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.

Browse/Edit

Options 1 and 2, Browse and Edit, enable you to browse or edit an IMS database in a DL/I or BMP region.

When browsing in a DL/I region, the database is allocated with disposition share (SHR) and cannot be updated. When editing in a DL/I type region, the database is allocated with disposition OLD unless it is a DBRC registered database in which case it is allocated with a disposition of share (SHR). These default allocation dispositions can be overridden by the security exit routine in use at your installation. See the person responsible for File-AID for IMS at your installation for further information.

When browsing or editing in a BMP region, the database is online to the IMS/DC or DBCTL region.

The screens displayed are identical for both the browse and edit options except for the screen titles and the Create Audit Trail and IMS Log Data set Usage fields on the Data Base Specification screen. This section describes the functions of the edit option. Except where noted, all functions also apply to browse.

You can browse and edit HISAM, SHISAM, HDAM, HIDAM, LOGICAL, DEDB, and MSDB (non-terminal related) databases. You can browse HSAM, SHSAM, INDEX, and MSDB (terminal-related) databases. For additional information, see DL/I Access Methods Supported.

You can use File-AID for IMS/ISPF’s Edit function to insert segments into an empty database if the database has been properly initialized through a load PSB. You can initialize a database by inserting an initial root segment using File-AID for IMS/ISPF Option 3.1, DFSDDLT0, or some other utility program. An empty database must be initialized before you edit it with File-AID for IMS/ISPF.

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