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Background documentation Tips for Documentation Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Accessing the Documentation

You have the following options:

·        Online access to the HTML version of the documentation:

¡        MySQL website: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb

¡        SAP Help Portal: http://help.sap.com ® Documentation  ® SAP NetWeaver ® <Release> ® <Language>  ® Application Platform ® Databases ® MySQL MaxDB

¡        Additional documentation for SAP customers on SAP Service Market Place: http://service.sap.com

·        Download the whole documentation as HTMLHelp (one .chm file) for Microsoft Windows

Recommendation

If you are using the Microsoft Windows operating system, we recommend that you download the HTMLHelp version.

·        Download the whole documentation as HTML (several plain HTML files)

Using the Documentation

The documentation is divided into several books that you access using a navigation tree. A book generally has several units and sections. To display a book, a unit or a section, choose the corresponding icon (“Nodes”) in the navigation tree.

Example: Displaying a unit in the HTML version

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Note

There are no “empty” nodes: books, units and sections always have contents.

HTML Version

Areas in the user interface

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1 SAP user menu (only displayed in the SAP Help Portal)

·        Change context
(Display older versions (“contexts”) of the documentation and other languages)

·        Search

2 Knowledge Warehouse menu

·        Show/hide navigation

·        Expand all
(Expands all units in the navigation tree)

·        Collapse all
(Closes all units in the navigation tree)

·        Back
(Displays the previous section in the navigation tree)

·        Forwards
(Displays the following section in the navigation tree)

·        Synchronize
(Selects the displayed section in the navigation tree; if the section is located in a different book than the section that was last displayed, this opens the corresponding navigation tree)

3 Navigation tree

All units and sections for the selected documentation are displayed in the navigation tree. To expand the unit, choose the book icon.

4 Section

The section that was selected in the navigation tree is displayed in this area. To see the URL of the section and to localize it in the navigation tree, choose the double arrow symbol next to the title of the section.

Microsoft Windows HTMLHelp Version

The HTMLHelp version is structured similarly to the HTML version. The HTMLHelp version offers the following advantages:

·        Compiled format (individual .chm file), requires less memory space than the plain HTML files and is loaded quickly

·        Index

·        Full text search:

¡        Link search terms (AND, OR, NEAR, NOT)

¡        Highlight the search terms in the section that is found

¡        Locate a found section in the navigation tree using the Locate function

¡        Limit the search iteratively using the Search Previous Results function

·        Save favorites

·        Print individual units including all associated units and sections

 

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