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How to Access Online Help

Online help is available within TSO:

• To see additional information about an error message or to see an explanation of a panel, press F1 (Help) or enter HELP and press Enter.
• When an error occurs, a short message appears in the upper right corner of the screen, and the system alerts you by beeping.

Help is available for the Host Encyclopedia options (option F1 from the Main Menu).

                      Host Encyclopedia Utilities - Help                      
COMMAND ===>                                                                  
                                                                              
For more Help on specific encyclopedia utilities, select one of the following 
topics, then press enter.                                                     
                                                                              
1    1.  User Access Control         - has options to control access to Host  
                                       Encyclopedia data and functions.       
                                                                              
     2.  Version Control Management  - has options for model and family       
                                       migration, adoption, and reports       
                                                                              
     3.  Model Management            - has options for model maintenance,     
                                       model merge, conversion, history,      
                                       backup, restore, and model reports.    
                                                                              
     4.  Subset Management           - creates and maintains subsets, logical 
                                       subdivisions of models.                
                                                                              
     5.  Aggregate Set Management    - creates and maintains aggregate set    
                                       definitions for models or families.    
                                                                              
To exit Help, press END.  To continue, press ENTER.                           

For example, to get more information on User Access Control, enter 1 and press Enter. A screen appears that contains more complete information.

                      User Access Functions -  Help                            
COMMAND ===>                                                                   
                                                                               
For more specific help, select one of the following topics:                    
                                                                               
  1. User Definitions    - allows addition, deletion and updating of user      
                           access to Host Encyclopedia.                        
                                                                               
  2. Group Definitions   - add, update, delete definitions of groups of        
                           users, add users to group definitions.
                                                                               
  3. Model Access        - grant, revoke or change access to a model, or       
                           change model owner.                                 
                                                                               
  4. Subset Access       - grant, revoke or change access to a specific        
                           subset of a model in the Host Encyclopedia.         
                                                                               
  5. Reports             - generate user access reports.                       
                                                                               
  6. History             - generate user access history.                       
                                                                               
  7. Selection Lists     - how to use selection lists.                         
                                                                               
To exit Help, press END.  To continue, press ENTER.