Archivist’s User Interface

In the Archivist’s User Interface, Kanta archivists have access to the data stored in the Patient Data Repository or the Client Data Repository for Social Welfare Services that their organisation is responsible for.

The new Archivist’s User Interface has been released

Please go to Suomi.fi to obtain credentials for identification. Learn more about Suomi.fi authorisations (suomi.fi).

Archivists can search, view, and compare documents and their metadata in the user interface. They can also invalidate an incorrect document in the interface if the error cannot be rectified in any other way. 

As a general rule, Kanta archivists are only entitled to process data contained in their own organisation's register. This includes:

  • patient or client documents produced in their own operations after joining the data repositories 
  • medical records stored in the register by the controller using the archiving service for old medical records
  • data stored in the Client Data Repository for Social Welfare Services as old client data.
  • documents or patient or client data stored in the register by another service provider if a service is outsourced.

Information and declarations of intent stored in the Declaration of intent service are not displayed in the Archivist’s User Interface.

Access to the Archivist’s User Interface

More than one person can act as an archivist, and one person can act as an archivist for more than one controller. The organisation will ensure that archivists have the necessary Suomi.fi authorisations to use the interface. Archivists can also use the training environment.

Apply for Suomi.fi authorisations

The organisation applies for the necessary Suomi.fi authorisations to use the interface:

Test the interface in the training environment 

Archivists can test the user interface in a separate training environment. The training environment can be used to provide induction for a new archivist, for example.

Kela has sent the login address and test IDs for the training environment to current Kanta archivists by email. The address and test IDs can also be requested from kanta@kanta.fi. 

Logging in to the interface

The organisation will provide the login address for the interface to its archivist. Kela sent the address by email to the organisation when it joined Kanta. If necessary, you can request a login address by sending an email to kanta@kanta.fi.

How to log in: 

Go to the login address of the Archivist’s User Interface. You can get the address from your organisation.

You will be redirected to Suomi.fi identification where you can choose your preferred method of strong electronic identification.

Enter the requested information and go to the interface.

Read the instructions

Last updated 14.4.2025