Note that there are four types of settings related to use of classification data. These settings will be set by the domain administrator of the system in conjunction with Chemwatch. If unsure of the type of VGD that is applicable to your domain account, please contact customer service account manager at customerservice@chemwatch.net. For background information, the table below provides a summary description of the various types of VDG attributes to settings and how it works in the system when searching and/or when materials lists are displayed and also display of Gold, Mini MSDS and Labels.
| Type of Data | Usage | Description |
| UGD (User Gold Data) | Data extracted by a user to be used in Manifest Table view of hazards and applicable risk/hazard codes, dangerous goods classification where applicable by vendor classification of the material in order to be able to; * Filter by different types of hazards, dangerous goods, generate Incompatibility Reports * Conduct Risk Assessments for a material that does not have Gold MSDS (no classification data available in the system as per Chemwatch classification) |
User Gold Data extracted using the DET Tool by referencing a Vendor specific document data in section 2, 3, 11 and 14 in order to assign respective Risk/Hazard Codes, DG Class, PKG to that material. |
Force Gold |
Gold MSDS data will only be used |
VGD and UGD data will never be used when Force Gold data is used. Gold Data is based on Chemwatch classification as per regulatory instruments as per respective jurisdictions (by Region/Country/MSDS Format). |
| Force VGD | Vendor Gold Data or User Gold Data will only be used | VGD and UGD data will be used when Force VGD data is used. Vendor or User Gold Data is based on data extracted for classification as per regulatory instruments. Gold Data will never be used, except when a Gold MSDS is displayed or Mini or Labels or Emergency Reports. |
| Prefer Gold Prefer VGD |
Prefer Gold - Use Use of both Gold and VGD/UGD data Prefer VGD - Use Use of both Gold and VGD/UGD data |
Gold data will only be used when a single material has both types of data available. VGD/UGD data will only be used when a single material has both types of data available |
Steps
1. Login to the system
2. Select Home module
3. Click on "OWN" within the search panel
4. Type the name of the product in the search panel's Name/CAS text field
5. Select the search button
6. Notice material name is assigned VGD icon by default and also has a Gold MSDS icon
8. IDentify the document name with VGD from the document list of Vendor MSDS (latest)
9. Mouse right click on the document name (with the VGD icon)
10. Move mouse pointer to the REPORT TYPE option and select "MINI" to render a VGD Mini (M)SDS for that product with VGD.
11. VGD Mini (M)SDS displays
