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# Add New Log Entry

**Audience:** Super Admin, Admin, Supervisor, Clinician, Basic\
**Page type:** Task guide\
**Status:** Draft\
**Owner:** Compassly Documentation Team\
**Last verified:** 2026-04-03

## Purpose

Use this modal to create a new log entry for a client medication.

## Before you start

* Open the medication’s **Medication log** page.
* The client must be active.
* The medication must be **In progress**.

## Important

* The status switcher supports **Administered** and **Not administered**.
* If **Not administered** is selected, the **Not administered reason** field appears.
* The side effects summary is shown at the top of the modal.
* A custom not-administered reason can be created for the current log only.

## Steps

1. Open the medication’s **Medication log** page.
2. Click the **+** button.
3. Complete the required fields: client, medication, med location, date, time group, and signature.
4. Choose **Administered** or **Not administered**.
5. If needed, select or create a **Not administered reason**.
6. Add an optional note.
7. Draw the signature.
8. Click **Apply**.

## Role differences

* **Super Admin / Admin / Supervisor / Clinician / Basic:** Can add new medication logs.
* **Basic:** Log creation may be limited to OTC or PRN medications by role configuration.

## What happens next

* The log appears on the medication log list.
* If the entry replaces an existing **Not logged** or **Missed** row, the list updates immediately.

## Related guides

* [View Client Medication Logs](/compassly-docs/core-modules/clients/medications/medication-logs/view-client-medication-logs.md)
* [Update Log Entry Status](/compassly-docs/core-modules/clients/medications/medication-logs/update-log-entry-status.md)


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