Hi Carmen,
Unfortunately, many products that run on z/OS still don't produce KC4z
formatted deliverables. The different teams that own the content make
the decision whether to produce KC4z plug-ins, and most of them have not
decided to do so yet. Feel free to open requirements to help encourage
production of the format!
Note to all that we're no longer using Softcopy Librarian to distribute
KC4z plug-ins, starting with the first content update after V2R3 GA. You
can use Softcopy Librarian to obtain that initial V2R3 set, but you'll
need to use a different process to obtain and use the updated V2R3
plug-ins. An announcement is forthcoming, and I'll post about it here, too.
-Sue Shumway
On 05/04/18 2:46 PM, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
That sounds great Susan, and I have the KC server running on an LPAR here,
(2.2) and using Softcopy Librarian V5 to load the contents, so where are all
the 'other' books I'd like to load, DB2, MQ, IMS...to name a few?
those KC books do not appear in any selection, .Boo or .PDF format for me to
download.
what am I missing?
Carmen Vitullo
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From: "Susan Shumway" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:13:59 PM
Subject: Re: Rant
You're hired, Elardus! ;-)
Vignesh (and everybody else), Elardus's recommendation to start at the
z/OS Internet Library (
http://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zosInternetLibrary
) is spot-on and what I tell people myself. From there, you can access
all the different formats of the same product documentation. Every user
has a favorite format for each situation, for example using the Indexed
PDF collection for offline search and the KC for quickly navigating
around and between many different deliverables and products.
My own broken record statement is that we're constantly trying to
improve how the Knowledge Center handles the extensive z/OS library of
content. We always appreciate input, though. Even if your feedback
regards something that we're already trying to implement, such as
improved search, it's always welcomed. Let me know if you ever have any
specific questions.
-Sue Shumway
On 05/03/18 6:16 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote:
Whenever I search for anything mainframe-related on Google, the pages are
almost always to v2r1 KC links.
Although there's not too much difference in documentation between one release
and another, just the non-IBM Plex font in v2r1 makes me manually change the
URL each time.
Sometimes, this doesn't work; the same page for another v2rx doesn't exist!
They (other versions) are there. Start at
https://www-304.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zosInternetLibrary?OpenDocument
... and select your version and then do you searches.
Or if you are already in KC from a Google Search, then look at top left the
'Home' and also at the z/OS version being displayed.
If your are at a 'wrong' version, look for 'change version'.
If you are still having wrong results, please post your keywords used in your
searches.
Many people including me asked for help on IBM-MAIN about KC. You can search
IBM-MAIN about these complaints. You will get many hits.
Consider use the 'Feedback' in the KC pages. Hopefully you will get an answer
or not.
Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht
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