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Wylbur Retirement Wiki Available

In order to help users navigate the transition away from Wylbur, CIT has set up a wiki (at http://wylretire.cit.nih.gov). This wiki functions as a storehouse for the Wylbur user community’s collective knowledge and ideas about substitutes for various Wylbur commands and procedures. While CIT staff members maintain the wiki, Wylbur (or ISPF) users are welcome to add tips, tricks, or comments and questions.

If you are not sure how to use a wiki, the Interface #242 article “Kiwi Wiki Service Now a Full Production Service” (http://datacenter.cit.nih.gov/interface/interface242/kiwi_wiki.html) might be a good place to start.

Keep track of information

The Wylretire wiki offers step-by-step guidance on topics like using ISPF for basic mainframe tasks, such as converting your Wylbur (edit) format data sets to a format which can be used outside of Wylbur. You can also use it to find out about alternate (web) tools and procedures for tasks currently handled by Wylbur. CIT staff members add new information to the wiki frequently, so keep checking back for additional topics and replacement options that can help you find alternative solutions for Wylbur functions.

There are often many replacements for a single Wylbur function. ISPF “power users” may have their own favorite shortcuts to carry out a function, such as getting information about a data set (Wylbur’s SHOW DSNAME command). So, while the wiki offers suggestions, there is not necessarily a single “right” way to replace a popular Wylbur command. To learn more about ISPF, sign up for an ISPF training class at http://training.cit.nih.gov?108-09S.

Add your comments

We invite visitors to the wiki to add comments and suggestions to the discussion areas within the wiki. Use your Titan userid and password to log in to the wiki, and click on the discussion tab at the top of each article. Our staff will be monitoring the discussion areas to get input from other Wylbur users on ideas for transitioning away from Wylbur, suggestions for alternate tools, and other relevant topics.

Questions?

For questions about the Wylbur retirement or using the wiki, please contact the NIH Help Desk at http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/support or call 301-496-4357, 301-496-8294 (TTY) or toll free at 866-319-4357.

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