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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.

Information
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.

Information
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.

NEW - MVS Object Filter

The NEW - MVS Object Filter screen shown in the following figure is displayed you enter the MVS command in the NEW-Db2-Object-Filter screen.

Use this screen to specify a MVS object filter to add MVS objects to your initial object list.

NEW - MVS Object Filter

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After entering MVS object filter information, press ENTER to proceed to the ObjectIn-Preview.

MVS Objects Filter Area

Specify a pattern for the MVS objects to be included in your initial object list for specifying disguise criteria. When specifying patterns in the fields, File-AID for Db2 searches the MVS catalog and/or the relationship file to find matches.

File name

Specify the MVS file name pattern for the objects you want to add to the object list. Valid pattern character is * (see Wildcard-Characters).

OPTIONAL Additional filters for MVS Objects in the Relationship File Area

The following fields are only needed when you want to use the single or XREF record layout information as additional filters for MVS files to be searched in the relationship file (Object Source=R). When searching the MVS catalog the record layout fields are ignored.

Record layout usage

Indicate whether a single record layout (usage "S"), or an XREF (usage "X") had been used to define the selection criteria. Only needed when specifying record layout information as additional filters.

Record layout file

Specify the record layout file for the MVS object(s) you want to add to the object list. To view a list of layout files, specify a pattern. Valid pattern character is *. If you specify a pattern, select a file from the “Catalog Utility File List” as shown in MVS Catalog Utility File List (for Pattern FAS*.LAY*).

Member name

Specify the member of the record layout file that contains the layout information for the MVS object. Leave blank or use a pattern to narrow the search.

XREF file

Only used as filter when layout usage is X. Specify the XREF file name for the MVS object(s) you want to add to the object list. Valid pattern character is *. If you specify a pattern, select a file from the “Catalog Utility File List” as shown in MVS Catalog Utility File List (for Pattern FAS*.LAY*).

Member name

Specify the member of the XREF file that contains the layout information for the MVS object(s). Leave blank or use a pattern to narrow the search, see also XREF Select Member List Screen.

Object List Content:

Object Source

Specify whether to search for matching objects to be added to the initial object list in the relationship file or in the MVS catalog.

C

Catalog. File-AID for Db2 searches the MVS catalog to find matching objects.

R

Relationship. File-AID for Db2 searches only the relationship file to find matching objects.

Relationship File

Specify the name of the file that contains the referential integrity and application relationship information you want to use for the object list. In the object list, File-AID for Db2 identifies related objects based only on the relationship definition found in the relationship file.

Primary Command

The following File-AID for Db2-specific primary command is valid on this screen:

Db2 (D)

Switches to the NEW - DB2 Object Filter screen prefilled with the applicable information from your profile. Refer to NEW-Db2-Object-Filter.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

BMC Compuware File-AID for Db2 21.01