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You define Help text for a page or single item by editing attributes. Ideally, you would define these attributes as you create your application. For simplicity, however, the following procedures describe how to define this text after the fact.
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To define page Help text:
Navigate to the Page Definition for the page for which you want to add page Help. See "Accessing the Page Definition".
Under Page, click the Edit page attributes icon to view the existing page attributes.
Scroll down to Help.
Enter your Help text in the field provided.
Click Apply Changes.
Repeat the previous procedure for each page requiring page Help text.
To define item Help text for an item:
Navigate to the Page Definition for the page for which you want to add item Help. See "Accessing the Page Definition".
Under Items, click the name of the item you want to edit.
Scroll down to Help Text.
Enter your Help text in the field provided.
Click Apply Change.
Repeat the previous procedure for each item requiring Help text.
If you are including item Help in your application, you can edit multiple item Help topics at once using the Bulk Edit Item Help report.
To view the Bulk Edit Item Help report:
On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
On the Tasks list, click Application Reports.
Click the Utilities icon.
From Page Specific Utilities, select Item Utilities.
Click Grid Edit of All Item Help Text.
In Bulk Item Help Report, you can:
Update existing Help topics. Edit the Help text that appears and click Apply Changes.
Link to the Page Definition containing the item by clicking the page number.
Link to the Page Item by clicking the item name.
If your application does not yet contain item Help, you can perform a mass update of default Help text.
To seed item Help topics:
Access the Bulk Edit Item Help report as described in "Accessing the Bulk Edit Item Help Report".
Click Seed Item Help Text.
In Default Help Text, enter the default text to appear in all Help topics.
Click Apply Changes.
You can search for existing Help text, or for an item label.
To search for existing item Help topic:
Access the Bulk Edit Item Help report as described in "Accessing the Bulk Edit Item Help Report".
In Help Contains, enter keywords.
Click Go.
To search for an item label:
Access the Bulk Edit Item Help report as described in "Accessing the Bulk Edit Item Help Report".
In Help Contains, enter keywords.
Click Go.
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