Start or stop a journal for a table (file) using iSeries Navigator

After a journal is created, it must be started for a table. If you want to delete a journal, it must be stopped.

To start or stop a journal for a table or a file using iSeries™ Navigator, follow these steps:

  1. From iSeries Navigator, expand the system you want to use.
  2. Expand Databases.
  3. Expand the database and library that contains the journal you want to edit.
  4. Click the library that contains the journal you want to edit.
  5. Right-click the journal and click Starts and ends table journaling.
  6. To start journaling for a table (file), select the table that you want to journal from the Tables list and then click Add. Or you can drag a table from the Tables list and drop it on the Tables to journal list.
  7. To end journaling for a table, select the table that you no longer want to journal from the Tables already being journaled list, and then click Remove.
  8. To end journaling for all the tables at once, click Select all to select all the tables listed in the Tables already being journaled list, and then click Remove.
  9. Click OK to close the Start/End journaling window.
You can also start or stop journaling for a table or file by following these steps:
  1. From the library tree list, right-click the object for which you want to start or stop journaling and click Journaling.
  2. Click Stop to stop journaling for the selected object.
  3. To start journaling from an object:
    1. Select a journal to associate with the object. You can browse for the journal by clicking Browse.
    2. Select a library that the journal is located in. This field is automatically filled in when you select a journal from Browse.
    3. To journal before images, select the Journal images before change option.
    4. To omit open and close entries from being journaled, select the Exclude open and close entries option.
    5. Click Start to start journaling for the selected object.
  4. Click OK to close the Advanced Journal Attributes window. If you do not specify values for the journal receiver, it will be created with the default values.
Parent topic: Work with journals