Activating a Study

You can activate a study when you are ready to begin performing experiments. This generates a BIOVIA Foundation Hub Task Plan, Sample definitions, and Tasks for all tests to perform at the specified time points for the required storage conditions. Activation also creates Tasks for the manufacture of any material lots requested.

Before you begin: You can only activate a study in the Approved or Inactive lifecycle states. You can reactivate a Completed or Finalized study. For more information, see Approving a Study and Completing a Study.
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About the Lifecycle of a Study
  1. From the Home Page home page, open the study to activate.

    For more information, see Opening a Study.

  2. In the Lifecycle and Status page, review the current lifecycle.
  3. In the Summary page, review the Test Design.

    Important: You cannot change the master sample setting for a study after its initial activation. Ensure that your study's use of a master sample (or not) is appropriate before activation.
    For more information, see Reviewing a Study.

  4. Click Activate.
    The form to request activation of the study opens. For more information, see Study Signature Form.
  5. Choose the reason for signing the study and add a comment.
  6. Enter your password, to confirm that you are formally providing your electronic signature.
  7. Click Sign.
    A message reports the creation of Tasks in Foundation Hub.

    Another message reports when the creation of all Tasks is successful.

The Summary tab for the study is shown. The Lifecycle and Status tab shows that the study is now in the Active state.

You can update an active study if required. For more information, see Updating an Active Study.

You can track the created Tasks. For more information, see Monitoring a Study.

The Task Plan created for the study is available in Foundation Hub for the member who activated the study. The study's name populates the Task Plan's name and the Task Plan details include the study's identifier. For more information about the Task Plan, see Introductory Concepts.

You can schedule, assign, record results, and complete the Tasks in Foundation Hub.

When you activate a study, this automatically calculates the Scheduled Date of each task according to the selected time points and the start date of the study. This also automatically specifies the Due Date of each task as 30 days after the Scheduled Date.

For more information, see the Managing Tasks section of the BIOVIA Foundation Hub User Guide.