Writer instructions

Purpose

Use this page to display a banner announcement on each page of the space. Create the Space announcements page in the master space, outside of the Home branch.

You can version the Space announcements page to enable different banners to be published into different target spaces, however, the banner that is displayed in the versioned (master) space itself only displays the most recently-published banner.  If you find errors in the banner area of your versioned space and you are sure the Space announcements page is set up correctly, try publishing the page to the same space.

For more information, see Space-announcements-banners.

Removing

When an announcement is no longer needed, remove the BMC Space Banner macro.

Translation

Localized spaces using the L10n Viewport theme must change the name of this page to Space announcements l10n.  See Configuring-the-Scroll-ViewPort-theme-for-translated-spaces.

Usage

Choose one or none of the following BMC Space Banner macros.

If your space requires another kind of announcement, you can use this page in coordination with your team lead and editors.

When should I use a space announcement banner?

Use the space organization announcement after you change the content from a book-like organization (such as User Manual, Configuration Manual, and Administration Guide) to the product model.

Use the latest version announcement to push traffic to later versions. You do not need to add this to every previous version, but if you have a specific reason that you want users to be aware—for example, Google searches show content for an obsolete version—use the banner to help users find a relevant version.

When an announcement is no longer needed, remove the BMC Space Banner macro.

Space announcement This documentation space provides the same content as before, but the organization of the content has changed. The content is now organized based on logical branches instead of legacy book titles. We hope that the new structure will help you quickly find the content that you need.

Configuring BMC Compuware File-AID for IMS/CICS

Important

Roles involved for this task:

  • File-AID Installer
  • IMS DBA

File-AID for IMS/CICS is an interactive, full-screen product designed for use by application programmers, analysts, and database administrators. It provides the ability to easily access and manipulate data within IMS databases. The databases can be browsed or edited in any of the following modes directly under CICS:

  • Formatted using COBOL or PL/I segment layouts
  • Unformatted in hexadecimal
  • Hierarchical sequence with one segment per screen line

File-AID for IMS/CICS executes as a pseudo-conversational, command level, online program that requires absolutely no modifications to CICS, DL/I, or any other existing software. Resource Definition must be used to define File-AID for IMS/CICS to the CICS system.

The File-AID for IMS/CICS system, not including user database DBDs and PSBs, consists of the following:

  • Product Load modules
  • 4 BMS Mapsets (each containing multiple maps)
  • 3 Control Databases
  • 1 or more Transactions
  • 1 or more PSBs/ACBs

File-AID for IMS/ISPF must be installed to create and maintain the segment/layout cross-reference data used by File-AID for IMS/CICS.

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