Documentation Wiki

Benefits of Modularization and Hyperlinking

By modularizing the content of the product documentation and hyperlinking among the topics, we can keep each piece of content in only one place, rather than repeating it in mulitple places. This prevents problems where multiple pieces of content get out of synch and contradict each other.

These approaches also allow us to provide you with more detailed information without bogging down each topic that you read. For example, if you are reading about the query activity, you can click a hyperlink to the related data view layouts if you need that data, or you can choose to skip it.

Scope of the Documentation Wiki

Documentation is progressively moving from the online help to the Documentation Wiki, and as much new documentation as possible is being created in the wiki from the beginning. Eventually, all of the content that is currently in the online help and feature guides will reside in this tool.

How to Use the Documentation Wiki

There are three primary ways to get to a topic in the Documentation Wiki:

• Search for a topic by typing a keyword in the search box at the top of the screen and click Find.
• Look up a topic through the table of contents in the navigation pane on the left.
• Navigate to a topic by clicking a link in a related topic.

You might notice that, unlike most wikis, you cannot edit the content on these pages. That's because we're trying to control some of the variables in the project by keeping the content locked down. As the project continues, we'll unlock the content as appropriate.