In a new installation, Oracle Smart View for Office help is available as soon as you start Excel. You do not need to be connected to a Smart View provider in order to view the help. After making the changes to the properties.xml file described in this chapter, help is accessed from the help location you indicate.
If you are also planning to access shared connections from an XML file (as described in Accessing Shared Connections from an XML File), AND you require an alternative location for the help, note the following:
You can add the <helpurlcontext> tag to the shared connections XML file. The help location you specify in the shared connections XML file overrides the help location specified in properties.xml once you click the Shared Connections button in the Smart View Panel. This is true whether or not you modify the <helpurlcontext> tag in properties.xml.
If you do not add or specify the <helpurlcontext> tag to the shared connections XML file, then the local help defined in the properties.xml file will ALWAYS be used and is available as soon as you start Excel.