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Details on the deployment and installation of licensed PLA 3.0 versions.
Initial setup
For the initial setup, you start PLA 3.0 and connect it to a database. In this database, you activate the add-ons that should be available for use.
Activate add-ons
PLA 3.0 add-ons extend the functionality of the PLA 3.0 framework to include the analytical methods your users require and enable them to visualize, document, and report results. To make the functionality of the add-on available for use, you have to activate it in your database.

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PLA 3.0 supports you in your daily work by providing a set of graphical and textual user interface elements. Learn about the different elements and how to use them efficiently.
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Details on documents and templates, the data editors and the Content editor of PLA 3.0.
Data analysis
Data analysis add-ons offer a wide range of capabilities, ranging from analytical methods over comprehensive analysis to statistical process control. PLA 3.0 also provides a set of add-ons that support and supplement data analysis add-ons.
Data import
Use data acquisition and data import add-ons to import external response values and observation data into PLA 3.0 for further processing and evaluation.
Installation
Details on the deployment and installation of licensed PLA 3.0 versions.
- Deployment scenarios
  You can deploy the licensed version of PLA 3.0 in a variety of scenarios, depending on your system environment and licensing option.
- System requirements
  Make sure your system meets the respective requirements.
- Installation
  Install a licensed version of PLA 3.0 in your environment, according to your deployment scenario.
- Initial setup
  For the initial setup, you start PLA 3.0 and connect it to a database. In this database, you activate the add-ons that should be available for use.
  - Connect PLA 3.0 to a database
    You can create a new database and connect PLA 3.0 to it. You can also connect PLA 3.0 to an existing database.
  - Activate add-ons
    PLA 3.0 add-ons extend the functionality of the PLA 3.0 framework to include the analytical methods your users require and enable them to visualize, document, and report results. To make the functionality of the add-on available for use, you have to activate it in your database.
- Advanced setup
  Reduce maintenance efforts by setting global properties that can be used by several computers running PLA 3.0. These global properties include license-specific settings such as the available license keys and connection restrictions for the license server and a list of available databases.
- File paths
  To store data and settings, the PLA 3.0 system uses a set of default paths.
Licensing
Details on the licensing solution of PLA 3.0, the available licensing options, and the activation and management of licenses.
Administration
Details on system administration tasks such as setup and maintenance of databases and add-ons, user accounts, access rights, and migration and update procedures.
Regulatory compliance
PLA 3.0 supports you in achieving compliance with regulations such as ISPE GAMP^® 5 and 21 CFR Part 11. It also provides options to validate PLA 3.0 in your environment.
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Activate add-ons

PLA 3.0 add-ons extend the functionality of the PLA 3.0 framework to include the analytical methods your users require and enable them to visualize, document, and report results. To make the functionality of the add-on available for use, you have to activate it in your database.

Before you begin

You have connected PLA 3.0 to at least one database.

About this task

PLA 3.0 add-ons are not activated automatically. Therefore, when you open PLA 3.0 for a newly created database, a corresponding information dialog opens.

Figure 1. Information dialog for activation of add-ons

To activate add-ons, you require the Manage add-ons database permission. You can activate any number of add-ons in your database, using the Add-on management feature of PLA 3.0.

Procedure

To activate add-ons:

Log in to PLA 3.0.
On the System menu, select Add-on management.
Result: The Add-ons tab opens.
Note: The tab displays all add-ons available to you, sorted alphabetically by add-on name. Which add-ons are available depends on your information package.
Expand the add-on you want to activate, right-click the required version, and then select Activate.
In the following example, you activate version 26 of the Biological Assay Package.

Figure 2. Add-on activation in PLA 3.0
If sample documents and templates are available for the add-on you activate, the Add sample documents and templates dialog opens and displays the respective data. To download the data, complete the following steps:
1. Select the data you want to download.
2. Select a target folder.
3. Select OK, and then select Close.
In the following example, you download sample data for the Dose-Response Analysis Package.

Figure 3. Adding sample data for dose-response analysis

Result

The add-on is added to the repository (

) and activated in the database (

).

What to do next

Some add-ons require other add-ons to work correctly. For example, to use the Split Assay Package add-on, you also have to activate the Biological Assay Package add-on. If such a dependency exists for an add-on you activated and is not met, the Missing dependencies button is displayed in the status bar. Select this button to find out which additional add-on you have to activate.