Managing Submitted Content

Developers submit content in packages that consist of their created content and XML files with support and description information. Developers submit content through the Developer portal. When content is submitted to the Catalog Manager, the Catalog Manager runs an automated validation process on the content to ensure there is no malicious content and the content matches the Catalog Manager’s supported devices.

The Submitted Content page displays all content submitted to the Catalog Manager. This is the default page displayed when you first log in to the Catalog Manager.

Use the Submitted Content page to review content before you publish it to your Vending Managers. The page provides the total number of submitted contents. These items can consist of content undergoing review as well content whose status has changed from Published to Pending, Testing, or Denied. The total number of items in a particular state are displayed to the left of each state.

Submitted content can have one of the statuses described in TABLE 2-8.

TABLE 2-8Content Status Types

State

Definition

 

 

New

Content that has successfully passed the Catalog Manager’s

 

automatic validation process, but requires your review and

 

approval before it is published.

Pending

Content that requires further review before being published.

Testing

Content currently undergoing or requiring testing prior to being

 

published.

Unpublished

Content that was published but is currently unavailable to the

 

Vending Manager and subscribers.

Denied

Content that is rejected, but is not deleted from the database yet.

 

 

Note – Testing content is available to Vending Managers for distribution to certain subscribers. Testing content is available only to subscribers with testing roles (assigned by the Vending Manager) and published content is available to regular subscribers.

Viewing Submitted Content

The Submitted Content page displays the total number of submitted content, so you know what the manager’s workload is and what to expect. You can view a list of all content in any state.

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