# Setting the CLM Slide Update Method for Auto-Published Presentations

Vault users can control whether the CLM integration updates the existing key message records in Veeva CRM or expires the existing records and creates new records on auto-published documents.

To configure this feature in your Vault, navigate to **Admin > Configuration > Document Fields** and add the `crm_slide_update_method__v` shared field to any document types used for auto-publishing.

## Updating Auto-Published CLM Key Messages

After CLM content syncs from Vault, key messages are updated or expired depending on the value in the `slide_versioning_method_vod` field:

| Value | Key Message Behavior |
| -- | -- |
| `update_existing_slides_vod` | The `key_message_vod` records are updated. Any custom presentation referencing these `key_message_vod` records are also updated. |
| `create_new_slides_vod` | The `key_message_vod` records are expired and new `key_message_vod` records are created. Custom presentations continue to reference the expired `key_message_vod` records. You must manually update these custom presentations. |
| No value | The `key_message_vod` records are expired and new `key_message_vod` records are created. Custom presentations continue to reference the expired `key_message_vod` records. You must manually update these custom presentations. |

## Best Practice for Updating Auto-Published Presentations in Vault

We recommend requiring users manually populate the _CRM Slide Update Method_ (`crm_slide_update_method__v`) field on a document every time they update it to a new version. This ensures the correct update method is used to auto-publish each new steady state version of the document.

You can create <a href="/en/gr/12617/">entry criteria</a>
 and <a href="/en/gr/51700/">event actions</a>
 for the document types and document lifecycle states used for auto-publishing.

## Considerations

  * This feature is supported for multi-product presentations.
  * This feature is supported for presentations originally published as single slide presentations and re-published as multi-slide presentations, and vice versa.