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Find help on using Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro).
- Introduction
  This guide provides detailed instructions for using Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro). It includes initial setup instructions, information about the various parts of the application, and steps to complete common tasks.
- Overview
  Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro) is a web-based application that administrators use to distribute data to mobile devices that run Jeppesen and Boeing applications, such as FliteDeck Pro. Administrators log in to the application to manage their fleets. JDM Pro is provided as Application Service Provider (ASP) software, where Jeppesen hosts and maintains the application.
- Getting started
  Before you use Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro), familiarize yourself with the user interface.
- Managing devices
- Managing distribution groups
- Managing content
  - About content
    Jeppesen delivers content to Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro), and the application distributes that content to the distribution groups you assign it to. Your company can also create content and distribute it with Jeppesen content.
  - About the Content Detail dialog
    The Content Detail dialog provides pertinent information about a content item.
  - About the content Version History box
    The content Version History box provides a list of current and previous versions of a content item.
  - About the Content Version Details dialog
    The Content Version Details dialog provides information about a particular version of content that helps you determine how it arrived at its current status.
    - Viewing content version details
      From the Version History dialog, you can access the Content Version Details dialog.
  - About assigning content to distribution groups
    To deliver content to all devices in a distribution group, assign the content to the appropriate groups. You can assign the same content to more than one distribution group.
  - Removing content from distribution groups
    If you no longer want to deliver certain content to devices in a distribution group, you can remove the content from the group.
  - About uploading company content
    You can upload content to be distributed to devices. Before you can upload your content, package each item into a .zip file. Only include one content item in each .zip file.
  - About reviewing and approving content
    By default, Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro) sets all content items to be approved automatically. However, you can set any content item to be reviewed by personnel from your fleet.
  - Editing configuration file attributes
    You can edit the settings of any configuration file that you created, whether you generated the file with Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro) or uploaded a .zip file into the system.
  - Deleting a specific content version
    You can delete any content version that you import into Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro). When you first delete the content version, it's moved to the Content Trash page, where you can permanently delete it or restore it.
  - Deleting a specific content item
    To delete any content item that you import into Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro), delete all of its corresponding content versions.
  - Invalidating a specific content version
    You can invalidate content versions, regardless of publisher. You might invalidate a content version if the content has bad data or is corrupt. Invalidating the content version prevents the bad content from being delivered to devices.
  - Exporting the Content list
    You can export the items in the Content list to a comma-separated value (CSV) file.
- Managing users
- Boeing Distribution Manager
- Customer-Inserted Charts (CICs)
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About the Content Version Details dialog

The Content Version Details dialog provides information about a particular version of content that helps you determine how it arrived at its current status.

The Content Version Details dialog provides the following information:

Content Title

The name of the content item. For versioned content, the title along with type of content and version number uniquely identify the content.

Content Type

The type of data contained in the content item. For versioned content, the type of content along with title and version number uniquely identify the content.

Description

A brief description of the content.

Status

The current status of the content version, which can be:

Created
Preview
Pending Approval
Note: Content can appear in the state Pending Approval if your company originally used Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro) Premium and manually approved content.
Approved
Authorized
Invalidated
Rejected
Deauthorized

Version

The most recent version of the content item.

Immediate Delivery

A value of True indicates that the content item was set for Immediate Delivery when JDM Pro uploaded the file. False indicates that the content item was set for delivery during the next regularly scheduled publishing cycle.

Additional Info

Any information that has been added to describe the content item. You might enter this information when you upload your company content.

Priority

If you entered priority information when uploading content, your selection appears here. Options are:

Normal
Newsletter
Bulletin
Urgent
High Priority
Low Priority
Must Read

Airframe

If you entered metadata for use with Aviator, the airframe information for this content version appears in the Airframe dialog.

Content Version Details dialog — FigureContent Version Details dialog

Depending on the state of the content version and the delete policy, JDM Pro might include a Delete button. Selecting Delete displays the Delete Versions Confirmation dialog.

Note: The Content Publisher sets the delete policy.

The Content Version Details includes an Invalidate This Version button. After you invalidate a content version, the content can no longer be used or reauthorized.

If anyone invalidated a content version, JDM Pro includes the name of the user who invalidated it, the date it was invalidated, and the reason for the invalidation. JDM Pro also shows who approved the content and when, or shows when it was automatically approved.

Content Version Details with Invalidated Content — FigureContent Version Details with Invalidated Content