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.

Selection criteria in the primary IMS database

Option 6, Selection, is used to create, modify, and apply field and segment selection criteria to all segments in the primary IMS database. The purpose of selection criteria is to enable you to selectively process a subset of the segments in a database using a set of rules (or criteria) to create the subset.

The two kinds of selection criteria supported in File-AID for IMS/ISPF are existing and temporary. Each kind can be applied to all segments in the Extract function.

Existing selection criteria are created and maintained in the Selection Criteria function of File-AID for IMS, Option 6. Existing selection criteria are stored in a cataloged data set for use in the functions where you can apply them. The Selection Criteria option consists of the following:

  • Specifying the selection criteria dataset to edit.
  • Editing the existing selection criteria.

Temporary selection criteria are created from within the Extract function where you apply the criteria. Temporary selection criteria are valid only for the duration of the function, they are not stored for future use. Therefore, you do not specify a selection criteria dataset but proceed directly into editing the temporary selection criteria. When you are finished editing the temporary selection criteria, the changes are applied and you proceed normally with the Extract function. Temporary selection criteria remain in effect only until the batch job is submitted. The criteria are deleted by the batch job.

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