Roger Bolan wrote: >I think the best way to use IBM Knowledge Center is to forget about books and >bookshelves when looking for information. Just search for the specific terms >or keywords or phrases (in quotes) that relate to the information you want. >Once you have found the appropriate "hit" in the search results, then you can >expand from there to find out what book and bookshelf you are in to read the >related material.
Peter Hunkeler wrote: >Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I very often if not mostly know what book to open >to get the information I need. Having to invoke a search and then scan the >search result may take more time. To give up confirmed habit takes time. >Nevertheless, as long as a TOC is provided, it should help me find what I'm >looking for quickly. I agree with both. Many information are spread across bookshelves. For example, I would really like contents of 'Cryptographic Services Bookshelf' be in 'Security Server Bookshelf' or ... or thinking the other way - split up HSM, SMS and RMM books into 3 different shelves. But, sometimes I just need a little TOC to see what are available, say like this TOC example in 'MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference, Volume <whatever>" : IXGBRWSE -- Browse/read a log stream IXGCONN -- Connect/disconnect to log stream IXGDELET -- Deleting log data from a log stream IXGWRITE -- Write log data to a log stream or MCSOPER -- Manage extended MCS operations MCSOPMSG -- Retrieve MCS operator messages MGCR -- Issue an internal START or REPLY command MGCRE -- Issue internal commands Above descriptions are just what I need, because I'm not always sure about the spelling of those macros. (IXGDELET for example) Sometimes, I just search www.ibm.com and then see what are listed. Then I refine the search. Yes, I see a message in one bookie, but the detailed explanation and utility to use is in another book or other bookshelf. Not really that productive, but I don't complain. Years ago, I was asked to merge the bookshelves of DB2 and CICS. I told them, no, because, when I get a new set of bookies, I had to redo all the merging. Habits, good or bad, are difficult to change! ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
