IBM Tivoli Web Access for Information Management

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 Redbook describes product usage, installation, customization, and other pertinent information regarding the product.

Part 1. Basics
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Installation
Chapter 3. Enabling your community
Part 2. Customization
Chapter 4. Implementing a Web solution using Web Access
Chapter 5. Building a customized Web application
Chapter 6. Generating user application HTML
Chapter 7. Converting a 3270 application
Chapter 8. Using existing privilege class records
Chapter 9. Using shadow s-words and data attribute records
Chapter 10. Type-based HTML
Chapter 11. Updating the style file
Part 3. Administration
Chapter 12. Web administration
Part 4. Appendixes
Appendix A. Business logic examples
Appendix B. Hints and tips
Appendix C. Web Access configuration parameters

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Publish Date
08 April 2003

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Author(s)

Don Miller joined IBM in 1977 as a Hardware Customer Engineer (CE). He began his software career at the IBM Tampa Software Support Center in 1984, where his area of specialty was MVS™, including JES2, JES3, and SMP/E. In 1988, Don moved to Raleigh and joined the Information Management support team, where he undertook change team and development assignments. In 1995, he was assigned to the team developing and supporting the Web Connector interface to Information Management. He joined Tivoli Services in 1999, where he provided custom Web solutions to IBM customers using Information Management. Don was the Web subject matter expert and provided technical leadership for the Web Access project. Don rejoined the Information Management development team in July 2002.

• Don Miller

Mimi Michelet has been a Developer on the Information Management team since 1988. She has worked on a number of features in the product, including the BLX-SP, APIs, workstation clients, ODBC driver, and Desktop. She served as the project manager for the Web Access project and also helped develop the business logic implemented by the drop-in problem and change management solution.

• Mimi Michelet

Michael Bacon joined IBM in 1998, where his first position was in Level 2 Information Management Support. In October of 2000, he became the Level 2 and Level 3 Support Manager, and later assumed development manager responsibilities for the product as well. He was Release Manager for Information Management for z/OS (which shipped in August 2001), as well as Web Access (which shipped in May 2002). Prior to joining IBM, Michael worked for NationsBank (now Bank of America), where he was a development team lead for the Information Management product.

• Michael Bacon

Maryann Goldman has worked on the Information Management team since 1991. During that time, she has done Level 2, Level 3, and development. Her favorite area of the product is the API, where her expertise is often sought out. She was Managing Editor of the Structured Word newsletter from 1996 to 1998. She has presented at many user groups and at Planet Tivoli®. Her major contribution to the Web Access project was understanding and piecing together the specifications for the HTML generator.

• Maryann Goldman

Rollin Hippler joined the Information Management development team in 1989, when he helped design and implement the V5 BLX-SP. Since that time, he has worked on enhancements to increase database capacity, improve database integrity, and improve performance. He has also worked on logical database partitioning and sysplex exploitation. In addition, Rollin has been a member of the service team providing resolutions for problems related to the BLX-SP and database integrity. His primary responsibility for the Web Access project was infrastructure development.

• Rollin Hippler
• Pete Louis
• Tom Shultz
• Buck Stearns

ISBN

073842613X

IBM Form Number
SG24-6823-00

Number of pages
198