Configuring additional remote help connections

You can add additional remote help connections to add other product documentation into your information center.

About this task

When you want to have access to the documentation for multiple products at the same time, you can add multiple information center URLs so that all of the content loads into the same information center.

For example, when you have products that integrate with each other, you might find it useful to have both sets of documentation available and searchable at the same time.

Procedure

  1. Open the list of help system connections by completing one of the following steps:
    • To change the help content selections for your product client only:
      1. In the Rational® DOORS® client and click Help > Contents and Index.
      2. In the Help window, click Help > Preferences.
      3. Expand Help and click Content.
    • To change the help content selections for anyone connected to this help system:
      1. In a browser, open the Help Administration page in the following format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp. To determine the server name, port, and help name, see Help server administration.
      2. Select Remote Help Configuration in the Tools list.
    A window similar to the following example displays:
    Help Content preference window
  2. Click New.
  3. Enter a name for the connection.
  4. Enter a public information center URL as http://help_server/infocenter/help-name/version/index.jsp. Example: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/doorshlp/v9r5/index.jsp

    For a list of available information centers, see the list of Information Centers and Libraries for IBM® software by brand.

  5. Click Test Connection. Verify that the connection status is successful. If the connection status fails, verify that the URL was entered correctly.
  6. Click OK. The URL is saved in the following format: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/help-name/version.
    Note: The /index.jsp ending of the URL is not included when the URL is saved. This truncation of the URL is correct.
  7. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.

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