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.

Segment/layout cross-reference

Option 7 enables you to create and maintain segment/layout cross-references (XREFs) for use in the File-AID for IMS/ISPF Browse, Edit, Extract, Print, and Selection Criteria functions and also for the File-AID for IMS/FLEX processing. The purpose of a segment/layout XREF is to associate a COBOL or PL/I segment layout with each segment type in a database. The XREF function uses your existing DBD load module members to determine the segment types in the database and then prompts you to enter the corresponding segment layout members for each segment type. You can specify segment layout information associated with logical child and concatenated segments defined in the DBD and for segment types with multiple formats (that is, those segment types that require more than one segment layout to define the segment data). You can also use the XREF function to isolate the appropriate layout if multiple segment layouts are contained within a single COBOL or PL/I member or if the segment layout is hard-coded in a COBOL or PL/I program.

Refer to the section entitled “Segment/Layout Cross-Reference” in the File-AID for IMS/ISPF Reference Manual for information on using this option.

 

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