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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. 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.
  - 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. Make sure that the size of the content ZIP file is less than 2 GB. 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.
    - Assigning content for review
      You can set the content review policy to Manual for any content item. After you set the review policy, the policy stays in effect for subsequent versions of the content.
    - Approving or rejecting content
      If you set a content item to be reviewed, when a new version of the content is published to Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro), JDM Pro makes the content available to all devices in the review group. JDM Pro sends an email to the approvers, notifying them that content is available for review.
    - Reviewing off-cycle content
      If a content publisher modifies a published chart or navigational data, the publisher delivers a revised, off-cycle version of the content. Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro) can deliver off-cycle content to devices only when it has been reviewed and approved by an application administrator.
  - 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)

Assigning content for review

You can set the content review policy to Manual for any content item. After you set the review policy, the policy stays in effect for subsequent versions of the content.

About this task

Before personnel can review a content item, assign the content to the appropriate review group and set the policy for the review process.

Note: When setting up your review policy for a content item, you select reviewers and distribution groups. Before starting, ensure that the devices you want to review a content item are assigned to the appropriate review group.

Procedure

From the Content page, select the content.

Jeppesen Distribution Manager Pro (JDM Pro) displays the Content Detail dialog.

FigureContent Detail dialog
Select one of the options from the Approval Type menu:
- If you select Automatic, JDM Pro automatically approves the content item and any later versions of the content.
- If you select Manual, all content versions associated with this content item move to the Pending Approval status when they're published to JDM Pro. JDM Pro delivers content with a Pending Approval status only to devices who are set up as reviewers. JDM Pro doesn't deliver the content to other devices until the content item has been approved according to the content policy.
FigureContent Detail dialog with Approvers and Required menus
From the Approvers menu, select one or more approvers.
From the Required menu, select either All Approvers or Any Approver.
- If you select All Approvers, every user you set as an approver must approve the content before JDM Pro authorizes it for delivery.
- If you select Any Approver, when any of the approvers approve the content, JDM Pro authorizes the content for delivery.
From the Assigned Distribution Groups menu, select the review group.

Important: Ensure that the reviewers you selected are assigned to the distribution group that you select.

FigureContent Details dialog with Assigned Distribution Groups options
From the Assigned Distribution Groups menu, select the distribution groups for final distribution of the content after it's approved.
Select Save.

JDM Pro displays a verification notification.
Select OK.

JDM Pro saves your changes.