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.

More about creating objects


In this section, you were introduced to the table editing windows where you created a new table definition by changing the attributes of an existing definition. Also, you used index editing windows that had the same purpose for indexes.

Each Db2 object has similar editing windows that can be opened for existing objects. Regardless of the object type, an object editing window (or windows) can be opened with the CR row command.

Creating an object like an owning object

With the CR command, the basic attributes are acquired from a like object. To acquire basic attributes from an owning object, File-AID for Db2 Object Administration has the following commands:

CRAL

Create an alias with basic attributes acquired from the owning object. This is both a primary command and a row command. Valid for tables and views.

CRCT

Create a clone table (table type ‘C’) for the selected base table. This is a row command. Valid in table lists. By default, File-AID for Db2 Object Administration uses the base table name and adds the _CT suffix to name the new clone table.

CRHT

Create a history table (table type ‘H’) for the selected temporal base table. This is a row command. Valid in table lists. By default, File-AID for Db2 Object Administration uses the temporal base table name and adds the _HT suffix to name the new history table.

CRIX

Create an index with basic attributes acquired from the owning table. This is a row command. Valid for tables.

CRMASK

Create a column mask object (access control rule). This is a row command. Valid in table column lists.

CRMQ

Create an Materialized Query Table with basic attributes acquired from the owning table. This is a row command. Valid for tables.

CRPERM

Create a row permission object (access control rule). This is a row command. Valid in table lists.

CRSY

Create a synonym with basic attributes acquired from the owning table. This is both a primary command and a row command. Valid for tables and views.

CRTB

Create a table with basic attributes acquired from the owning tablespace or database. This is a row command. Valid for tablespaces.

CRTR

Create a trigger with basic attributes acquired from the owning table. This is a row command. Valid for tables.

CRTS

Create a tablespace with basic attributes acquired from the owning database. This is a row command. Valid for databases.

CRVW

Create a view with basic attributes acquired from the owning object. This is both a primary and a row command. Valid for tables.

CRXO

Creates auxiliary objects for large objects. This is a row command. Valid for columns and tables.

CREATE menu selection

Each catalog display facility has a CREATE selection. When CREATE is selected, File-AID for Db2 Object Administration opens windows in which you can define a new object without attributes acquired from another object.

Creating a joined view

The CRVW primary command opens windows to create a view that is a join of two tables or more. CRVW is valid in table object windows.

 

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