How to use the DB2 Universal Database help

Use the DB2 Universal Database help to find information about operating the Control Center.

To find a topic when you are not sure where to start:

• Select a task from the Information Center.
• Enter some keywords in the search facility, by clicking on Search in the navigation bar at the top of the help window then select Online help from the Search in these types of information list.
• Select a topic from the table of contents in the left pane of the help window. To find the place in the table of contents that represents the current topic, you can click on a heading in the contents pane.
• Look up a keyword in the online index, by following the Index link in the navigation bar at the top of the help window.

The navigation bar does not always appear in all browsers. If your browser supports JavaScript, make sure JavaScript is enabled in the browser preferences and reload the page.

To get help for the current window:

• Click the Help push button or press F1.
• Some windows, such as the wizards, the Data Warehouse Center, and the DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 windows, have control-specific help known as infopops. In these windows, you can display the help for a field or control by selecting it and pressing F1. If the Automatically display infopops check box on the General page of the Tool Settings notebook is selected, you can also see the infopop by holding the mouse cursor over the field or control.

There are several types of online help windows :

• Task steps. Select from a list of tasks if more than one can be performed from the window.
• Field and control help. Inside some of the online help panels, you can click (double-click for OS/2) on or on the phrase Fields and controls to see information about the controls for the current window or notebook page.
• Notebook overview. A notebook is a window that has multiple pages. To see a list of all of the tasks you can perform using a notebook, or to see the list of controls for a notebook page, you can click on the -- Overview link in the Related information section.
• Prerequisite information. To see what you need before you can do a task, such as a certain level of authority, you can click on or on the phrases Authorities and privileges or Authorities, privileges, and prerequisite tasks that appear above the task steps.
• Supertask steps. A supertask help panel gives steps for performing large tasks that span many windows or notebooks. Inside an online help window you can click on the -- Overview link in the Related information section.

Printing a help topic:

To print a help topic, click anywhere the lower-right pane (or contents pane) of the window that contains the topic text, then use the "Print Frame" function in your browser.

Using the Top pane of the help window:

The top pane of each online help window contains links to useful parts of the documentation.

• The DB2 Information link links to a list of the DB2 Universal Database books where you can view any of the DB2 Universal Database books. You can also access the online help, the release notes, and Web sites containing information on DB2.
• Search links to a search form where you can search the DB2 Universal Database online information.
• Index links to the index for the DB2 Universal Database online help.
• Glossary links to the glossary for the DB2 Universal Database online help.
• Feedback links to a form where you can provide feedback on the DB2 Universal Database documentation. You can only provide feedback if you are connected to the Internet.
• Help links to Information on how to use the online help.

Help that indicates partitioned or single-partitioned databases:

In the DB2 Universal Database help, graphics are used to indicate when information applies to a subset of situations:

• Information that pertains only to partitioned databases is prefixed with the icon shown at the beginning of this sentence.
• Information that pertains only to single-partition databases is prefixed with the icon shown at the beginning of this sentence.