IBM Tivoli Web access for information management / [Don Miller ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Don.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Database management.

Web site development.

IBM Tivoli Web Access for Information Management.

Physical Description:

xiv, 184 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

IBM Tivoli Web Access for Information Management is a sophisticated Web application that combines the power of Information Management for z/OS with the flexibility and usability of a Web browser to enable customers to manage their business environments from the Web. A drop-in problem and change management solution designed for help desk, developer, manager, and end user personnel is provided, along with a toolkit for customization support. Also included with the toolkit are administrative tasks that allow you to manage your application from the Web. Web Access supports e-mail and pager notification, change approval, document attachments, and personal profiles and preferences. Using Information Management for z/OS and Web Access, you can easily add or modify record types for a customized application. The HTML generator supplied with the toolkit lets you create the HTML for your records so that you do not have to create it from scratch. Sample business logic is provided, and additional logic can be easily added by writing simple REXX routines. To provide a complete solution, a guidebook is required. This IBM Redbooks publication describes product usage, installation, customization, and other pertinent information regarding the product.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

Notice

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Comments welcome

Part 1 Basics

Chapter 1. Overview

1.1 Data flow

1.1.1 The details

Chapter 2. Installation

2.1 Planning

2.1.1 Hardware and software prerequisites

2.1.2 Check for record identifier conflicts

2.1.3 Ensure that the HTTP Sever is installed and working

2.2 Performing the SMP/E installation

2.2.1 Installation reference table

2.3 Customizing your Information Management installation

2.3.1 Update your session member

2.3.2 Update your BLX-SP parameters

2.3.3 Update your IBM panels

2.3.4 Load the sample records into your data session

2.3.5 Load the data model records into your DMRDB session

2.3.6 Create static data views from the data model records

2.3.7 Verify your Information Management customizations

2.3.8 Set up e-mail notification

2.3.9 Configure your HTTP Server for Web Access

2.3.10 Update your BLQPARMS file

2.3.11 Start the HTTP Server

2.3.12 Verify your Web Access installation

2.3.13 Generate HTML

Chapter 3. Enabling your community

3.1 Assigning privilege class users and roles

Part 2 Customization

Chapter 4. Implementing a Web solution using Web Access

4.1 Data model record overview

4.2 BLQPARMS definitions needed to support a record type

4.3 Business logic

4.3.1 Predisplay user exit

4.3.2 Validation user exit

4.3.3 Post-file update and create user exits

4.3.4 TSXs and TSPs used by business logic

4.3.5 JavaScript in HTML

4.3.6 The home page

Chapter 5. Building a customized Web application

5.1 Getting started

5.2 Data model and HTML considerations

5.2.1 Date format and universal time

5.2.2 Special processing s-words and table names

5.2.3 Audit information.

5.3 Integrating business logic into your application

5.3.1 REXX global variables

5.3.2 BLQUEXIT

Chapter 6. Generating user application HTML

6.1 The HTML generator

6.2 Auto Build specifics

Chapter 7. Converting a 3270 application

7.1 Panel layouts

7.1.1 Standard tasks

7.2 Fields and groups

Chapter 8. Using existing privilege class records

Chapter 9. Using shadow s-words and data attribute records

9.1 Shadow s-words in Web Access

9.2 Status shadow s-words and data attribute records

9.2.1 The BLQPARMS file

9.2.2 Status shadow s-words

9.2.3 Status shadow data attribute records

9.2.4 Groups that include the status shadows

9.3 Building a shadow scenario

9.3.1 Several other variations

Chapter 10. Type-based HTML

10.1 Type-based HTML in Web Access

10.2 Understanding type-based HTML in the problem record

10.3 Key points to remember

Chapter 11. Updating the style file

Part 3 Administration

Chapter 12. Web administration

12.1 Tasks

12.1.1 Navigation area tasks

12.1.2 Field-initiated tasks

12.2 Procedures

Part 4 Appendixes

Appendix A. Business logic examples

BLQUXPRE

BLQUXVAL

BLQUXFIL

Using dates, date formats, and time zones in business logic

Obtaining the current date and time in the user's format and time zone

Converting a date in the user's preferred format to internal format

Converting an internal date to a user-preferred external date format

Rules to remember when handling dates in business logic

Calculating a duration: An example using BLQUXVAL

Notification

Appendix B. Hints and tips

Your changes to Web Access do not seem to take effect

Listing groups and layouts in data views using BLGDVLAY

Changing Web page titles

Changing the Tivoli logo

Date formats

Using Java Desktop data view and data attribute records.

Sharing the Web server

Data views and data attributes used in the attaching process

Add attachments to your data views

General considerations

Appendix C. Web Access configuration parameters

Updating the configuration file

Debug option directive

Data set name directives

General control directives

User ID and privilege class directives

Directives that control the Information Management API

UNIX System Services path and file reference directives

Server side include (SSI) directives

Business logic exit routine directives

User profile directives

Record type directives (used for all record types)

Generic database search directives

HTML generation directives

S-words to left-zero pad and create hyperlinks

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks collections

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"April 2003."

"SG24-6823-00."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

137342205