Online Help Tips

DataFlux Data Management Studio user documentation is provided as online Help. The Help provides a way for you to search the documentation using keywords, browse through a table of contents, follow links within help files, and set favorite topic files.

How to Access Online Help

To access the online Help:

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Using the Online Help

The Help viewer contains three sections: the Help toolbar, the navigation pane, and the topic area.

Help Toolbar

The Help toolbar contains the following options:

Icon Name Description
Back Back Click Back to go to the previously viewed topic.
Forward Forward Click Forward to return to the last topic you viewed.
Refresh Refresh Click to Refresh the topic.
Stop Stop Click to Stop the action currently running, such as search.
Print Topic Print Topic Click Print Topic to print the topic that you are currently viewing.
Favorites Favorites Click Favorites to save a link to the topic you are viewing.
  Search Open Topic Enter a name or portion of a name in the Search Open Topic text box to search the topic that you are viewing.
Find Find Click Find, once you enter the word you want to locate in the open topic.

Left Navigation

Use the left navigation section to access topics in the Help system. You can access different topics using the Table of Contents, Index, Search, Glossary, or Favorites.

Table of Contents - The Table of Contents tab provides access to topics. To expand a Table of Contents item, click the Book Book. Click the Question Question to open the topic in the right frame.

Index - The Index tab lists terms used in the online Help. To view the topic, click the term in the navigation pane and the topic appears in the right section.

Search - The Search tab supports a full-text search of the online Help. After you enter a search word, click Search. The topics containing that word appear in the left navigation. Click a topic to view the contents in the right section.

Note Note: This Search option searches the entire Help system. It returns all topics containing the word or phrase that you entered.

Glossary - The Glossary tab contains a list of definitions for commonly used terms. Click the word to view the definition.

Favorites - When you have a topic you reference regularly, it is helpful to mark the topic as a Favorite. When you have the topic open, click Favorites Favorites. You will find a list of your favorite topics here.

Help Topics

Once you select a topic in the left navigation pane, the topic appears in the right pane. Additional links might be available within the topic to help you navigate to related topics.

To search within the open topic, type a word in the Search Open Topic field on the toolbar then click Find Find.

Related Topics

Some topics might include Related Topics at the end of the topic page. These topics can assist you with your help search. Click the link to open the topic.