| # Displaying the LN application Help You can display these types of online Help: Online manual topics Glossaries Session Help Field Help Command Help Displaying Help
Help type | Description | How to display
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Session Help | Explains the use of a session and includes the following: The session’s aim Related topics, if any The session’s fields The session’s form commands, displayed on the appropriate menu. | In a session, click the question mark or press F1. If the Help for a single field is displayed, click the session link at the bottom of the field Help.
Field Help | Explains the use of a field. | In a session, select a field and then click the question mark or press F1. If the Help for an entire session is displayed, scroll down to the appropriate field name and click on it.
Domain Help | Explains the options in a field. | In the field Help, click the link in the “Allowed values” section.
Online manual topic | Explains a specific subject or procedure. | In the session Help or field Help, click the online manual topic link in the “Related topics” section. Usually, online manual topics are referenced from session help and from within other online manual topics. However, they can also be referenced from within field Help.
Glossary | Explains a term. | Click an underlined term in any Help topic.
Web Help menu In Infor Web UI, you can find the Help in the Navigation area of the Web Help group. In Infor Ming.le, you can access the menu of the Web Help by displaying any Help from Infor Ming.le. The Web Help menu includes these tabs: Contents To search for online manual topics and glossaries. First select the applicable package, and then select a topic, or select “Glossary for (package)”. Index To display the keywords linked to Help topics. You can search for keywords only in Infor Web UI. Type a keyword and click Find. Glossary To display the available glossary terms. You can search for a specific term in any glossary only in Infor Web UI. In the Find All Words Starting With field, enter the first letters of the term you look up and click Find. Search To search for Help topics that contain specific terms. Type one or more terms and click Search. Searching for Help topics that contain specific terms You can execute these types of searches: A search for terms in the topic keywords and titles A search for terms anywhere in the topic texts If you type multiple terms, the search process finds all topics with one of these terms. The search is not case sensitive. You can optionally use the logical operators `AND`, `OR`, and `NOT`. You can use these wildcard characters: * represents multiple characters ? represents a single character Note The search string must not start with * or ? If you put the entire phrase between double quotes, the search process finds the exact phrase. This table shows an example of searches:
Search terms | Finds
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frequently AND Questions | Finds all documents containing both keywords 'frequently' and 'questions'
outbound advice | Finds all documents containing 'outbound' or 'advice'
"The original process size" | Finds all documents containing the exact phrase 'The original process size'
Executing a search To find Help topics that contain specific terms: Click the Search tab. Type one or more terms. If you want to search all text in the topic, select the Perform a full text search instead of a keyword search check box. This check box is available only in Infor Web UI. Select the content to be searched. This usually is the LN release that you use. This selection can be made only in Infor Web UI. In Infor Ming.le, this is the latest LN content. Click Search to start the search. LN displays a list of found topics. Click a topic to display the Help. Related topics Using the online Help |