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.

Main menu selections


The Main Menu lists Db2 catalog display facilities and other File-AID for Db2 Object Administration facilities (see the following figure). Selections such as TABLE and TABLESPACE are catalog display facilities. The following table describes each selection.

Important

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration allocates the VSAM profile data set. You should not split your session to access another File-AID for Db2 Object Administration session.

When you select a catalog display facility, File-AID for Db2 Object Administration opens a window in which you can specify a filter. After you select a filter, File-AID for Db2 Object Administration opens a window of matching objects.

Each Main Menu selection, as well as filtering selections, is described in this section. You can display the Main Menu at any time by using the MENU primary command.

Objects are displayed from the current Db2 subsystem, as defined by the view profile. Look in the bottom border for the name of the current view profile and subsystem. More information is in Catalog and Subsystem Access.

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration Main Menu

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Main Menu Selections. The selections are listed in the order they appear on the Main Menu.

Selection

Object Type

Purpose

HELP

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration

Accesses the Help Menu. Select from the following Help topics: Commands, Help, PF keys, Index, Objects, Windows, and the Tutorial.

DATABASE

Db2

Accesses the Database Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of databases.

TABLESPACE

Db2

Accesses the Tablespace Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of tablespaces, including LOB (type=O) and XML (type=P) tablespaces.

TABLE

Db2

Accesses the Table Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of tables. You can also display triggers, checks, columns, temporary (type=G), auxiliary (type=X), materialized query (type=M), and implicit XML (type=P) tables, user-defined data types, and Identity Columns, and invoke the CALC function to calculate tablespace requirements.

VIEW

Db2

Accesses the View Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of views.

SYNONYM

Db2

Accesses the Synonym Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of synonyms.

ALIAS

Db2

Accesses the Alias Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of aliases.

INDEX

Db2

Accesses the Index Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of indexes, including indexes for auxiliary and XML tables. You can also invoke the CALC function to calculate index space requirements.

USER

Db2

Accesses the User Authority Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of user authorities.

PLAN

Db2

Accesses the Plan Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of plans. You can also select the Db2 BIND DSN subcommand.

PACKAGE

Db2

Accesses the Package Display Facility, enabling you to request a filtered display of packages and collection IDs (COLLIDs). You can also invoke the BIND function.

SCHEMA

Db2

Accesses the Schema Selection Facility. In this menu you can display distinct schemas, triggers, user defined data types, sequences, stored procedures, user defined functions, and authorizations.

PROCEDURES

Db2

Opens the Stored Procedures Menu where you can specify selection criteria (WHERE clause) to list select Stored Procedures.

FUNCTIONS

Db2

Opens the Functions Menu (Functions. This window is maximized) where you can specify selection criteria (WHERE clause) to list select User Defined Functions.

SQL

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration

Opens the Edit SQL window where you can enter Db2 SQL statements to be executed.

JCL

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration

Opens the Edit JCL window where you can enter JCL statements to be submitted.

DCL

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration

Opens the Edit DCLGEN Text window where you can enter DCL statements to be saved.

PDS_SEQ

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration

Opens the Edit Dataset Name and Member window where you enter the name of an MVS PDS or Sequential File to be displayed.

PROFILE

File-AID for Db2 Object Administration

Accesses the user profile windows. You can change your default JCL job card settings, job parameters, and account information. You can also change your default units for File-AID for Db2 Object Administration functions, system variables and your window colors.

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