> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.box.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# GxP Validation

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> GxP is a general abbreviation for "good practice" quality guidelines and regulations. The "x" stands for the various fields, including the pharmaceutical and food industries.
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>  - Wikipedia

Box GxP Validation enables life sciences organizations to validate Box functionality so they can use Box to work with, manage, and distribute all of their clinical, lab, and manufacturing content. GxP Validation provides:

* Validation Accelerator Pack, which includes validation lifecycle documents, with guidance for validating the Box platform to be used for regulated content.
* Automated compliance, where Box shares an automated testing report with Box GxP customers twice monthly: the second and last Thursday of every month. The report contains results from a comprehensive set of tests of Box functionality, assuring customers that Box is operating “as intended.”
* Quarterly GxP-specific release notes, which include information about changes to Box functionality so that GxP customers can adapt any compliance validation that they perform.
* Optional added auditing via paid onsite auditing and third-party auditing.

Information about tests and their results is available for Governance customers on a GxP Insights page in the Box Admin Console.

<Note>
  **Note**

  If you use Box Drive, you must be using Box Drive version 2.16.298 or newer to be GxP compliant.
</Note>

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  GxP Insights
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The GxP Insights page, sometimes referred to as the GxP Dashboard, lists all GxP daily tests and test failures during the selected time period (the default view is the current day) and provides a way to view reports and release notes.

### View GxP Insights

Only administrators and co-administrators can view GxP Insights. Co-administrators must also have the *View GxP Dashboard* permission enabled.

1. Go to the Admin Console.
2. Click **GxP** in the left navigation.

With the list of tests, you can:

* View the number of tests run and how many passed and failed.
* View the tests that failed in the most recent report.
* [Filter the list of tests by test category.](#filter-the-list-of-tests-by-test-category)
* [View tests by date run](#view-tests-by-date-run) (the default view is the current day).
* [Export and download the current view](#export-and-download-the-current-view).
* Sort the table view by clicking on any of the column headers.

The **Test**  **Outcome**  section shows the total number of tests that were completed within the selected time period, as well as the number of tests that passed and failed.

The **TestsFailures** section lists the names of any tests that have failed since the last test run.

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  Filter the List of Tests By Test Category
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The Category list displays either All Categories when no categories are selected or the number of categories selected when one or more are selected.

* Click the Category list, and then select a category. Repeat to select additional categories.

Click the Category list and select **Clear All** to clear all selections and view all categories.

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  View Tests By Date Run
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* Click the Date list, and then select:
  * Most Recent
  * Last 30 Days
  * Custom Date Range, then select a Start Date and an End Date, and then click **Select**. The maximum range is 90 days.

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  Export and Download the Current View
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* Click **Export**.

A .csv (comma-separated values) file will be automatically downloaded to your browser's default download location. The filename will be `gxp_dashboard_test_results_YYYY-MM-DD.csv` and will contain all the columns and rows of the current view.

## View Reports, VAP, and Release Notes

In addition to information about daily test reports, the GxP Insights page is where you can view:

* [Test reports](#view-the-test-reports)
* [VAP documents](#view-the-vap-documents)
* [Release notes](#view-gxp-release-notes)

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  View the Test Reports
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1. Click **Reports Folder**. This will open the **Files** > **Box Reports** > **GxP** folder in your enterprise.

Each report is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file with a name in the format of `gxp_test_results_YYYY_MM_DD.xlsx`.

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  View the VAP Documents
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Box provides a set of Validator Accelerator Pack (VAP) documents for each GxP customer.

1. Click **Reports Folder**.This will open the **Files > Box Reports > GxP** folder in your enterprise.
2. Click the **GxP Validation Report (VAP)** folder.

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  View GxP Release Notes
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Box publishes a set of GxP release notes after the end of each fiscal quarter.

1. Click **Reports Folder**.This will open the **Files > Box Reports > GxP** folder in your enterprise.
2. Click the **Release Notes** folder.

Each release note is a PDF document with a name in the format of `GxP_Release_Notes_YYYY_#Q.pdf`.

Box has a fiscal year of February through January, so the release notes cover updates according to the following schedule:

| Quarter | Months                      | Availability to GxP Customers |
| ------- | --------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| 1Q      | February, March, April      | Early May                     |
| 2Q      | May, June, July             | Early August                  |
| 3Q      | August, September, October  | Early November                |
| 4Q      | November, December, January | Early February                |