This topic describes how to use administrative console help and
how to link to product documentation from the administrative console.
Before you begin
You must have a connection to the Internet to access information about
WebSphere Application Server from the Welcome page of the administrative console.
Why and when to perform this task
All of the helps panels that you can access from the administrative
console, you can access from the WebSphere Application Server Information
Center. This article describes how to access the help panels, the information
center, and other product documentation from the administrative console.
Steps for this task (dependent on configuration)
- Click Welcome on the administrative console navigation tree.
In the workspace to the right of the navigation tree, select the appropriate
links to access the WebSphere Application Server Information Center, the WebSphere
Application Server product information, and the WebSphere Application Server
technical information on developerWorks.
- Access help in the following ways:
- Click Help on the administrative console task bar to open a new
Web browser for online help.
- Click on the Help index tab and select from the list of help panels
to view administrative console help information.
- Click on the Search tab, provide search terms, and then click Search.
Under Results, select a help panel that contains the search information.
- Click the ? icon on the task bar for the particular administrative
console panel to open a new Web browser and view the help panel for the corresponding
administrative console panel. The help panel is displayed in the Help index
for the administrative console.
- In the help portal that is on the right side of the administrative console
panel, do one or all of the following tasks:
- Click a field label or a list marker in the administrative console panel
for the help to display under Field help. Alternatively, place the cursor
over the field label or the list marker for the corresponding help to display
at the cursor.
- Click the link under Page help to access the help panel for the administrative
console panel. The help panel is the same help panel that displays when you
click the ? icon.
- Expand the task help to view related tasks.
What to do next
You can continue to access help information from the administrative
console. Alternatively, you can access the help information from the WebSphere
Application Server Information Center.
You can continue to access the WebSphere
Application Server Information Center, the WebSphere Application Server product
information, and the WebSphere Application Server technical information on
developerWorks from the administrative console. Alternatively you can access
the information from the IBM Web site.