2 Impact analysis

A quick summary of the business and functional impact of enhancements included in the 25.1 release.

Enhancement Enablement setting Impact
Global improvements - Global and user badge navigation menus
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 With release 25.1, vertical global navigation replaces the previous top header navigation.
Global improvements - Page titles and browser tabs
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 We improved navigation in this release with updated page titles and matching browser tab titles.
Global improvements - Global search
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 For Global search, instead of the search field displaying by default, you'll click global search next to the page title to expand the search field.
Global improvements - Study Country Site navigation and controls
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 We made a minor styling update to Study, country, and site text so that it is now more prominent. You'll also see new status badges in the country and site drop-downs.
Global improvements - Tables and item selection
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 With the design updates introduced in this release, tables now use progressive loading to fill the available space on initial display and then load additional rows as you scroll down.
API integration - Artifacts Attachment API
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 N/A
API integration - Event messages
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 N/A
API integration - Manage publish endpoints
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 N/A
API integration - eTMF Publish messages
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 N/A
API integration - Phlex eTMF integration: Configuration
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: Y
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 We made updates in Oracle Site Activate to support our Oracle Site Activate-Phlex eTMF integration.
API integration - Phlex eTMF integration: Supported file types and languages
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 N/A
API integration - Phlex eTMF integration: API enhancements
  • Feature flip: Y
  • Config related: Y
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: Y "Enable IP Release attribute for Phlex eTMF integration messages" (specific feature flip for eTMF message including the phlex_requires_iprelease)
 We made the updates to eTMF messages to support our Activate-Phlex eTMF integration. They are visible when an endpoint has vendor = Phlex.
Artifact drawers - Artifact drawer
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 The new artifact drawers introduced in this 25.1 release replace legacy modals for Documents, Contracts, Submissions, and IP Release Packages, to provide a more streamlined user experience.
Bulk work - Batch amendment processing
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: Y
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Batch amendment processing now uses progressive loading for the item list.
Contract management - Contract artifact drawers
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: Y
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 New drawer layout for contract artifacts.
Infrastructure - Export data
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 A new internal table captures user and activity data for downloads and exports.
IP release package - IP release package drawers
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 This release introduces a new drawer layout for IP release packages.
Milestones - Milestone timeline
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 You can now easily adjust your view of the Milestones Timeline chart for better visibility and navigation using new zoom and scroll controls.
Notes - Note for Study, Country, Site
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Notes now indicate the study, country, and site as applicable.
Notes - Note subtype
  • Feature flip: Y (Select note subtype when creating a note)
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: Y (Select note type when creating a note)
 You can now select a note subtype if enabled.
Notes - Resolved at
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Oracle Site Activate now records the time in a new "resolved_at" field, which also appears in the Data Export Utility Study Level Notes cube.
Package planning - EU submission package and IP package planning
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Planning wizard allows you to use left navigation on the confirm step of EU Submission and IP package.
Site experience - Site experience
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Legacy pie chart is replaced with horizontal percentage completion bar.
Study management - Study home page
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 We removed the Your tasks | Planning | Corrections tabs from Study Work and Notes pages and they display only on the Dashboard and Country Progress pages.
Study management - Artifact ID search in Corrections
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Now you can search by Artifact ID on the study home page Corrections > Activities and Items subtabs.
Study country management - Study countries
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Updated tab and button alignment.
Study library - Required Version ID
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: Y
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 The document edit modal in the Study library will now require you to populate the Version ID field when "Require version ID for item completion" is configured.
Study library - Add/Edit Protocol version
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 A new character counter below the Protocol version field has been added.
Study site management - Study site home
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 Updated tab and button alignment
Submissions - Submission artifact drawer
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 A new drawer layout for submissions activities replaces the previous modal design.
Submissions - Submission Agency ID
  • Feature flip: Y (Enable Agency ID in IRB/EC/RA name drop-down on submissions)
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: Import Submission Agencies
We enhanced the IRB/EC/RA Name drop-down list to support display of both the Agency name and ID.
User interface - Displayed languages
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 The list of languages displayed in Oracle Site Activate can be tailored to your organization's requirements.
User interface - Version ID field character count
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 For artifacts at the country and site levels, we added character counters to Version ID fields.
User profile - My time zone
  • Feature flip: N
  • Config related: N
  • All studies: Y
  • New role permission required: N
  • Dependent feature: N
 A new tool tip clarifies time zone usage for email alerts.