Accessing help and product information from the administrative console

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

Overview

Procedure

• 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 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 administrative 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 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.

    • 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 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.

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