Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-07 Thread Susan Shumway
Hi Steve, This happened with a link to another page in the same PDF? Which release are you using? We overhauled our linking structure for V2R3, so I'm especially curious if that's where you notice the quirks. Regardless, the best way to consume PDF material when offline is with the Adobe

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-07 Thread Steve Thompson
I have a question on KC producing PDFs. Has it been fixed to stop putting in hot links in a generated PDF that send one back to KC, for something that is the same manual? Example (made up here): One is reading something about DDNames in the JCL Ref and there is a hot link to UNIT=AFF. So

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-07 Thread Lester, Bob
Just voted for both! BobL -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Marna WALLE Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 7:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) [ EXTERNAL ] Carmen

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-07 Thread Ward Able, Grant
will you have the time to do it over? - John Wooden DTCC Internal (Green) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Marna WALLE Sent: 07 December 2018 14:50 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-07 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I have voted for the 2 RFE's - I really did not know or recall these RFEs were submitted, thank you Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Marna WALLE" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 8:50:03 AM Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (wa

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-07 Thread Marna WALLE
Carmen (and others): As you know, I've been "vocal" about getting KC (at least on the internet) to a point where I can better do my job. We do have some RFEs out there which you might want to vote on and which I agree with: Currently at 19 votes as an Uncommitted Candidate, "IBM

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:52:53 -0600, Dale R. Smith wrote: > >So how many millions will IBM spend to recreate in KC the function that has >been available in BookManager for many years? > All good things musr pass, with inevitable future shock. BookManager had capacity problems; fixing them might

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread Dale R. Smith
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 07:45:00 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: >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

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread zMan
SHARE session in Phoenix: *Are You Getting the Most Out of the New IBM Support Portal?* I think the answer to that is probably "Yes, if by 'most' you mean 'as much as possible, given how execrable it is'". On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 2:43 PM

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread Carmen Vitullo
12601 Email/ST: chale...@us.ibm.com @susan_ shumway Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Wayne Driscoll" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:23:06 AM Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) Peter Relson, Is there an RFE or

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread Wayne Driscoll
trictly my own. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 07:45:00 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: >Another thing

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 07:45:00 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: >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

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
now. - Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: 06 December 2018 12:45 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) When I do a search for a keyword, all

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-06 Thread Peter Relson
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. You're describing what I think of as the original (now quite old)

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 21:50:27 +, Edward Finnell wrote: >Don't know what AOL does sometimes. > That's what I use, but IMAP, not webmail. >The IBM url >is:https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/lookatkc > Thanks. >The tinyurl is: > https://tinyurl.com/ycxffjr3 > ...

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-05 Thread Edward Finnell
Don't know what AOL does sometimes. The IBM url is:https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/lookatkc The tinyurl is:  https://tinyurl.com/ycxffjr3 In a message dated 12/5/2018 3:14:47 PM Central Standard Time, 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes:

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:42:14 +, Edward Finnell wrote: > >https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/lookatkc?OpenDocumentIn > a message dated 12/5/2018 2:39:05 PM Central Standard Time, >000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes: >(Is there any confirmation of

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-05 Thread Edward Finnell
Have you tried Google? https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/lookatkc?OpenDocumentIn a message dated 12/5/2018 2:39:05 PM Central Standard Time, 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes: (Is there any confirmation of the rumored Second Coming of LOOKAT?)

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 13:43:03 -0600, Dana Mitchell wrote: >I have another challenge with Knowledge Centre, I'm using KC4Z and loaded the >z/OS 2.2 content. 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

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-05 Thread Carmen Vitullo
searched for. I'm right there with ya on the love / hate I have for KC. Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Dana Mitchell" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 1:43:03 PM Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) I have another

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-12-05 Thread Dana Mitchell
I have another challenge with Knowledge Centre, I'm using KC4Z and loaded the z/OS 2.2 content. 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

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-15 Thread Susan Shumway
Hi Steve, Please provide an example (URL to the PDF, then page number and link text) of a bad cross-book link for me to use to check into the problem - thanks! -Sue Shumway A few questions: What release of the product documentation? I ask because we On 05/09/18 1:34 PM, Steve Thompson

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-10 Thread van der Grijn, Bart (B)
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) Hi Bart, I followed your example on Firefox and wasn't able to recreate a reset nav. First, I opened the nav and clicked the pushpin icon at the top right corner to pin it open. I then clicked through the nav to the &quo

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-10 Thread Susan Shumway
her stay where it is or follow where the link takes me. Bart -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 11:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Ran

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-09 Thread Steve Thompson
On 05/08/2018 10:57 AM, Susan Shumway wrote: Hi Elardus, Wow, you're even more expensive than my babysitter! Never mind. ;-) I completely agree that it would be nice if all products that run on z/OS could provide content in the same downloadable format and that it's all easy to find. In the

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-09 Thread van der Grijn, Bart (B)
: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) This email originated from outside of the organization. Yep, that's exactly what I'm looking for, z/OS Plus IMS, DB2, I know I have CICS, and CICS/FA loaded, but I'd like to have Omegamon, CDC (Infosphere).to name a few. Carmen Vitullo - Original

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-08 Thread Carmen Vitullo
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 10:31:17 AM Subject: Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant) Hi Mike, Good idea, but that index file only serves as a local ToC with links to the PDFs that you've downloaded from https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3Library

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-08 Thread Susan Shumway
Hi Mike, Good idea, but that index file only serves as a local ToC with links to the PDFs that you've downloaded from https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3Library , which pretty much contains only z/OS elements and features. It's very useful for what it does for

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-08 Thread Mike Schwab
https://www-304.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3IndexFile On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Susan Shumway wrote: > Hi Elardus, > > Wow, you're even more expensive than my babysitter! Never mind. ;-) > > I completely agree that it would be nice if all

Re: Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-08 Thread Susan Shumway
Hi Elardus, Wow, you're even more expensive than my babysitter! Never mind. ;-) I completely agree that it would be nice if all products that run on z/OS could provide content in the same downloadable format and that it's all easy to find. In the meantime, I like your idea of a

Knowledge Centre - (was Re: Rant)

2018-05-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Susan Shumway wrote: >You're hired, Elardus! ;-) Thanks for your nice compliment, I am humbled by your comments. Ok, but I am way too expensive - starting at $1 million per second, can you afford that? ;-D Ok, seriously. >My own broken record statement is that we're constantly trying to