Veeva Publications is an application within the Veeva Medical suite designed to streamline the planning, authoring, review, approval, and submission of scientific literature to medical journals and congresses.

Configuration Overview

Admins need to complete the following configuration steps to enable this application.

Configuring the Publications Object Layouts

Navigate to Admin > Configuration > Objects > [Object] > Layouts and ensure that the following standard layouts are active:

  • The Publication Plan action layout for the Plan object
  • The General Publication action layout for the Project object
  • The Journal Submission action layout for the Project object
  • The Congress Submission action layout for the Project object
  • The Journal action layout for the Target object
  • The Congress action layout for the Target object
  • The Internal Target action layout for the Target object
  • The Congress Event action layout for the Target Event object

Configuring the Application Sections

Add the Work Items and Summary application sections to the Journal Submission, Congress Submission, and General Publication action layouts under Admin > Configuration > Objects > Project > Layouts. Once enabled, the Summary application section is viewable when at least one Work Item is associated with a Project.