JDrive 5.3

Presentation

With Jalios JDrive, access and work on your documents from your PC, tablet or mobile phone with complete peace of mind : documents are automatically saved and shared on your Jalios Digital Workplace.

Introduction

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When to use this plugin?

You have an updated versions of documents, but your colleagues are still using the old ones? Or you are on the go without internet access and forgot to download the latest version of the sales presentation? Are you tired of spending your time downloading, saving, dragging, dropping, copying, pasting, validating, etc. with the sole purpose of maintaining a backup of your documents on the server and sharing the documents with your team?

With JDrive, your documents are automatically modified, saved, synchronized and, if you wish, shared with your team in your Jalios EDM and Digital Workplace.

New features

What's new in the JDrive 5.3 :

Automatic updates
The Client JDrive 5.3.1 now updates automatically and silently, requiring no intervention from users or administrators.
As a JPlatform administrator, you can choose which JDrive client version to deploy: Define the JDrive client version to be deployed
Classified content management
When JDrive module is used on JPlatform 10 SP8 or higher, certain functions may be inaccessible depending on the document classification level:
1. Add or remove a document from the JDrive
2. Edit/Read a document with JDrive
  For more information on classification, please refer to the “Content classification” section of the JPlatform 10 SP8 new features page: JPlatform 10 SP8 - The main new features
Print with JDrive
From within JPlatform, it is now possible to print a document via JDrive from a publication's context menu.
Statistics
Statistics have been enhanced with the number of editions performed with the JDrive client, as well as JDrive client update information.
Administration interface
Clients can be sorted and filtered on the connected JDrive tracking page.

What's new in the JDrive 5.2 client:

Selectable database connector (Sqlite/LiteDB)
List of all patches

What's new in the JDrive 5.1 module:

Version 5.1 of the module now requires JPlatform 10 SP5 or higher to ensure better accessibility and better respect of the technical uses of JPlatform.
Open with JDrive: The user can now choose via his user preferences, if he wants, or not, to display the modal allowing to select the opening mode of a document.
Fixes related to JSync.
And much more: list of patches

What's new in the JDrive 5.0 module:

macOS compatibility:
The JDrive client is now available on macOS. Minimum system version: High Sierra (10.13)
Automatic multi-site synchronization:
No need to select a site to synchronize its content. All sites are automatically synchronized.
Management of the documents opening mode:
- The JDrive module now allows you to choose the way a document is opened:
  - Open for modification/modify/...: Once the document is opened on your computer, a lock is set on JPlatform to prevent your colleagues from filing a new version while it is opened on your computer.
  - Open in read-only mode: The document is not locked on JPlatform. Your colleagues can thus modify it while you are consulting it.

JDrive Client 4.6 allows a more secure authentication with TOTP.

With version 4.4 of the JDrive plugin, you can now configure the JDrive synchronization folder's name associated with the JPlatform site that will be used for all users.

And for newly synchronized documents, you can now enable read-only directly from the JDrive client popup window.

What does this plugin do?

JDrive provides 2 features that enhance the electronic document management (EDM) on JPlatform. These features can be used together or separately.

The first feature allows you to keep on your computer an automatically synchronized copy of documents that are added to the JDrive.
The second feature is called "live edition" and allows you to open and modify documents directly from the platform.

The use of JDrive requires the JDrive plugin on the server and the JDrive client on the user's workstation. The latest versions of the client are:

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JDrive-Win 5.1.1

Document synchronization

When a document is added to the user's JDrive, JDrive takes care of :

Automatically synchronize the document both ways
Detect potential updating conflicts
Display JDrive status icons of the file (synchronized, locked, private, new document, etc.)

When a category (folder) is added, JDrive performs these operations for all the documents associated to this category.

Le document dans le JDrive donne accès à un menu contextuel "Jalios JDrive", permettant:

Documents in the JDrive folder have a "Jalios JDrive" contextual menu that gives access to :

Directly display of the document on the site
Editing of metadata associated to the document
Lock taking on the document
Sharing of the document through recommendation
Indicating a major update of the document
Read-only mode to avoid taking the lock when opening the document

When a user adds a document to theirJDrive locally, JDrive automatically uploads it to the Jalios site:

Either in the document space associated with the local path of the created file
Either in the user's private JDrive

JDrive's app view gives fulll access to manage all documents added to the JDrive.

Editing and updating documents

When the user clicks on "open with JDrive" on a document on the Jalios site, JDrive automatically :

creates a local copy and opens it with the appropriate associated editing software on the computer
updates changes that have been saved locally to the remote document when the user closes the document
deletes the local copy (unless the document has been added to the user's JDrive)

Other JDrive client features

The JDrive Client also provides the following features:

JDrive popup always accessible from the taskbar
JDrive explorer and search in the JDrive
JDrive capacity/quota indicator
JDrive connection status indicator (Disconnected, Authenticated, Synchronized, etc.)
JDrive actions history
Choice of JDrive root location
Management of Jalios sites and connection identifiers

The JDrive client is also available on the AppStorefor iPhone and iPad. availableontheappstore

What our customers like about it

The ease of use

Updating documents is really done in just one click. Adding and removing from the JDrive is also one click away. If the document is in my JDrive, then it can be used as if it were permanently on my computer. No need to worry whether documents are up-to-date locally and on the server.

If I am logged in then a lock is automatically set when I open the document, unless I choose to open it read-only. And if I am not logged in, then as soon as I log in, JDrive detects and warns me if there is a conflict between multiple people updating the document. No more worrying about putting or releasing locks. I no longer fear of loosing my work on documents.

Organized documents without duplication

From the site, I have a direct link to the document in my JDrive, and likewise, from my JDrive, I have a direct link from the document to the site.

I can easily select documents to be added to my JDrive and organize them locally the way I want. I can also add and synchronize an entire folder of documents.

Compatibility with several editing software

For office documents, JDrive works equally with Microsoft Office and Libre Office. It allows me to work with external people who don't necessarily have the same editing software. JDrive "live edition" is not limited to office document types and software, I can also use it for other types of files such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Autocad, etc .