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# Usage Methods

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

## Purpose

Use the **Usage methods** catalog to manage the standardized administration-method values available in the Medication Library. Keeping this catalog current helps teams document medications consistently across the workspace.

## Before you start

Before working in **Usage methods**, confirm the following:

* You are signed in to Compassly.
* You can open **Medications** from the left navigation.
* You can access **Medication library**.
* Your role includes the action you want to complete.

## How to get there

1. Sign in to Compassly.
2. In the left navigation, select **Medications**.
3. Select **Medication library**.
4. In the upper-right dataset dropdown, choose **Usage methods**.

## What you can do here

Depending on your role, you may be able to:

* view the list of usage methods
* search the list
* add a new usage method
* edit an existing usage method
* delete a usage method

## Role differences

* **Super Admin / Admin / Supervisor / Clinician:** Can view the usage-method list.
* **Super Admin / Admin / Supervisor:** Can add and edit usage methods.
* **Super Admin / Admin:** Can delete usage methods.
* **Basic:** Does not have access to this catalog.

## Important behavior

Usage-method values act like snapshots when used in client medication workflows. Updating or deleting a usage method in the library does not retroactively change existing client medication records; it affects future use in the library workflow.

## Common tasks

* [View Usage Method List](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/view-usage-method-list.md)
* [Add New Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/add-new-usage-method.md)
* [Edit Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/edit-usage-method.md)
* [Delete Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/delete-usage-method.md)

## What happens next

After you open **Usage methods**, choose the task guide that matches what you need to do next: review the list, add a new value, update an existing value, or remove a value.

## Related guides

* [Medication Library](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications.md)
* [View Usage Method List](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/view-usage-method-list.md)
* [Add New Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/add-new-usage-method.md)
* [Edit Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/edit-usage-method.md)
* [Delete Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/delete-usage-method.md)


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