The Review Session Ribbon (titled Review Session) is the control center for Review Sessions. It appears when you enter a review session and provides navigation, validation, and conversation tools.
💡 Tip: Review sessions are ideal for structured design reviews — walk through every process, step, and condition with your team, validate each element, and leave comments for follow-up. Perfect for GMP-regulated environments where documented review trails matter.
🎬 Session Panel
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Description |
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📁 Review Manager |
Opens the session manager window for completing or reopening review sessions |
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🚪 Leave Session |
Closes the review session and removes the ribbon |
🧭 Navigation Panel
Contains the same navigation controls as the ⚙️ Module Ribbon, allowing you to move through the workflow while reviewing:
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Control |
Description |
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🔁 Processes Gallery |
Switch between processes |
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⬅️ Previous / ➡️ Next Step |
Navigate between Steps |
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📋 Steps Gallery |
Select a specific Step |
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⬅️ Previous / ➡️ Next Condition |
Navigate between conditions |
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📋 Conditions Gallery |
Select a specific condition |
✅ Validation Panel
The Validation panel provides granular approval controls for reviewing module content at different scope levels:
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Control |
Type |
Description |
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✅ Active Process Valid |
Checkbox |
Mark the entire active Process as validated |
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✅ Active Step Valid |
Checkbox |
Mark the active Step as validated |
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✅ Active Condition Valid |
Checkbox |
Mark the active Condition as validated |
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✅ Active Selection Valid |
Checkbox |
Mark the currently selected items as validated |
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🔍 Validation Inspector |
Button |
Opens a detailed view of all validation states |
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⚠️ Select Unvalidated |
Button |
Selects all items that have not yet been validated |
🏭 Pharma Example: During a design review of your SIP (Steam-in-Place) module, the process engineer navigates through each step — Drain, Purge, Steam Hold, Cool Down — and ticks Active Step Valid after verifying the valve states and conditions. At the end, they click Select Unvalidated to confirm nothing was missed. The QA lead then uses Validation Inspector to see the full validation summary before signing off.
📋 How To: Conduct a Design Review
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Open the module — Navigate to your module from the 🏠 Home Ribbon.
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Start a Review Session — Open from Module Data to create a new session (or rejoin an existing one).
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Navigate and validate — Use the Navigation panel to walk through each process, step, and condition. Tick the validation checkboxes as you go.
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Leave comments — Use the Conversations panel to comment on specific steps, conditions, or selected items that need attention.
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Check coverage — Click Select Unvalidated to find anything still pending review.
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Complete the review — Open the Review Manager to finalize or reopen the session.
💬 Conversations Panel
The Conversations panel enables collaborative commenting during review sessions:
✍️ Quick Comment
The Comment split button provides scope-specific commenting:
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Button |
Description |
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💬 Comment Active Step |
Add a comment to the current Step |
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💬 Comment Active Process |
Add a comment to the current Process |
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💬 Comment Active Condition |
Add a comment to the current Condition |
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💬 Comment Active Selection |
Add a comment to the currently selected items |
🗂️ Conversations Management
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Control |
Description |
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📂 All Conversations |
Opens a window showing all review conversations |
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📋 Conversations Gallery |
Dropdown showing open conversations. Click any conversation to locate its entity in the drawing and open it |
📌 Note: Only open (unresolved) conversations appear in the gallery. Resolved conversations can be accessed through the "All Conversations" window.
🔗 Related Pages
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Full documentation on review sessions |
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The main module editing ribbon |
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Starting point for module selection |
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Overview of all ribbon tabs |