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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)

Note Note

The files that you link to in the Help Center can have any format. They can be documents, slides, tables, graphics, video recordings, and so on. However, you must make sure that you only link to file formats that users can display on their local PCs.

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Prerequisites

You are in the Help Center of an SAP application or in the central administration of Help Center content.

More information:

Launching the Help Center

Launching Central Administration of Help Center Content

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   Create Link   File in Network Folder  .

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

      Note Note

      The path to the shared network folder is stored in the Implementation Guide for the SAP system, therefore you do not need to enter it. If the file is located in a subfolder of the network folder, specify the entire path below the network folder in front of the file name as follows:

      <folder1>\<folder2>\<file name>.<file extension>

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    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   Create Link   File in Solution Manager Project  .

    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   Create Link   File in Solution Manager Repository  .

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

    3. Select the relevant file.

    Note Note

    You can change or delete files saved in the Solution Manager repository from the Help Center.

    More information: Editing Files from the Solution Manager Repository from the Help Center

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

    1. Choose   Create Link   New File in Solution Manager Repository  .

    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.

    Note Note

    You can change or delete files loaded to the Solution Manager repository from the Help Center.

    More information: Editing Files from the Solution Manager Repository from the Help Center

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  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

  1. In the context menu of the link, or for the link selected in the worklist of central administration, choose Change Link or Delete Link.

  2. Perform the steps.