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Folder properties
Set up folder properties to restrict the content of folders to particular document types and to documents generated from particular document templates. Set the names of folders. Customize the identification key formats of folders and of the documents and templates they contain.
Document key formats
PLA 3.0 identifies documents, templates, and folders by unique keys. You can adapt the formats used to generate these identification keys according to your requirements.
Configure document type-specific keys
Configure individual identification keys for document types and their related templates.

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  Current regulations, such as 21 CFR 11.10 in the pharmaceutical industry, require you to ensure that only authorized individuals can access your systems, perform operations, and sign records. The database-driven approach of PLA 3.0 enables you to take major steps toward meeting these requirements.
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- Rights and permissions
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  - Account management
    Set up users, groups, and global roles. Use global roles to control who can perform particular database tasks such as setting up database policies or managing user sessions. Set up document roles and assign them to users and groups to define security contexts. Apply these security contexts to folders to control who can perform particular document tasks.
  - Folder properties
    Set up folder properties to restrict the content of folders to particular document types and to documents generated from particular document templates. Set the names of folders. Customize the identification key formats of folders and of the documents and templates they contain.
    - Document key formats
      PLA 3.0 identifies documents, templates, and folders by unique keys. You can adapt the formats used to generate these identification keys according to your requirements.
      - Change default keys
        Change the default identification keys of documents, templates, and folders according to your requirements.
      - Configure document type-specific keys
        Configure individual identification keys for document types and their related templates.
      - Change the counter of document keys
        Change the counter of document keys according to your requirements.
    - Document restrictions
      Use document restrictions to enforce the use of templates and prevent users from creating documents that are not generated from templates. You can also set up restrictions such that folders can contain specific document types only.
  - Directory service
    Use secure LDAP (LDAPS) directory services, such as Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services, to authenticate PLA 3.0 users. You map your PLA 3.0 groups, which have PLA 3.0 roles assigned, to user groups set up on a directory server. You cannot directly assign directory users to PLA 3.0 groups.
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Configure document type-specific keys

Configure individual identification keys for document types and their related templates.

Note: To configure document type-specific keys, you require the Change document and folder key document permission.

About this task

By default, all document types use the same key format. You can change the default such that specific document types and their related templates use their own identification keys.

Procedure

To configure document type-specific keys:

In the Navigator, right-click the folder for which you want to change the properties.
From the context menu, select Folder properties.
In the Folder properties dialog, navigate to the Document key format tab.
Select Change configuration.

Tip: To reset all settings to their default, select Reset configuration.
Under Document type specific keys, select Add.
In the Specific document type key format dialog, complete the following steps:
1. Select the document type for which you want to configure an individual key format.
2. Under Document key, configure the combination of prefix, counter, and suffix you want to use for documents of this document type.
3. Under Template key, configure the combination of prefix, counter, and suffix you want to use for templates of this document type.
Select OK.
Confirm your settings with OK.

Example

In the following example, Quantitative response assay documents and their templates use their own keys instead of the default keys. Documents get a -Lab suffix:

Configuring document type-specific keys — Figure 1. Configuring document type-specific keys