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.

File-AID/MVS XREF file

During the XREF generation process, File-AID/RDX writes to the record layout cross reference information for the extract file into the specified BMC Compuware File-AID/MVS XREF file.

The XREF file has the following characteristics:

File organization

Partitioned (DSORG=PO)

Record format

Variable-blocked (RECFM=VB)

Logical record length

300

The XREF file includes the record layout cross reference information for all extracted objects.

Sample XREF for Extract File

The following figure shows a sample XREF output. It identifies the record layout cross references for the extracted data records in the extract file.

Sample XREF for Db2 and MVS objects

/*
/* CAUTION:  If manually editing this member, STATS must be OFF
/* when saving it.  Statistics will overlay information in the
/* directory entry needed by File-AID when loading Selection
/* Criteria and XREFs, rendering the member unusable.
/*
/* COMPUWARE assumes no liability for results of using members
/* that have been edited manually.
/*
DEFINEBLOCKS=XREF,  

DESCRIPTION ="FILE-AID/RDX GENERATED XREF",  

       LAYOUT_DSNAME=TSOID01.LAYOUT.PLI,
       LAYOUT_FILLER=4  

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=FRSAMP_CUSTOMER_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=PLIXREF,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D007  

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=FRSAMP_CONTACT_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=PLIXREF,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D008

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=PROD001_PART_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=PARTTABL,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D001  

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=PROD001_SUPPLIER_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=SUPPLIER,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D002  

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=PROD001_CUSTOMER_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=CUSTOMER,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D003  

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=PROD001_ORDER_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=ORDERTAB,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D004  

SEL
ECT SET=1,LAYOUT=PROD001_ORDER_LINE_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=ORDERLIN,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D005  

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=PROD001_CONTACT_TABLE,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=CONTACTT,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=BASE
 IF
       POSITION=1,LENGTH=4,OPERATOR=EQ,
       TYPE=T,VALUE=D006  

SELECT SET=1,LAYOUT=OBJECT_DFLT,
       LAYOUT_MBRNAME=PLIXREF,
       LAYOUT_TYPE=DEFAULT


 

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