With the 22R1 release, Veeva Safety supports merging an Inbox Item to an in-flight Case. See Merge to In-Flight Case for more information about this feature.

Configure Intake Settings

You must configure the following intake settings:

  • In the Follow-Up Options section, ensure the Prohibited States include:
    • Data Entry
    • Triage
  • In the Allow Merge Into Active Case section:
    • Enable the Merge to Active Case Version setting
    • Ensure the Prohibited States include:
      • Superseded
      • Invalid
      • Duplicate
      • Rejected
      • Approved
      • Closed
      • Nullified
      • Unblinding
      • Vioding
      • Voided
      • End of Study Unblinding
      • QC
      • Medical Review
      • Unblinded
      • Nullifying
    • Select the Require user performing merge to have edit access to target case checkbox
  • In the Allow Mark Follow-up section, ensure the Prohibited States include:
    • Superseded
    • Invalid
    • Duplicate
    • Rejected
    • Approved
    • Closed
    • Nullified

Configure the Unmark Follow-Up Action on the Inbox Item

Assign the Unmark Follow-Up action to the Inbox Item object and configure it as an user action on the Create Case and Unmark Follow-up states of the object’s lifecycle.

Configure Inbox Item Lifecycle Roles

Update the Inbox Item lifecycle roles as follows:

  • Add Read permission for the following:
    • Data Entry
    • ICSR Approver
    • Intake
    • Medical Reviewer
  • Add Edit permission for the following:
    • Data Entry
    • Intake

Configure the Update Field Action on the Case

Update the Update field entry action on the Closed lifecycle state of the Case object:

  1. Navigate to Admin > Configuration > Object Lifecycles > Case Lifecycle.
  2. In the States section, select Closed.
  3. In the Entry Actions section, select Edit.
  4. For the Update field action, update the Set to value formula for the Version field to floor(version__v + 1).
  5. Select Save.

Configure the Case Layout

We recommend using the standard layouts for the Case object, which includes a related object section for Inbox Items in Marked as Follow-Up state.