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# Using the Legacy TMF Viewer (eTMF)

The TMF Viewer allows you to manage a TMF by browsing dynamically organized content and switching between multiple configured hierarchies.


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      <p><strong>Note</strong>: This is an older version of the TMF Viewer. To read about the newest iteration, see <a href="/en/gr/55206/">Using the TMF Viewer</a>.</p>
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Admins in your Vault use <a href="/en/gr/7625/#tmfviewertemplates">binder templates</a> to represent each hierarchical structure, for example, TMF Reference Model 2.0, 3.0, and your organization's own custom structure. As document types and reference model standards evolve over time, your Admins can create or update binder templates and make them immediately available for you to organize and browse TMF content. Note that you <a href="/en/gr/7625/#tmfviewertemplates">cannot use certain binder templates</a> in TMF Viewer.

When you open the TMF Viewer, you aren't actually filing documents into binders. The viewer shows what the documents in your Vault would look like if they were auto-filed into the selected binder template, with the selected binder values.

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## How to Use the Dynamic Binder View

To see documents in the TMF viewer:

  1. Open the **TMF Viewer** tab.
  2. Select a **Binder Template** to define the structure for organizing documents.
  3. Set values for the fields that appear in the left sidebar. Which fields are available depends on the filing model for the selected binder template.

Note that when the _Study_, _Study Country_, and _Site_ fields are available, you can select records in the _Active_ or _Archived_ states.

## Sorting Documents {#sorting}

The TMF viewer includes a **Sort by** drop-down menu. By default, Vault sorts by **Creation Date (Oldest First)**, meaning the oldest document shows at the top of the document list. Choose other options from the **Sort by** drop-down to change the sort order, such as **Document Name** or **Document Date**.

Note: When ordering by **Document Date**, documents with a blank _Document Date_ field (`document_date__v`) appear at the bottom of the list. This may vary depending on your Vault's _Document Date_ field configuration. If no value exists in the _Document Date_ field, Vault sorts by the document's _Created Date_ instead.

## How to View Section Filing Rules

Choose **View Filing Rules** from the action menu on any section or subsection to see what filing rules are applied.

## How to View Expected Documents in a Section

Hover over a section name to see information about the expected document items associated with the section.

## Related Permissions

Your security profile must grant permission to the **TMF Viewer** tab. You can only see documents on which you have **View Document** permission.

Your security profile should also include **Read** permission on the _Artifact_ and _Document Type Details_ objects.