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.

Database load function (online conversation)

The Data Base Load function consists of an online conversation and a batch job stream. The online screens prompt you for the information needed to submit the batch job to do the actual load.

The online conversation has a sequence of screens where you can do the following:

  1. Specify the job type of the load job (DLI or BMP).
  2. Specify the processing options to use (Load, Insert, Update, or Replace).
  3. Specify the dataset name of the load FROM file.
  4. Specify the PSB containing the PCB to be used for the load (static PSB only).
  5. Specify the DBD for the load TO database.
  6. When the primary DBD name in the FROM dataset is different from the TO DBD name, you can specify override values using the Load - DBD Name Override function.
  7. Specify the dataset names of the TO database (DLI region only).
  8. Specify the JCL information.
  9. Optionally edit the JCL generated by File-AID for IMS to perform the load.

Depending on the processing option used and whether secondary indexes and/or logical relationships are present, the batch job consists of three to nine steps. The main steps of the batch job perform the following actions:

  • Sorts the records in the load FROM dataset into the proper load sequence.
  • Reads the records from the sorted FROM file, strips off the File-AID for IMSprefix information, and inserts the segments into the TO database.
  • Writes a report that summarizes the results of the load.

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