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.

Field Mask Criteria panel

The Field Mask Criteria screen, shown in the following figure, is displayed when you enter the Field Mask (FM) relational operator in the relational operator (RO) column on any of the File-AID/RDX Selection Criteria screens.

Field Mask Criteria

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Important

To ensure accurate Field Mask processing, the Field Mask (FM) relational operator must be entered prior to entering any other relational operators.

Field Descriptions

Field Name

Name of the selected field as defined by the record layout.

Data Type

Data type of selected field as defined by the record layout.

Field Length

Length of data in selected field as defined by the record layout. This field cannot be overtyped, when you are on the Field Mask Criteria screen.

Mask Length

Length of the mask. This field may be overtyped to shorten or lengthen the length of the data to be masked. This is particularly useful when you want to mask all the elements of a group item.

Important

You cannot override Mask Length for binary or packed/comp-3 fields.


Identify field positions to process: (Y = include; N = exclude)

Field Mask

A Field Mask enables processing of selected positions or part of a field. It always operates on character representation of the field. Specify Y or N to include or exclude field positions to be processed for masking.

Field Mask can be applied to both numeric and character fields.

Each mask position corresponds to a digit in the decimal value of the original field, when masking numeric fields. The selected digits are passed as a single unsigned numeric display field for the specified product function.

Important

Signs (+,-) are excluded when masking numeric fields.

When masking character fields, each mask position corresponds to the identical position in the original field. The selected positions are passed as a single contiguous character field.

The original format will be replaced by MASK on the Formatted Criteria and Selection criteria screens, when Field Mask is in effect.

Important

Field masking is not currently supported for bit, floating point, DBCS, or numeric fields that specify a leading and/or separate sign.

 

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