Access help and product information from the console

 

This topic describes how to use console help and how to link to product documentation from the console. You must have a connection to the Internet to access information about WAS from the Welcome page of the console.

 

Overview

All of the helps panels that you can access from the administrative console, you can access from the WAS Information Center. This topic describes how to access the help panels, the information center, and other product documentation from the console.

 

Procedure

• Click Welcome on the console navigation tree. In the workspace to the right of the navigation tree, select the appropriate links to access the WAS Information Center, the WebSphere Application Server product information, and the WAS technical information on developerWorks.

• Access help in the following ways:

  Click either of the following tabs of an online help page:

  • Click the Help index tab and select from the list of help panels to view console help information.

  • Click the Search tab, provide search terms, and then click Search. Under Results, select a help panel that contains the search information.
  • In the help portal that is on the right side of the console panel, do one or all of the following tasks:

    • Click a field label or a list marker in the 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.

    • If Command assistance is listed, click the link under Command assistance to view wsadmin scripting commands for the last action run for this console panel.

 

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 WAS product information, and the WAS technical information on developerWorks from the console. Alternatively you can access the information from the IBM Web site.

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Accessing command assistance from the console

 

Related tasks

Use the console