Configure a characteristic for a dosage specification

Configure a characteristic for a dosage so that you can define the dosages for a medication product in Healthcare and Life Sciences workflows.

Before you begin

To add a specification characteristic, ensure that the dosage specification is in the Draft state.

Role required: sn.hcls_admin or admin

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > HCLS Service Management > Administration > Dosage specifications.
2. In the Dosage specifications list, click the link to a dosage specification from the Name column.
3. In the Specification Characteristics related list, click New.
4. In the Characteristic field, click the lookup icon and select a characteristic from the Name column of the Characteristics list.
   By default, the application provides the following dosage characteristics for use a reference:

   • Dosage
   • Instructions for patient
   • Max dose per day
   • Number of authorized refills
   • Number of authorized refills (choice)
   • Quantity
   • Quantity (per month supply)
   • Quantity (per week supply)

   To create a new characteristic, click New in the Characteristics list and fill in the characteristic details.
5. Optional: Add characteristic options for a characteristic of the Choice input type by clicking the lookup icon in the Characteristic Option field and selecting a characteristic option from the Option column of the Characteristic Options list.
   To create a new characteristic option, click New in the Characteristic Options list and fill in the characteristic option details.
6. Click Submit.
   Note:

   You can ignore the Activities section, which is not used.
7. To associate a characteristic with a dosage specification, add the characteristic to a characteristic group included in the Dosage characteristic group.