookup tables Advanced reporting users can report on and query against lookup tables using SQL queries. 20R3.0    
Veeva OpenData subscriptions
NCPDP IDs National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) data is now available only to customers with NCPDP licenses. 20R3.0    
Additional OpenData Parent HCO records The tooltips that displayed beside the options for this setting have been removed. 20R3.0    
Convert opted-out records When HCPs opt-out of OpenData, the records can now be automatically converted to customer-managed records. 20R2.1    
Filter labels Some field labels for filters are updated to more accurately reflect how the filters work. 20R2.1    
Source systems
System types Source systems include a type and icon so it can be immediately identified as a Veeva system, SAP Concur system, or custom system. 20R3.0    
Source subscriptions
Job error log The job error log now contains a Native Key column. 20R3.0        
Record state management A new advanced property can be used to determine which records should be updated during a job. 20R2.1    
Target subscriptions
Exported files Target subscriptions contain options to define fixed FTP folder names and exported file formats. 20R2.1    
Network integrations
Integration Dashboard A new dashboard tracks all integration activities from a single location. 20R3.0    
Network Bridge - Migration Network instances that use the CRM Data Subscription will be migrated to the Network Bridge by spring 2021. 20R3.0    
Network Bridge - Error log Error report logs can now be downloaded in Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) format. 20R3.0    
Veeva Connector support for reports Upsert jobs can now export data to CRM or Vault directly from Network reporting results. 20R3.0    
Veeva CRM - Delta IDs Delta IDs for rejected DCRs are incremented to ensure data is synced between Network and CRM 20R2.1    
Veeva Connector - Nitro The target subscription for the Nitro Connector now exports individual .gz files to your FTP server. 20R2.1    
Admin settings
Workflow settings for sub-objects Administrators can define rules to route custom sub-object types to local data stewards. 20R2.1      
Users
Data visibility profiles The Read-only access permission is renamed to Data Read-only access. The permission applies only to data. 20R3.0      
New user type A new user type called System and Data Admin combines the capabilities of system administrators and data stewards. 20R2.1      
Welcome email The new user welcome email is updated to include the user type and Network instance URL details. 20R2.1      
API
Version update The Network API is updated to v22.0. 20R3.0 Developers
Search exclusion filters Integration users can now exclude records from search results using custom fields without excluding Veeva OpenData results. 20R2.1 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.

Subscribe to release notifications

You can receive email notifications about upcoming software releases and the supporting documentation:

  • Software releases and maintenance - Go to trust.veeva.com and subscribe to the Network product. At the top of the page, click Subscribe to Veeva Trust Site.
  • Release Notes and Data Governance documents - PDF files are posted on the Veeva Support website. To be notified when new documents are published to this page, click the Follow button.

For more information, see About Network Releases.