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.

CURRENT Date/Time

All Date, Time, and Timestamp columns let you enter the keyword CURRENT, or its abbreviation CUR. The current date, time, timestamp (TMSTMP), or timestamp with time zone (TMESTZ) is then filled in as appropriate. A user default option is provided so that current time is local or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This option is set with the PROFILE primary command (see PROFILE-PRO). To put values in these columns, use the following formats:

DATE=yyyy-mm-dd

TIME=hh.mm.ss

TMSTMP=yyyy-mm-dd-hh.mm.ss.nnnnnnnnnnnn

TMESTZ=yyyy-mm-dd-hh.mm.ss.nnnnnnnnnnnn±HH:MM

where yyyy is year, mm is month, dd is day, hh is hour, mm is minute, ss is second, nnnnnnnnnnnn is a variable precision value from 0 to 12 positions (up to picosecond), ±HH:MM is the time zone. For Db2 Versions prior to Version 10, the length (precision) is always 6 (microsecond).

Important

In addition to using a dash to separate the date portion and the time portion of the timestamp string, you can also use a blank as a separator. The format for a blank separator is: yyyy-mm-dd hh.mm.ss.nnnnnn

Date and time fields are displayed in the default format defined at your site.File-AID for Db2 accepts any valid format, such as European or USA. File-AID for Db2 validates all date, time and timestamp fields and issues appropriate error messages before sending the fields to Db2.

 

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