Providing Links to Files in the Help Center

Use

If you have the necessary authorization, you can make application-related information available to users in the Help Center of any SAP application by using links to files. For this to be possible, the files must be saved in a repository set up for the Help Center. You can use the following repositories:

  • Shared network folder

  • Solution Manager repository (project structures or a special repository for the Help Center)

Procedure

Creating Links to a File

  1. In the Worth Knowing or Learning Content section, or in the corresponding worklist of central administration, choose the required option as follows:

    Aim

    Procedure

    Create a link to a file from a shared network folder

    1. Choose Start of the navigation pathCreate Link Next navigation step File in Network FolderEnd of the navigation path.

    2. In File, enter the file name and file extension in the format <file name>.<file extension>.

    3. In Link Text, enter the text that users will see in the Help Center.

    Create a link to a file from a Solution Manager project

    1. Choose Start of the navigation pathCreate Link Next navigation step File in Solution Manager ProjectEnd of the navigation path.

    2. Browse the project structures of Solution Manager.

    3. Select the relevant file.

    Create a link to a file from the Solution Manager repository of the Help Center

    1. Choose Start of the navigation pathCreate Link Next navigation step File in Solution Manager RepositoryEnd of the navigation path.

    2. Browse the Solution Manager repository designated for the Help Center.

    3. Select the relevant file.

    Load a new file to the Solution Manager repository of the Help Center, automatically creating the link in the Help Center

    1. Choose Start of the navigation pathCreate Link Next navigation step New File in Solution Manager RepositoryEnd of the navigation path.

    2. Browse the folder structures and select the file that you want to load to the Solution Manager repository.

    3. Enter the link text that the system should use to create the link to the new file in the Help Center.

    4. Optional: Enter a responsible Solution Manager user, a different technical name for the file, or a classification characteristic.

  2. Define the application assignment of the link as follows:

    Editing Location

    Procedure

    Help Center

    In the default setting, the link to the question is assigned to the Help Center of the current application. If you want the link to be displayed in the Help Center of all applications (for all clients), change the assignment.

    Central administration of Help Center content

    Assign the question to at least one application. Enter the following data for each entry:

    • Type: Application type - transaction or Web Dynpro ABAP

    • Application: Transaction code or technical name of Web Dynpro application

  3. Save your entries.

Changing or Deleting Links to a File

If you want to change the link, choose Change Link from the context menu for the link or for the link selected in the worklist in central administration, and proceed as follows:

  • Select a file.

  • Enter a link text.

  • Define whether the change is to apply for this application only or for all applications.

If you want to delete the link, choose Delete Link from the context menu for the link or for the link selected in the worklist in central administration, and confirm your selection.