Impact analysis

See high-level business and functional impact of the 26.1 release.

Enhancement	Enablement setting	Impact
API integration - Manual sent to eTMF messages	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (Enable manual ‘Send to eTMF’ button on Submission packages)	N/A
API integration - Artifact GET API	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	N/A
API integration - Event Messages Retry API	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	N/A
API integration - Event messages bulk retry	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (Enable user to view event messages)	N/A
Document management - Artifact drawer split view	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	A split view in the document artifact drawer so you can preview an attached file alongside its details and activity, with controls for file actions, navigation, and full preview.
Document management - Full window width file preview	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	26.1 introduces a full file view for artifact previews from Study, Country, and Site lists and the eTMF Viewer, while Corrections and package workflows open previews in a new window or tab and Study Library and note attachments retain the legacy preview.
Document management - File renaming from naming convention template	Feature flip: Y (Enable automatic file rename) Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (create file name in File Name Configuration)	Lets studies use an account-configured file naming convention to automatically name files from selected metadata, reducing manual renaming.
Document management - File upload details	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	The artifact drawer’s File panel shows who uploaded a file and when, in both regular and split view.
Document management - Completed activity decisions	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	Decision tooltips to completed activity steps and updates the artifact drawer’s current-step border and button styles without changing workflow behavior.
Document management - Version Date field	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	Optional, customizable Version Date field wherever Version ID is available, displays saved dates in artifact lists, and requires a Version ID whenever a Version Date is entered.
Document management - File name character limit validation	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	Counts the period and extension in real-time file name validation and shows clearer errors when a name exceeds 254 characters or 255 bytes
Document management - Document sub-status for Oracle Site Activate and Oracle eTMF items	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (Site Activate and Oracle eTMF enabled)	If using both Site Activate and Oracle eTMF, new sub-status icons distinguish start-up progress from filing and review progress, while the eTMF Viewer offers an optional column, search, and filter for those sub-statuses.
Export - Document export failures	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	An error icon appears in the persistent header for up to 24 hours after a study country or site completed-documents export fails at least five times.
IP review - IP rejection reason character limit increased	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (Collect reason when rejecting IP release package documents)	You can now enter up to 100 characters for an “Other” rejection reason in an IP Release package and hover over truncated text to see the full reason.
Study library - Discontinue share to inactive sites	Feature flip: Y (Enable automatically discontinuing shared study library items for inactive sites) Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	Optional account setting that automatically discontinues shared study library items for Dropped, Closed, or On hold sites, with the option to reinstate relevant items if a site becomes active again.
Study library - Add a document lists have reduced spacing	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	The Add a document section uses tighter spacing and shorter selection boxes so more Protocol Related and Other document options are visible without scrolling.
Study library - Add Group button	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (Enable document grouping in study library)	In Study Library, the Add Group button is available on the Documents tab when groups are enabled and none exist, while the Groups filter now labels its sections Account Groups and Study Groups.
Submissions - Submission artifact drawer shows approved sites	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (role permission: Enable data change users with this role to correct metadata)	The submission artifact drawer again shows Sites Approved from this Submission in the Metadata panel, where Data Change users with metadata correction permission can update the approved sites for a completed submission.
User interface - Global search always visible in header	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	The global search field is now always visible in the page header, so you can search without first clicking an icon.
User interface - Study Dashboard Tabular filter limits	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: N	Dashboard Tabular view now limits saved filters to 75 countries and 75 milestones each, while allowing larger selections to be applied temporarily.
User interface - Sites tab uses standard styling	Feature flip: N Config related: N All studies: Y New role permission required: N Dependent feature: Y (disable Enable site lockdown (used for restricting site creation to API))	The country home page’s Add study site button and Sites table now use Site Activate standard styling, with no changes to their behavior or content.