Patent ID: 8151202

Claim:
A method for use with a database management system having plural software applications, comprising: providing user-selectable items representing different workflows that are associated with the database management system; in response to receipt of an indication of a particular one of the items, retrieving, by a system having a processor, a first workflow guide relating to a particular workflow associated with the particular item, wherein the first workflow guide provides information regarding tasks associated with plural software applications involved in the particular workflow, wherein each of multiple ones of the plural software applications is associated with a corresponding individual online help guide; output, by the system, the retrieved first workflow guide for presentation to a user; receiving, by the system, indications of selections made by the user in the presented first workflow guide; accessing, by the system, at least one of the individual online help guides in response to one or more of the indications of selections in the presented first workflow guide; receiving, by the system, a selection of a link in the presented first workflow guide; and accessing a second workflow guide in response to the selection of the link.