Create a Material

Last updated: Dec 5, 2025
Who can complete this task? Veeva LIMS Basics: Design Data Admin, Vault Admin

Materials represent manufactured product such as drug substances and drug products, and are often dosage specific.

Create a Material

To create a material:

  1. Navigate to Design & Admin > Setup Data > Materials and click Create.

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  2. Enter a unique Material ID.

  3. Optionally, select the material Type.

  4. Optionally, provide a Description to capture additional information about the material that should display on the CoA, for example, packaging information, part number, etc.

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  5. In the CoA Field Suppression section, you can choose which fields should be excluded when a CoA is generated for a batch of this material. Check the box for any field you want to hide.

    Note Blank fields will always be hidden on the CoA.

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  6. Click Save. The material is added in the Active state.

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Inactivate a Material

To inactivate a material:

  1. Open the material record and select Inactivate Material from the Workflow menu.

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  2. Click Yes to confirm.

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