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 - PACKAGE selection

The PACKAGE selection displays the Package Display Facility (see the following figure). With this facility, you can locate and display packages and collection IDs by specified filtering criteria.

Package Display Facility. This window is maximized.

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See Filtering Selections for selections not listed below.

OWNER

Opens a WHERE clause to select packages by owner ID.

PKCOLL

Opens a WHERE clause to select packages by collection ID.

COLLECTIONS

Displays a list of all collections for the current subsystem.

COLLID

Opens a WHERE clause to select collections by collection ID.

VERSIONS

Displays packages based on the number of versions a package has. The number of versions to use for a filter is set with the VERSIONS variable in the User Profile Display and Edit window. See User Profile Display and Edit Window.

BIND

Generates a statement for the BIND DSN subcommand. Use this BIND selection to bind a new plan. BIND is also available as a row command (BIND (BIND Subcommand)) and a primary command (BIND (BIND Subcommand)). To perform a rebind, see REBIND-REBIND-Subcommand.

 

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