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.

Key features of File-AID for IMS/ISPF

File-AID for IMS/ISPF contains the following:

  • Provides the capability to browse and edit IMS databases. Data is viewed and edited with full-screen ISPF panels. Changing a data field in a segment is done by typing over the field value.
  • Includes powerful, easy-to-use extract and load capabilities. Segments can be selected for extraction using selection criteria based on segment counts, specific values in individual fields, and/or exclusion of related databases. During extract, logically related and application related database segments are automatically extracted.
  • Runs under and is modeled after ISPF. File-AID for IMS/ISPF is a menu-driven interactive system that requires minimal training.
  • Uses existing DBDs to define a database structure. Also uses existing COBOL or PL/I segment layouts as templates over the data.

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  • Provides easily understood commands such as CHILD, TWIN, NEXT, PARENT, and ROOT that enable you to navigate through a database.
  • Provides the capability to insert, delete, and repeat segments and their substructures. An optional audit trail of all database updates performed during an edit session can be generated.
  • Supports HDAM, HIDAM, HISAM, HSAM, DEDB, MSDB, and logically related databases, including databases with secondary indexes.
  • Provides the capability to initialize a database and all its related databases.

  • Provides the capability to “disguise” the extracted data for greater data security, including applying any Dynamic Privacy Rules defined using the File-AID Data Privacy plugin of the Topaz Workbench1.

    Important

    1: The Topaz Workbench has been replaced by the Topaz Workbench. The Topaz Workbench provides all of the functionality of the previous Topaz Workbench as well as any additional chargeable functionality.

  • Supports integration with COPE defined environments for File-AID for IMS/ISPF options BROWSE, EDIT, EXTRACT, LOAD, and FLEX, as well as the Topaz Workbench File-AID Data Editor for both Static and Dynamic PSBs.

 

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