After Rational® Focal Point™ is
installed, an administrator can configure the help system to access
the contents from a remote ibm.com site or from the locally installed
help. The remote help is set as the default help option. If the internet
connection to publib.boulder.ibm.com is enabled in the server, the
help contents are retrieved from the online information center and
displayed in the help.
Before you begin
To access the contents from the web, you must be connected
to the Internet.
Procedure
- In a web browser, type http://localhost:8080/fphelp/remote/remotehelp.jsp. The "Configure information centers" page
is displayed.
- Specify the option to access the help content.
- To access the help contents from the locally installed help,
select Include local help only.
- To access help contents from the web, select either Include
remote help and give local help priority or Include
remote help and give it priority option. Specify the Rational Focal Point information
center details.
- Click New.
- Type any name for this information center entry. For example: RFP
6.5
- In the Host field, type publib.boulder.ibm.com
- In the Path field, type /infocenter/rfphelp/v6r5
- Select Use default port.
- Click OK.
- Click Test Connection to verify if the
connection works.
Note: If you have any issues with the default port,
you can specify a different port number and enable the connection.
- Close the page.
What to do next
- If you selected the local help option, you must download the help
contents by using the Local Help Updater. For more information, see Downloading Rational Focal Point help.
- If you selected the remote help option, you can click Help in Rational Focal Point to
view the help contents. The help is retrieved from the ibm.com website.