<snip> When I do a search for a keyword, all the search results just say 'Found in: z/OS 2.2.0'. Instead it would be much more helpful if it could say what product, manual, even chapter that each search hit was found in. </snip>
You're describing what I think of as the original (now quite old) implementation. Is it possible that you're not using the newest? I don't happen to download books and then search, I just use KC on the web. When I go to KC on the web and search, such as here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3/en/homepage.html for z/OS 2.3, a search does show where the hit occurred. I don't think I did anything special to make that happen. For example, searching on "ESTAEX macro" (reformatted a bit by copy/paste), each match shows where. This was an item of high importance raised by customers, ISV's, and IBM users. 162 results ESTAE or ESTAEX - Execute form z/OS MVS z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference EDT-IXG ESTAE or ESTAEX - Execute form A remote control parameter list is used in, and can be modified by, the execute form of the ESTAE or ESTAEX macro. The control parameter list can be generated by the list form of the ESTAE or ESTAEX macro. Any combination of exit addr, PARAM, XCTL, PURGE, ASYNCH, TERM For z/OS 2.3 (not yet for other z/OS releases, but perhaps coming), you might also note the new functionality of "Scope" that lets you search just a specific z/OS element or a specific book (those are the available levels of granularity). We hope for even more improvement in this area, but this is a good step. A subsequent step that we have asked for, and we hope is on the list to be implemented, is to let you ask "and now that I have selected a match in a particular book, make a subsequent search stay in that book" Another thing we have asked for, and the more voices the better if this is of interest to you too, is to provide an option by which the results are present a la bookmanager -- namely the first level of search result being "here are the books in which I found hits", ordered by the number of hits in each book, presumably accomplished by sorting the search results. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
