Configuring Publications

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 and General Template action layouts for the Project object
  • The Journal Submission and Journal Submission Template action layouts for the Project object
  • The Congress Submission and Congress Submission Template action layouts 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
  • The Plan Template action layout for the Template object
  • The Milestone Template and Work Item Template action layouts for the Work Item 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.

Configuring Project Templates

Configure Project templates for Publication Plans by navigating to Publications > Publications Admin > Templates and selecting a project template, such as a Journal Submission, Congress Submission, General Submission, Manuscript, Abstract, Presentation, Poster, or Milestone. You can tag each template with a combination of standard and custom metadata, such as Project Type or Document Type, to specify when it is used. You can also include one or more Work Items on the template, but you must indicate which Work Item acts as the validation trigger to calculate the Baseline Start Date, Baseline End Date, Baseline Submission Date, and Baseline Publication Date.