Start or end a journal for a table
Once a journal is created, it must be started for a table. If you want to delete a journal,
it must be stopped.
- In the System i Navigator window, expand the system you want to use.
- Expand Databases.
- Expand the database and schema that you want to work with.
- Click the Journals container.
- Right-click the journal and select Starts and ends table journaling.
- To start journaling for a table, select the table that you want to journal from the Tables list
and then click Add.
- 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.
- 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.
- Click OK.
You can also start and end journaling from the table object:
- In the System i Navigator window, expand the system you want to use.
- Expand Databases.
- Expand the database and schema that you want to work with.
- Click the Tables container.
- Right-click a table and select Journaling.
- Select a journal to associate with the object. You may browse for the journal by selecting
Browse.
- Select a schema that the journal is located in. This field is automatically filled
in when you select a journal from Browse.
- To omit open and close entries from being journaled, select the
Exclude open and close entries option.
- Click Start to start journaling for the selected object.