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.

Utilities

Option 3, Utilities, invokes the File-AID for IMS Utilities. The first utility (Option 3.1) initializes newly-allocated databases. All logically related databases, secondary indexes, and secondary data set groups are also initialized. All required IMS load utilities are automatically executed.

The initialization process consists of an online conversation and a batch job stream. The online screens prompt you for the parameters required to submit the batch job to do the actual initialization.

The second utility (Option 3.2) displays the hierarchy of a specified database.

If you do not specify a sub-option on the Primary Option Menu, the Utility Selection Menu is displayed, as shown in the following figure. If you specify a sub-option, this screen is skipped.

Utility Selection Menu

 File-AID for IMS  --------  Utility Selection Menu  ---------------------------
 OPTION  ===>                                                                   
                                                                               
 ENV: TEST - IMS ENVIRONMENT                        
                                                   
                                                                               
  1 Initialize Data Base   Initializes a data base and all related data bases  
                                                                              
  2 Data Base Hierarchy    Displays the hierarchy of the selected data base    
                                                                            

When you enter 1 in the Option field and press Enter, the Initialize Data Base - Data Base Specification screen is displayed as shown in INITIALIZE - Data Base Dataset Specification Screen. Enter the END or RETURN primary command or a jump command to exit the Utilities option.

When you enter 2 in the Option field and press Enter, the Data Base Hierarchy - Data Base Specification Screen is displayed as shown in Data Base Hierarchy - Data Base Specification Screen. Enter the END or RETURN primary command or a jump command to exit the Utilities option.

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