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.

Getting started

File-AID for IMS is an interactive, full-screen system designed for the application development and maintenance environment that enables you to edit, browse, extract, and load IMS databases. File-AID for IMS significantly reduces the time required to create and maintain IMS test databases, view database information, and perform production troubleshooting activities.

The File-AID for IMS system consists of the following products:

  • File-AID for IMS/ISPF runs as a dialog under TSO/ISPF and can access both online and offline IMS databases.
  • File-AID for IMS/DC runs as a non-conversational MPP under IMS/DC and can access IMS databases that are allocated online to IMS.
  • File-AID for IMS/CICS runs as a pseudo-conversational transaction under CICS and can access IMS databases that are allocated online to CICS.
  • File-AID for IMS/FLEX allows larger amounts of updates and prints to take place in the background with input values supplied in a file.
  • File-AID for IMS/Fast Path provides access to IMS Fast Path databases.

Although File-AID for IMS supports both COBOL and PL/I programming languages, much of its processing is unaffected by the language used. Therefore, most of the text in this reference space is presented in a language-independent manner. In those instances where processing is affected by the language used, the COBOL perspective is presented first under its own subheading, followed by the PL/I perspective. The word COBOL or PL/I appears on many File-AID for IMS screens and reports, depending on the language used. This reference space uses COBOL as a default.

This section provides more information on the following topics:

 

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