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.

User profile defaults


Options Set with the PROFILE Primary Command

Option

Description

AUTOCOMMIT

Specify ON to commit changes each time you press Enter during an Edit session.

AUTOSAVE

Specify ON to save changes each time you press END (PF3) during an Edit session.

CAPS

Specify ON to automatically change all data entered in lowercase characters to uppercase characters.

OBJECT NAMES UPPERCASE

Specify ON to automatically change all object names entered in lowercase characters to uppercase characters.

MAXROWS

Specify a numeric value or an asterisk (*) to denote the number of rows to be selected. You can also change this value for individual Browse or Edit sessions.

NON-DISPLAY

Specify the character that File-AID for Db2 uses to signify nondisplayable data in browse mode.

NULL ENTRY

Specify the character that, when entered, sets a column to null.

NULL DISPLAY

Specify the character that appears for null columns.

SPACES IMPLY NULL

Specify ON to have spaces imply nulls for character columns.

VARIABLE LENGTH MARK

Specify the character used to indicate the end of a column.

UPDATE PRIMARY KEY

Specify ON to update primary keys during an Edit session.

SHOW FOREIGN KEYS

Specify ON to show foreign keys during an Edit session. Foreign Key information is only shown for local tables. Because Db2 does not maintain an index on the table containing foreign key information, setting this option to ON may have a negative impact on performance.

VARIABLE LENGTH TRUNCATE

Specify ON to truncate trailing spaces on an insert or update during an Edit session.

INSERT DT/TM/TS TRUNCATE

Specify date/time format used as a default value when you enter date, time, or timestamp in NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT field by using CURRENT. Specify Local or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

RETRIEVE UNIQUE KEY INFO

Specify ON to retrieve unique key information before the Edit session begins. This value applies only if there is no primary key. Unique key information is only retrieved for local tables.

REPEAT COMMAND PROMPT

Specify ON to display the REPEAT Column Range Specification window for the REPEAT primary or line command. Specify OFF to suppress the pop-up window. Does not apply when editing Unicode table data.

UPDATE IDENTITY COLUMN

Specify ON to allow update of identity columns in edit. This applies only to columns set to GENERATED BY DEFAULT. Columns set to GENERATED ALWAYS cannot be edited. If the column is both an identity column and a primary key, then UPDATE PRIMARY KEY must also be ON to edit the column.

MAX SIZE LOB RETRIEVED

Specify the maximum byte size of LOB data that can be retrieved in a table being browsed or edited. The setting only affects BLOB, CLOB, DBCLOB, and XML data types. Valid values are 2 through 4096. The value must be even and cannot exceed your site configured LOB_MAXIMUM_DATA_RETRIEVED size.


Important

The FADB2 primary command must be executed to execute line commands BR, ED, EX, and XP.

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