T30-2026 BIOVIA Discovery Studio: Documentation Correction regarding GOLD licensing
The licensing details for the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)’s GOLD Docking program accessed from Discovery Studio were not accurately reflected in the Discovery Studio Help pages or the protocol parameter documentation.
Program
BIOVIA Discovery Studio 2026
Operating System
All supported operating systems
Background
The licensing details for the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)’s GOLD Docking program accessed from Discovery Studio were not accurately reflected in the Discovery Studio Help pages or the protocol parameter documentation.
Solution
The correct text should be:
Notes:
- GOLD is a program developed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/software/gold/).
- GOLD must be activated per user and system it is running on with your CCDC activation key. There are various ways to achieve this, such as at installation time, via the CCDC activation tool, or via an environment variable. For more details on these methods, please see the CSD Portfolio Release and Installation Notes on the CCDC website. For further help, please contact support@ccdc.cam.ac.uk.
- Ensure that the GOLD installation folder is correctly specified in the <pps_install>/apps/scitegic/dscore/server/share/SBD/GOLD_location file.
Jira Change Request: DSC-40711
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