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DCP Dispatch tracks the film files (DCPs) that must reach each cinema. KDM tracks the key delivery messages that unlock them for a validity period. Both are built from your Bookings, and both open on a To do or Outstanding worklist so you see what still needs ordering. You find them in the sidebar under Programming, as KDM and DCP Dispatch.

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Before you start

  • Bookings must exist first. Both pages are filled from Bookings, their screens and the film’s versions. See Create a Booking or a special projection.
  • To change anything you need edit permission on the page. Without it you can read the registers but not mark or export.

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Keep DCP and KDM in step with Bookings

You do not rebuild these pages by hand. When a Booking’s dates, playing days, screens or versions change, DOS queues the film and brings its DCP deliveries and KDM requests in step in the background. While a film is catching up, a notice says: Updating the film from the latest Booking edits. Nothing is sent for it meanwhile. If it fails, DOS keeps retrying and says nothing is sent for that film. On Bookings, the DCP & KDM tab shows where each Booking stands. It is read only, and its links open the two pages. Use Refresh from bookings on DCP Dispatch, or Refresh on KDM, only when you want to rebuild the whole register.

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Work the DCP Dispatch page

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Open DCP Dispatch

Click DCP Dispatch in the sidebar. The Deliveries tab opens on the Outstanding chip. The strip above the table also offers Late (Lieferdatum within two days), Requested and Sent. Click a chip to filter, and click it again to show all.
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Open a delivery

Click a row. The card shows the Film, Kino, Version, Lieferdatum, Startdatum and Status. You can set the Lieferdatum, the Delivery (electronic or physical) and a Note for the dispatch sheet. Bookings served lists the Bookings the DCP covers.
3

Select the rows

Tick the rows you want to act on. A bar shows how many are selected.
4

Mark them

Click Mark requested if you ordered by hand, Mark sent once the DCP is delivered, Reopen to return a row to outstanding, or Cancel to cancel it.
5

Export the sheet

Click Export to create a dispatch sheet. Find it in the Sheets tab, where you can download it as PDF or CSV.

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Work the KDM page

1

Open KDM

Click KDM in the sidebar. The tabs are Requests, Films, Documents and Communications. Requests opens on the To do view. The strip shows Outstanding, Needs data, Ready to request, Requested and Fulfilled.
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Fix what is missing

Open a request with Needs data. The card shows the provider, validity weeks, targeting, booked screen and server or certificate ID. Fill in what is missing and click Save details.
3

Export, then request

Tick requests of one provider, film and type. Click Export to store the documents. Order the KDM outside DOS, then click Mark as requested. Only ready requests can be marked.
4

Mark it fulfilled

When the provider has delivered, tick the requested rows and click Fulfilled. Undo status steps one status back.
Nothing is sent from the KDM page. A KDM request is recorded by hand: Mark as requested stamps who ordered it and when. Outstanding PDFs and Report PDF create the outstanding-requests report.

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Page settings

Both pages have Settings in the more menu. It applies to everyone in your firm. Anyone can read it, and only administrators and operations can change it.
  • Export: Files (PDF only, CSV only, PDF and CSV), Split, Rows when none are selected and the switch Exporting also marks the rows as requested.

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If something looks wrong

The film is still catching up with the latest Booking edits. Wait for the notice to clear. Nothing is sent for that film meanwhile.
Mark as requested needs ready requests of one provider, film and type. Select a smaller set.
Reload the page. If it repeats, tell your administrator.