Create a journal

Creating a journal causes a new instance of a journal on your system. You must start journaling the table to a journal before it will begin journaling information.

  1. In the System i Navigator window, expand the system you want to use.
  2. Expand Databases.
  3. Expand the database and schema that you want to work with.
  4. Right-click the Journal container and select New, then Journal.
  5. On the New Journal dialog, specify a name in the Name field.
  6. Specify a description in the Description field (optional).
  7. Select a schema in which to store the journal receivers.

You can now create the journal using the default values. You can edit the journal default values by clicking Advanced. To create the journal using the default values, click OK.

Create a journal - Advanced