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.

Common edit primary commands in Browse/Edit


You can use the following primary commands in any of the three editing modes: Formatted, Unformatted, or Character. Each of these commands operates the same in all three editing modes. Except where noted, each command is also valid in browse mode. See Primary Commands for a detailed explanation of these and other File-AID for IMS/ISPF commands.

Common Edit Primary Commands

Command

Description

CAPS

Sets or changes caps mode.

CHANGE/RCHANGE

Changes one or more occurrences of string-1 to string-2.

CHAR

Switches to character editing mode.

END

Returns to the Data Base Location screen.

FIND/RFIND

Searches for one or more occurrences of a specified string.

FORMAT

Switches to formatted editing mode.

GOH/GOT, GOM

Retrieves the segment at a bookmarked location.

HEX

Displays data in either hexadecimal or character format.

HIERARCHY

Displays the Hierarchy Display screen.

KEY

Displays the Key Specification screen.

MARK

Creates or lists names for database locations.

PARENT

Retrieves the parent of the current segment.

RECOVERY

Forces a DL/I checkpoint call at a specified interval (edit only).

REFRESH

Retrieves the current version of a segment (edit BMP only).

RETURN

Returns to the Primary Option Menu.

ROOT

Retrieves the specified root segment.

SAVE

Forces a DL/I checkpoint call (edit only).

SHOW

Toggle display of Format type or location of data elements in Formatted Edit and Browse.

UNFORMAT

Switches to unformatted editing mode.

DBCS1

Changes display format to DBCS (Double-Byte Character Set).

EBCDIC1

Changes display format to EBCDIC (Single-Byte Character Set).

MIXED1

Changes display format to mixture of DBCS and EBCDIC strings.

  • 1: For Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) support, these primary commands change the display format of data fields to the specified data format. See to Double-Byte Character Support for a description of File-AID for IMS’s DBCS support.

 

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