IBM Support Assistant User Guide

Search Component

What's it for?

The Search component is a useful interface that makes it possible to search various information sites concurrently. From a single window, you can initiate a search that accesses multiple sites. You can perform searches on the local help files, or you can search for information over the Web. You can also narrow your search by selecting specific versions of IBM software products. The IBM Support Assistant lets you pick from the following types of information: The Search component helps you by simplifying the task of searching for support information across heterogeneous sources. The results of the search are returned to you in an orderly hierarchical arrangement —- allowing you to scan groups of returned documents and see the individual documents that interest you.