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

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.

1. Add characteristic options for a characteristic of the Choice input type by clicking the lookup icon

To create a new characteristic option, click **New** in the Characteristic Options list and fill in the characteristic option details.

1. Click Submit.

   Note: You can ignore the Activities section, which is not used.

2. To associate a characteristic with a dosage specification, add the characteristic to a characteristic group included in the Dosage characteristic group.