Using the Online Help at docs.automic.com

The format of the documentation at docs.automic.com requires a Web browser. There you will find the most up to date version of this documentation. In addition you will find the latest Automic software components.

Automic documentation is written as a series of topics. Each topic begins with a heading followed by a summary paragraph. The summary paragraph states the key concepts presented in the topic. To get a quick overview of a chapter, read the summary paragraph for each topic and look at the images and their captions.

Documentation at docs.automic.com contains the most up to date version of this documentation. It is provided in both .pdf and HTML5 formats.

The HTML5 documentation is displayed as individual HTML pages. You can:

  • Find documents in the table of contents.
  • Find documents with full-text search.
  • Print individual topics.

Contents

The Contents tab contains the contents of the documentation in a tree-view of the directory structure. It includes all the guides and their topics.

To expand or collapse a book or topic with subtopics, click it. To view a topic, click it too.

If you click a hyperlink in a topic that takes you to a new topic, the table of contents is refreshed to show your location.

Searching the HTML5

You can search through the entire documentation using the search field in the top right-hand corner of the web page. Enter one or more search terms in the field and start the search either by clicking the magnifying glass icon or using the Enter key. The search results are displayed in a separate screen.

  • Uppercase and lowercase letters are not distinguished (not case-sensitive).
  • You can use any combination of letters (a-z) and numbers (0-9).
  • You can search for several words. The following combinations can be used: AND relations (separators: AND, +, &), OR relations (blank or | can be used as a separator) and negations (^ character in front of the term, NOT will not work).
  • To combine search operators and expressions, use ( ). Example: term1 AND (term2 OR term3).
  • A search for run will also yield the following results: running, runner and runtime.
  • Search results will be highlighted.
  • Wildcard characters are not supported.
  • Punctuation marks that are used in the word (such as a dot, colon, semi colon, comma or hyphen) have the effect that the searched term is split into two words.

Printing Topics

To print individual topics from a HTML5 documentation, select the topic and click Print in the bar at the top of the screen.

To print entire guides, print from the .pdf files.

Using the Compatibility Checker

The Automic Compatibility Checker found at docs.automic.com is the only official and up to date source for compatibility of Automic software components, versions, and sub-components.

The Compatibility Matrix allows you to independently check version compatibility and cross-product dependencies for Automic products. You can search for compatibility information for components of the CA Automic One Automation Platform as well as for the applications, platforms, and databases of a software infrastructure in which you can install Automic products.

To check Automic product and software compatibility

  1. Open the compatibility matrix:
    1. Go to our download center at Automic Download Center
    2. In the menu bar at the top of your screen, expand Tools.
    3. Select Compatibility Matrix.

    Note: You can also access the page directly at Automic Compatibility Matrix.

  2. To find compatibility information for Automic components:
    1. Stay on the Automic Components tab.
    2. Select the Product, Component, Sub-Component and Version that you are interested in.

      Note: You can select multiple sub-components with the standard key combinations. Holding the Ctrl key while selecting, or hold Shift and select the first and last item in a contiguous group.

  3. Scroll down to read the compatibility and dependencies information for your selection.

  4. To find compatibility information about supporting software infrastructure products:
    1. Open the Applications, Platforms & Databases tab.
    2. Select an Application, Database, Java and Operating System combination that describes your infrastructure.

      You do not have to select items from each category.

    The compatibility and dependency information according to your selection is displayed on the same page below your selections.