Online Help System

Introduction

Online Help System

You can access online help information about SAS/ETS software in two ways, depending on whether you are using the SAS Display Manager System in the command line mode or the pull-down menu mode.

If you are using a command line, you can access the SAS/ETS help menus by typing help on the display manager command line. If you are using the display manager with pull-down menus instead of a command line, you can pull-down the Help menu and make the following selections:

SAS System
SAS SYSTEM HELP: Main Menu
INDEX
SAS/ETS

The SAS SYSTEM HELP: SAS/ETS menu contains three parts: procedure help, SAS/ETS news, and a general review of the software.

Procedure Help

The SAS/ETS Help menu contains an entry for each SAS/ETS procedure. To access the help information for a procedure, select the entry with the procedure name. For example, to get help on the ARIMA procedure, select ARIMA. The help material given for each procedure is abstracted from this book.

The help menu for each procedure contains three items: Introduction, Syntax, and Additional Topics. The Introduction contains a few paragraphs describing the procedure. The Syntax item provides a quick reminder of the syntax of the statements and options that control the procedure. The Additional Topics item contains additional information and tips on using the procedure.

ETSNEWS: New Features in SAS/ETS Software

Select the ETSNEWS item for information on features that have been added to SAS/ETS software in recent releases of the product. (The ETSNEWS help can also be accessed directly from the display manager command line by typing the command help.)

New versions of SAS/ETS software may be released more frequently than new editions of this user's guide are published. Therefore, your version of SAS/ETS software may contain additional features not documented in this book. The ETSNEWS help menus update you on any features added since this book was published. You should also check the ETSNEWS help menus whenever you begin using a new release of the SAS System.

About SAS/ETS

The About SAS/ETS entry provides a general overview of SAS/ETS software. It contains information abstracted from this chapter.

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